Thread: [oss4lib-discuss] CFP, Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals (VL/HCC 2012)
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[apologies for multiple postings] IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) http://vlhcc.org 1. Call for Papers 2. Call for Workshop Proposals 3. Call for Tutorial Proposals Important dates for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals Informal "intention to submit" email: 15 January 2012 Submission of proposals by email: 22 January 2012 Notification of final decision: 6 February 2012 ______________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS ______________________________________________________________________ VL/HCC 2012 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing September 30 - October 4, 2012 Innsbruck, Austria, co-located with MODELS'12 http://vlhcc.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT DATES * Abstract submissions: 9 March 2012 * Paper submissions: 16 March 2012 * Notification of reviews: 25 May 2012 * Rebuttals due: 29 May 2012 * Notification of final decision: 6 June 2012 * Camera-ready copies due: 29 June 2012 >From the beginning of the computer age, people have sought easier ways to learn, express, and understand computational ideas. Whether this meant moving from punch cards to textual languages, or command lines to graphical UIs, the quest to make computation easier to express, manipulate, and understand by a broader group of people is an ongoing challenge. The IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) is the premier international forum for research on this topic. Established in 1984, the mission of the conference is to support the design, theory, application, and evaluation of computing technologies and languages for programming, modeling, and communicating, which are easier to learn, use, and understand by people. ______________________________________________________________________ SCOPE AND TOPICS We solicit original, unpublished research papers that focus on efforts to design, formalize, implement, and evaluate computing languages and development tools that are easier to learn, easier to use, and easier to understand. This includes languages and tools expressed not only as text, but through any other means (visual, sketch-based, gesture-based, or otherwise). This also includes languages and tools intended for a wide range of audiences, including professional software developers, novice programmers, or any other people who find a need to express computational ideas. We also seek papers that address cognitive, social, cultural, and theoretical aspects of efforts to lower barriers to computing. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Design, evaluation, and theory of visual languages * End-user development, end-user programming * Novel user interfaces for expressing computation * Human aspects of software development * Debugging and program understanding * Computer science education * Software development tools * Model-driven development * Domain-specific languages * Software visualization * Query languages ______________________________________________________________________ PAPER SUBMISSIONS We invite two kinds of papers, due March 16, 2012: * full-length research papers, up to 8 pages * short research papers, up to 4 pages All accepted papers, whether full or short, should be complete archival contributions. The contribution from full papers are more extensive than those from short papers. Preliminary research should be submitted to the Posters category. All submissions will be reviewed by members of the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be distributed at the conference and will appear in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. In 2011 the conference paper format was changed by IEEE, so be sure you are using the new format, which is available at: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html Moreover, authors of the best papers accepted for the conference will be invited to submit revised versions for a special issue of the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing. === A Note on Evaluations === Research papers are expected to support their claims with appropriate evidence. For example, a paper that claims to improve programmer productivity is expected to demonstrate improved productivity. However, not all claims necessarily need to be supported with empirical evidence or studies with people. A paper that claims to make something feasible that was clearly infeasible might substantiate its claim through the existence of a prototype. Moreover, there are many alternatives to empirical evidence, including analytical methods or formal arguments. We encourage authors to think carefully about what claims their submission makes and what evidence would support them. _______________________________________________________________________ SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS General Chair Gennaro Costagliola · University of Salerno, Italy Program Co-Chairs Martin Erwig · Oregon State University, USA Gem Stapleton · University of Brighton, UK Workshop & Poster Chairs Paolo Bottoni · Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Claudia Ermel · Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Publicity Chair Vittorio Fuccella · University of Salerno, Italy Proceedings & Web Chair Mattia De Rosa · University of Salerno, Italy Fabrizio Torre · University of Salerno, Italy ______________________________________________________________________ PROGRAM COMMITTEE Robin Abraham · Microsoft, USA Robert Biddle · Carlton University, Canada Paolo Bottoni · Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Margaret Burnett · Oregon State University, USA Maria Francesca Costabile · University of Bari, Italy Phil Cox · Dalhousie University, Canada Allen Cypher · IBM Research Almaden, USA Juan De Lara · Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain Robert DeLine · Microsoft Research, USA Gregor Engels · University of Paderborn, Germany Claudia Ermel · Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany Andrew Fish · University of Brighton, UK Judith Good · University of Sussex, UK Jeff Gray · University of Alabama, USA John Grundy · Swinburne University of Technology, Australia John Hosking · University of Auckland, New Zealand John Howse · University of Brighton, UK Christopher Hundhausen · Washington State University, USA Caitlin Kelleher · Washington University in St. Louis, USA Andrew J. Ko · University of Washington, USA Eileen Kraemer · University of Georgia, USA James Lin · Google Inc, USA Mark Minas · Universität der Bundeswehr München, Germany Emerson Murphy-Hill · North Carolina State University, USA Brad Myers · Carnegie Mellon University, USA Ian Oliver · Nokia, Finland Emmanuel Pietriga · INRIA, France Alexander Repenning · University of Colorado, USA Peter Rodgers · University of Kent, UK Mary Beth Rosson · Pennsylvania State University, USA Christopher Scaffidi · Oregon State University, USA Jonathan Sillito · University of Calgary, Canada Steven Tanimoto · University of Washington, USA Daniel Varro · Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Hungary Susan Wiedenbeck · Drexel University, USA ______________________________________________________________________ STEERING COMMITTEE Paolo Bottoni - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Gennaro Costagliola - Universita di Salerno, Italy Robert DeLine - Microsoft Research, USA John Grundy - Swinburne University of Technology, Australia John Howse - University of Brighton, UK Andrew Ko, University of Washington, USA Mark Minas - Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany Brad Myers - Carnegie Mellon University, USA Emmanuel Pietriga - INRIA, France ______________________________________________________________________ VISIT OUR WEB SITE http://vlhcc.org/ LIKE US ON FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/vlhcc FOLLOW US ON TWITTER http://twitter.com/vlhcc ______________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS ______________________________________________________________________ Workshop proposals are solicited for VL/HCC 2012 (http://vlhcc.org). Established in 1984, the mission of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC) is to support the design, theory, application, and evaluation of computing technologies and languages for programming, modeling, and communicating, which are easier to learn, use, and understand by people. VL/HCC 2012 workshops are small meetings intended to foster discussion in an area related to that of the conference. We strongly recommend that organizers plan their workshop to encourage interaction among the attendees and avoid structuring the workshop as a long series of individual paper presentations. Note also that workshops are not courses where an instructor teaches the attendees (see Tutorials below for this instead). Prospective workshop organizers must submit a workshop proposal package, which will be reviewed by the workshop chairs and may either be accepted or rejected. If the workshop is accepted, then both the conference organizers and the workshop organizers will publicize the workshop to ensure that a sufficient number of attendees submit position papers to the workshop. The workshop proposal package must contain: - A proposal document in PDF format listing: - The title of the workshop - The names, contact information for all organizers (one organizer should be highlighted as the contact for the workshop chairs), and the organizers’ backgrounds - A description of the topic and rationale for the workshop, including a brief description of why the workshop will be relevant to VL/HCC attendees - A detailed plan for carrying out the workshop, including the method for soliciting position papers from potential attendees, the method for selecting attendees from submitted position papers, an approximate schedule for the workshop, and a brief description of any post-workshop activities (e.g. curating a journal special issue) - The “Call for Participation” document (500 words or less) that will be used to advertise the workshop on mailing lists, the VL/HCC web site, etc. - A URL to a preliminary workshop web page. The content on this page need not be final at submission time. The proposal package must be submitted by e-mail to the workshop chairs at wor...@vl.... ______________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSAL ______________________________________________________________________ Tutorials allow conference attendees to expand their knowledge. Tutorials might introduce researchers to emerging areas or new technologies, or provide an overview of the state of the art in an existing research area. Prospective tutorial instructors must submit a tutorial proposal package, which will be reviewed by the tutorial chairs and may either be accepted or rejected. If the tutorial is accepted, then both the conference organizers and the tutorial instructors will publicize the tutorial to ensure that a sufficient number of attendees will choose to attend the tutorial. The tutorial package must contain: - Tutorial abstract. This will be posted on the VL/HCC web site and must contain: - Title of the tutorial - Names and affiliations of the instructors - Description: At most 500 words describing the benefits that attendees will receive from this course, the features of the course, and some background on the instructors. Feel free to use bulleted lists in the abstract as needed. - Course description of 1–4 pages. This should contain: - Proposed duration of the tutorial (half day or full day, though shorter tutorials could also be proposed) - Learning objectives - Justification: why will this tutorial be of interest to the VL/HCC community? - Content: describe in detail the material that will be covered - Presentation format and schedule: describe in detail the format of the presentation and how it will be organized - Tutorial history: describe the history of the tutorial, if any - Audio/visual needs: describe any technology that you will need in order to present your tutorial. We should be able to provide a projector, screen, and some form of computer audio system. Be sure to mention any needs beyond that set of equipment. Both documents should be submitted as PDFs via e-mail to the tutorial organizers at wor...@vl... |