[TYPES/announce] TOOLS Europe 2007: Paper deadline extension

[Philippe.LAHIRE@unice.fr]

After several requests, the paper submission deadline for TOOLS Europe
has been extended to Feb 15 (abstracts) and Feb 22 (full papers). These
deadlines are firm, i.e. no additional extensions can be given.

============================================================================

                              TOOLS EUROPE 2007
                    Objects, Models, Components, Patterns
                   ETH Zurich, Switzerland 24-28 June 2007
				
                            http://tools.ethz.ch/

============================================================================


   Call for Papers

TOOLS EUROPE 2007 will be devoted to the combination of technologies
  that have emerged as a result of object technology becoming
"mainstream". Like its predecessors, TOOLS EUROPE 2007 combines an
emphasis on quality with a strong practical focus.

This is the 45th TOOLS conference. Started in 1989, TOOLS conferences,
held in Europe, the USA, Australia, China and Eastern Europe, have
played a major role in the development of object technology field; many
of the seminal concepts were first presented at TOOLS. After an
interruption of four years, the conference is now revived to reflect the
maturing of the field and the new challenges ahead.

Contributions are solicited on all aspects of object technology and
neighbouring fields, in particular model-based development,
component-based development, and patterns (design, analysis and other
applications); more generally, any contribution addressing topics in
advanced software technology fall within the scope of TOOLS. Reflecting
the practical emphasis of TOOLS, contributions showcasing applications
along with a sound conceptual contribution are particularly welcome. For
a non-exclusive list of potential topic areas see the conference Web page.


   Submission Guidelines

All contributions will be subject to a rigorous selection process by the
international Program Committee, with a stress on originality,
practicality and overall quality. Every paper will be reviewed by at
least 4 committee members. The acceptance rate will be published in the
conference proceedings; TOOLS is committed to a fair and extensive
peer-review process establishing a high standard in the area of modern
practices in software engineering.

By submitting a paper to TOOLS, authors warrant that the work is
original and that the paper or a similar contribution is neither
published nor considered for publication elsewhere. Submissions should
follow the publication format of the Journal of Object Technology (JOT).
Papers should be limited in size to 20 single-spaced pages. Further
details are available from the website.


   Important Dates

Deadline for technical paper abstracts: Feb 15, 2007 midnight Zurich time
              technical papers:          Feb 22, 2007 midnight Zurich time
Author notification:                    Apr 15, 2007
Camera-ready copy due:                  May 15, 2007

The proceedings will be published as a special issue of the Journal of
Object Technology.

TOOLS EUROPE will also include workshops and tutorials (June 24), a
poster session, and a venture forum (June 28). See the corresponding
calls for contributions.


   Chairpersons

Conference chair: Bertrand Meyer
Program chair:    Jean Bezivin
Publicity chairs: Philippe Lahire, Laurence Tratt


   Program committee

Patrick Albert, Gustavo Alonso, Uwe Assman, Don Batory, Claude Baudoin,
Bernhard Beckert, Jean-Pierre Briot, Stefano Ceri, Siobhán Clarke,
Pierre Cointe, Charles Consel, Bernard Coulette, Patrick Cousot,
Krystof Czarnecki, Tharam Dillon, Klaus Dittrich, Gregor Engels,
Jacky Estublier, Jose Fiadeiro, Judit Nyekyne Gaizler, Viktor Gergel,
Carlo Ghezzi, Yossi Gil, Martin Gogolla, Jeff Gray, Rachid Guerraoui,
Pedro Guerreiro, Alan Hartmann, Reiko Heckel, Connie Heitmeyer,
Valerie Issarny, Gerti Kappel, Joseph Kiniry, Ivan Kurtev, Philippe Lahire,
Ralf Lämmel, Gary Leavens, Rustan Leino, Mingshu Li, Tiziana Margaria,
Erik Meijer, Silvio Meira, Christine Mingins, Peter Müller, Elie Najm,
Oscar Nierstrasz, Jonathan Ostroff, Richard Paige, Alfonso Pierantonio,
Jaroslav Pokorny, Ralf Reussner, Richard Riehle, Nicolas Rouquette,
Anthony Savidis, Doug Schmidt, Bran Selic, Richard Mark Soley,
Clemens Szyperski, Dave Thomas, T.H. Tse, Antonio Vallecillo,
Alan Cameron Wills, Amiram Yehudai