From java at stefan-marr.de Wed Aug 16 09:10:25 2017 From: java at stefan-marr.de (Stefan Marr) Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:10:25 +0200 Subject: [Deadline Extension] Workshop on Meta-Programming Techniques and Reflection, Deadline August 20 Message-ID: Call for Papers: Meta?17 ======================== Workshop on Meta-Programming Techniques and Reflection Co-located with SPLASH 2017 October 22, 2017, Vancouver, Canada Twitter @MetaAtSPLASH http://2017.splashcon.org/track/meta-2017 The heterogeneity of mobile computing, cloud applications, multicore architectures, and other systems leads to increasing complexity of software and requires new approaches to programming languages and software engineering tools. To manage the complexity, we require generic solutions that can be adapted to specific application domains or use cases, making metaprogramming an important topic of research once more. However, the challenges with metaprogramming are still manifold. They start with fundamental issues such as typing of reflective programs, continue with practical concerns such as performance and tooling, and reach into the empirical field to understand how metaprogramming is used and how it affects software maintainability. Thus, while industry accepted metaprogramming on a wide scale with Ruby, Scala, JavaScript and others, academia still needs to answer a wide range of questions to bring it to the same level of convenience, tooling, and programming styles to cope with the increasing complexity of software systems. This workshop aims to explore meta-level technologies that help tackling the heterogeneity, scalability and openness requirements of emerging computations platforms. ### Topics of Interest The workshop is a venue for all approaches that embrace metaprogramming: - from static to dynamic techniques - reflection, meta-level architectures, staging, open language runtimes applications to middleware, frameworks, and DSLs - optimization techniques to minimize runtime overhead - contract systems, or typing of reflective programs reflection and metaobject protocols to enable tooling - case studies and evaluation of such techniques, e.g., to build applications, language extensions, or tools - empirical evaluation of metaprogramming solutions - security in reflective systems and capability-based designs - meta-level architectures and reflective middleware for modern runtime platforms (e.g. IoT, cyber-physical systems, mobile/cloud/grid computing, etc) - surveys, conceptualization, and taxonomization of existing approaches In short, we invite contributions to the workshop on a wide range of topics related to design, implementation, and application of reflective APIs and meta-programming techniques, as well as empirical studies and typing for such systems and languages. ### Workshop Format and Submissions This workshop welcomes the presentation of new ideas and emerging problems as well as mature work as part of a mini-conference format. Furthermore, we plan interactive brainstorming and demonstration sessions between the formal presentations to enable an active exchange of ideas. Therefore, we seek the following kinds of publications: ? technical paper: max. 8 pages, excluding references ? position and work-in-progress paper: 1-4 pages, excluding references ? technology demos or a posters: 1-page abstract All papers are to be submitted using the SIGPLAN acmart style. Please use the provided double-column Latex or Word templates. For the submission, please use the submission system at: https://meta17.hotcrp.com/ The workshop technical papers will be published in the ACM DL, if not requested otherwise by the authors. Thus, they will be part of SPLASH workshop proceedings. Demos, posters, position and work-in-progress papers can be submitted on a second, later deadline to discuss the latest results and current work and won?t be included in the ACM DL proceedings. ### Important Dates Abstract Submission: 07 August 2017 Paper Submission: 20 August 2017 Author Notification: 06 September 2017 Position/WIP Paper Deadline: 08 September 2017 Camera Ready Deadline: 18 September 2017 Position/WIP Notification: 21 September 2017 ### Program Committee The program committee consists of the organizers and the following reviewers: Anya Helen Bagge, University of Bergen, Norway Daniele Bonetta, Oracle Labs, Austria Nicolas Cardozo, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Sebastian Erdweg, TU Delf, The Nederlands Robert Hirschfeld, HPI, Germany Roberto Ierusalimschy, PUC-Rio, Brazil Pablo Inostroza, CWI, The Nederlands Kim Mens, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Cyrus Omar, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Guillermo Polito, CNRS, France Tiark Rompf, Purdue University, USA Tom Van Cutsem, Nokia Bell Labs, Belgium Takuo Watanabe, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan ### Workshop Organizers Shigeru Chiba, University of Tokyo Elisa Gonzalez Boix, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Stefan Marr, Johannes Kepler University Linz ### Contact information For further inquires, do not hesitate to contact the organizers via meta AT soft.vub.ac.be http://2017.splashcon.org/track/meta-2017 -- Stefan Marr Johannes Kepler Universit?t Linz http://stefan-marr.de/research/ From java at stefan-marr.de Wed Aug 23 14:25:17 2017 From: java at stefan-marr.de (Stefan Marr) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:25:17 +0200 Subject: Call for Presentations and Participation: 4th Virtual Machine Meetup, co-located with ManLang'17 Message-ID: Call for Participation: VMM?17 ============================== 4th Virtual Machine Meetup Co-located with ManLang September 27-29, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic http://vmmeetup.github.io/2017/ The 4th Virtual Machine Meetup (VMM'17) is a venue for discussing the latest research and developments in the area of managed language execution. It will be held from 27th to 29th of September at the Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic and is colocated with the Managed Languages conference 2017 (http://d3s.mff.cuni.cz/conferences/manlang17/). We welcome presentations of new research results, experience reports, as well as position statements that can lead to interesting discussions. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Programming language design - Dynamic and static program analysis - Compiler construction - Managed runtime architectures - Data processing engines - Distributed execution environments Participation is free of charge! To participate, please register at "http://d3s.mff.cuni.cz/conferences/manlang17/?n=Main.Registration". There are limited participant slots due to the constraints of the room, so please register early, and by September 19th the latest. If you would like to give a presentation, please submit a presentation abstract (a title with max. 100 characters and an abstract with max. 400 characters) to https://ssw.jku.at/VMM17/. We may ask for additional information from you before making the program decision. Presentation slots are either 30 minutes (long) or 15 minutes (short) including Q/A. Important dates: - Submissions: August 31st, 2017 - Author notification: September 1st, 2017 - Registration for participation: September 19th, 2017 - Virtual machine Meetup: Sep 27th to 29th at Charles University Prague - Social Event: Sep 29th 2017, optional Submission link: - https://ssw.jku.at/VMM17/ Program committee: - Stefan Marr, JKU Linz, Austria - Matthias Grimmer, Oracle Labs Austria - Thomas Wuerthinger, Oracle Labs Switzerland -- Stefan Marr Johannes Kepler Universit?t Linz http://stefan-marr.de/research/