[TYPES/announce] Call for Papers: TOOLS Europe 2008

[Philippe Lahire]

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                              TOOLS EUROPE 2008
                        46th International Conference
                    Objects, Models, Components, Patterns

                               co-located with
        *** International Conference on Model Transformation 2008 ***
               *** Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore
                     and Outsourced Development 2008 ***

                 ETH Zurich, Switzerland 30 June-4 July 2008

                            http://tools.ethz.ch/

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   Call for Papers

TOOLS EUROPE 2008 will focus on the combination of technologies that
have emerged through objects and object technology becoming mainstream.
TOOLS EUROPE 2008 combines an emphasis on quality with a strong
practical focus.

This is the 46th 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. The TOOLS series
was successfully restarted in 2007.

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 TOOLS Web site.

In 2008, TOOLS EUROPE will be co-located with several other events,
including SEAFOOD 2008 and the International Conference on Model
Transformation (ICMT) 2008. Details of co-located events can be found on
the TOOLS web site.


   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 papers: February 8, 2008, midnight Zurich time
Author notification:           April 15, 2008
Camera-ready copy due:         May 15, 2008

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

TOOLS EUROPE will also include workshops and tutorials. See the
corresponding calls for contributions.


   Chairpersons

Conference chair: Bertrand Meyer
Program chair:    Richard Paige
Publicity chairs: Laurence Tratt, Philippe Lahire
Workshop chairs:  Stephane Ducasse, Alexandre Bergel
Tutorial Chairs:  Manuel Oriol, Phil Brooke


   Program committee

Patrick Albert, Uwe Assmann, Balbir Barn, Mike Barnett, Claude Baudoin,
Bernhard Beckert, Jean Bezivin, Jean-Pierre Briot, Phil Brooke, Dave
Clarke, Bernard Coulette, Jin Song Dong, Gregor Engels, Patrick Eugster,
Jose Fiadeiro, Judit Nyekyne Gaizler, Benoit Garbinato, Carlo Ghezzi,
Martin Glinz, Martin Gogolla, Jeff Gray, Pedro Guerreiro, Alan Hartman,
Valerie Issarny, Gerti Kappel, Joseph Kiniry, Ivan Kurtev, Philippe
Lahire, Ralf Laemmel, Mingshu Li, Tiziana Margaria, Erik Meijer, Peter
Mueller, David Naumann, Oscar Nierstrasz, Manuel Oriol, Jonathan
Ostroff, Alfonso Pierantonio, Awais Rashid, Nicolas Rouquette, Anthony
Savidis, Doug Schmidt, Bran Selic, Jim Steel, Dave Thomas, Laurence
Tratt, T.H. Tse, Antonio Vallecillo, Amiram Yehudai, Andreas Zeller.