[TYPES/announce] TOOLS Europe submission deadline extended to Feb 14

[Philippe.LAHIRE@unice.fr]

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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. The TOOLS proceedings will be a 
volume in the new Springer LNBIP series, and papers should be formatted
accordingly. Final camera-ready submissions should be at most 20 pages in
length in LNBIP format. We recommend that you use this format for preparing
your initial submission.


    Important Dates

***EXTENDED***
Deadline for technical papers: February 14, 2008, midnight Zurich time
Author notification:           April 1, 2008
Camera-ready copy due:         April 16, 2008

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, Marsha Chechik, 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.