General talk about software patterns

[Linda Rising <risingl AT tds.net>]

9th Latin American Conference on Pattern Languages of Programming
SugarLoafPLoP'2012
http://www.dimap.ufrn.br/sugarloafplop2012
Natal, Brazil, September 21-23, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS


SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 07 May 2012
Deadline for Paper Submission:  14 May 2012
Shepherding Starts: 07 June 2012
Shepherd recommendations due:  31 July  2012
Notification of Acceptance: 10 August 2012
Final Conference Copy Due: 01 September 2012
Conference Dates: 21-23 September 2012

THE CONFERENCE
Software developers have long observed that certain patterns recur and
endure across different applications and systems. Patterns represent an
effort to catalog and better communicate knowledge, providing handbooks of
proven solutions to common problems. The purpose of SugarLoafPLoP is to
discuss patterns on all aspects of software, including design and
programming, software architecture, user interface design, domain
modeling, software processes, project management, and more.

SugarLoafPLoP brings together researchers, educators, and practitioners
whose interests span a remarkably broad range of topics and who share an
interest in exploring the power of the pattern form. SugarLoafPLoP invites
you to add your expertise to the growing corpus of patterns. SugarLoafPLoP
focuses on improving the expression of patterns. You will have the
opportunity to refine and extend your patterns with the help from
knowledgeable and sympathetic fellow pattern enthusiasts. You will also be
able to discuss applications of patterns in industry and academia.

Highlights of the conference include tutorials, invited speakers, and
workshops, all held in a beach in Natal/Brazil, an area of great nature,
culture, and beauty. The event is co-located with CBSOFT 2012 (the 3rd
Brazilian Conference on Software: Theory and Practice) and will be held
the weekend before it, so you can take the opportunity to participate on
both events!!

The SugarLoafPLoP'2012 program will be divided in three different tracks:
Writers' Workshop (WW) - papers that document patterns and pattern
languages will be workshopped in the traditional PLoP format.
Pattern Applications (PA) - papers that explore the use and application of
patterns, such as using patterns in industry and academia, tools for using
patterns, evaluation of productivity when using patterns, teaching and
consulting with patterns, and so on. Both practitioners from the software
industry and academics are invited to submit to this track.
Writing Patterns (WP) - papers of newcomers who want to learn how to
better elaborate an idea intended to evolve to a pattern or pattern
language. This is more like a hands-on tutorial on writing patterns.

PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Paper submissions will be performed via the online JEMS system
(https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/) starting on early April, 2012. Papers can
be written in English (preferred), Portuguese, or Spanish and must conform
to the SBC (Brazilian Computer Society) style, which is available in the
conference web site. Submissions should be in PDF format.
Papers published at writer's workshop track at this conference are
qualified for submission to the new journal "Transactions on Pattern
Languages of Programming" published by Springer.
See http://hillside.net/tplop/ and
http://www.springer.com/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-2-470309-0 for
details of this journal.

ORGANIZATION
General Chair:
Uira Kulesza (DIMAp/UFRN, Brazil)

Program co-Chairs:
Rosana T. Vaccare Braga (ICMC/USP, Brazil)
Mary Lynn Manns (University of North Carolina, USA)

Local Organization:
Sergio Soares (CIn/UFPE, Brazil)
Marília Freire (DIMAp/UFRN, Brazil)
Daniel Alencar (DIMAp/UFRN, Brazil)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Claudio Sant'Anna (UFBA, Brazil)
Eduardo Guerra (ITA, Brazil)
Eugene Wallingford (U. Northern Iowa, USA)
Fabio Kon (IME-USP, Brazil)
Gustavo H. Rossi (Lifia/UNLP, Argentina)
Jerffeson Teixeira de Souza (UECE, Brazil)
Joseph Yoder (U. Illinois / The Refactory, Inc, USA)
Kiev Gama (CESAR, Brazil)
Linda Rising (Independent Consultant, USA)
Lise Hvatum (Schlumberger, USA)
Paulo Cesar Masiero (ICMC/USP, Brazil)
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock (Wirfs-Brock Associates, USA)
Ricardo Argenton Ramos (UNIVASF, Brazil)
Rodrigo Bonifácio de Almeida (UNB, Brazil)
Rossana Andrade (DC/UFC, Brazil)
Sergio Soares (CIn/UFPE, Brazil)
Tiago Massoni (DSC/UFCG, Brazil)
Uira Kulesza (DIMAp/UFRN, Brazil)


FOR MORE INFORMATION
For further information, please visit the conference home page
http://www.dimap.ufrn.br/sugarloafplop2012 or, for questions regarding the
conference program or paper submission, contact the PC co-chairs Rosana T.
Vaccare Braga (rtvb at icmc dot usp dot br) or Mary Lynn Manns (manns at
unca dot edu). For other questions contact the general chair Uira Kulesza
(uirakulesza at dimap dot ufrn dot br)
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Prof Rosana Teresinha Vaccare Braga
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas e de Computacao (ICMC)
Computing Systems Departament (SSC)
Room 4-134 - Phone: (16) 3373 8625 - São Carlos - SP
http://www.icmc.usp.br/~rtvb
Email: 
rtvb AT icmc.usp.br
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