[TYPES/announce] Call for Papers: SLE 2014

[Craig Anslow]

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CALL FOR PAPERS

7th International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE) 2014

Vasteras, Sweden , September 14-15, 2014 

http://www.sleconf.org/2014/

Co-located with: 

29th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2014)
13th International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts and Experiences (GPCE 2014)

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IMPORTANT DATES

All dates are Anywhere on Earth.

Deadline for abstracts: May 16, 2014
Deadline for papers: May 23, 2014
Author access to reviews: June 23-24, 2014
Author notification: July 7, 2014 
Camera ready copies due: July 27, 2014 
Conference: September 14-15, 2014

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SCOPE

Software Language Engineering (SLE) is the application of systematic, disciplined, and measurable approaches to the development, use, deployment, and maintenance of software languages. The term "software language" is used broadly, and includes: general-purpose programming languages; domain-specific languages (e.g. BPMN, Simulink, Modelica); modeling and metamodeling languages (e.g. SysML and UML); data models and ontologies (e.g. XML-based and OWL-based languages and vocabularies).

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TOPICS OF INTEREST

The overall principle of SLE is to be broad-minded and inclusive about relevance and scope. We solicit high-quality contributions in areas ranging from theoretical and conceptual contributions to tools, techniques, and frameworks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Tools and methods for software language design and extension (incl. meta-languages, meta-tools, language workbenches)

- Generative approaches, transformation and transformation languages, code generation

- Techniques for analysing software language descriptions

- Techniques for software language reuse, evolution and managing variation (syntactic/semantic) within language families

- Integration and coordination of software languages and tools

- Engineering Domain-Specific Languages (for modeling, simulating, generation, description, checking)

- Novel applications and/or empirical studies on any aspect of SLE (development, use, deployment, and maintenance of software languages)

- Cross-fertilization of different technological spaces (e.g. modelware, grammarware, etc)

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TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS 

- Research papers: These should report a substantial research contribution to SLE or successful application of SLE techniques or both. Full paper submissions must not exceed 20 pages (in LNCS format).

- Tool papers: Because of SLE's ample interest in tools, we seek papers that present software tools related to the field of SLE. Selection criteria include originality of the tool, its innovative aspects, and relevance to SLE. Tool papers should include an appendix outlining the proposed demonstration, including screenshots etc. A short video may be linked as well. Tool paper submissions must not exceed 10 pages (in LNCS Format).

- Industrial position papers: These papers discuss practical applications of SLE technology with an emphasis on the advantages and disadvantages of the method, techniques, or tools used. Industry paper submissions must not exceed 10 pages (in LNCS Format).

- Bridging position papers: These papers discuss bridging ideas from the different areas of SLE (e.g. modelling, PL, grammars, etc). This includes both foundational ideas and/or practical techniques. Bridging position papers must not 4 pages (in LNCS Format).

All papers have to be submitted electronically in PDF format via Easychair: 

   https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sle2014

Papers should follow the LNCS format: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0

Submitted articles must not have been previously published or currently be submitted for publication elsewhere. The program chairs will apply the principles of the ACM Plagiarism Policy throughout the submission and review process.

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PUBLICATIONS

All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. Authors will be given a brief opportunity for a reply to the reviews. The replies will be considered in the PC's discussions, and considered in the selection of the best reviewer. All accepted papers will be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (www.springer.com/lncs). All papers must be formatted according to the Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science style.

Authors of best papers from the conference will be invited to revise and submit extended versions of their papers for a special issue of the Journal on Science of Computer Programming.

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AWARDS

- Best paper. Award for best overall paper, as determined by the PC chairs based on the recommendations of the programme committee.

- Best reviewer. Award for best reviewer, as determined by the PC chairs using feedback from the authors.

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CONTACT 

For any questions or concerns about the call for paper, please contact the program co-chairs at: pcchairs at sleconf.org

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GENERAL COMMITTEE CHAIR

Jurgen Vinju, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, The Netherlands

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS

Benoit Combemale, University of Rennes, France
David J. Pearce, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Emilie Balland, INRIA, France
Tony Clark, Middlesex University, UK
Zinovy Diskin, McMaster University / University of Waterloo, Canada
Martin Erwig, Oregon State University, USA
Anne Etien, University of Lille, France
Joerg Evermann, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Jean-Marie Favre, University of Grenoble, France
Robert France, Colorado State University, USA
Andy Gill, University of Kansas, USA
Martin Gogolla, University of Bremen, Germany
Pieter Van Gorp, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil
Görel Hedin, Lund University, Sweden
Markus Herrmannsdoerfer, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
Jean-Marc Jézéquel, University of Rennes, France
Thomas Kuehne, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Ralf Laemmel, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Peter Mosses, Swansea University, UK
Sean Mcdirmid, Microsoft, China
Kim Mens, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Marjan Mernik, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Pierre-Alain Muller, University of Haute-Alsace, France
Nathaniel Nystrom, University of Lugano, Switzerland
Klaus Ostermann, University of Marburg, Germany
Oscar Nierstrasz, University of Bern, Switzerland
Richard Paige, University of York, UK
Fiona Polack, University of York, UK
Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Davide Di Ruscio, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Italy
João Saraiva, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Bran Selic, Malina Software Corp., Canada
Jim Steel, University of Queensland, Australia
Tijs Van Der Storm, Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, The Netherlands
Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, MetaCase, Finland
Michael Whalen, University of Minnesota, USA
Eric Van Wyk, University of Minnesota, USA
Steffen Zschaler, King's College London, UK

WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION CHAIR

Eric Van Wyk, University of Minnesota, USA

PANEL ORGANIZATION CHAIR 

Ralf Lammel, Universitat Koblenz-Landau, Germany

PUBLICITY CHAIRS

Craig Anslow, University of Calgary, Canada (general publicity)
Tijs van der Storm, Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, The Netherlands (social media)
Davy Landman, Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica, The Netherlands (web)

LOCAL ORGANIZATION CHAIR

Ivica Crnkovic, Malardalen University, Sweden
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