Call for Papers
PLATEAU 2011
Third Workshop on
Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU) in conjunction with SPLASH/Onward! 2011 October 22-27, 2011 (Portland, OR)
http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Events/PLATEAU/WebHome
SUBMISSION SITE
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plateau2011
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline August 12 Notification September 12 Registration October 22 Workshop October 24
SCOPE
Programming languages exist to enable programmers to develop software effectively. But how efficiently programmers can write software depends on the usability of the languages and tools that they develop with. The aim of this workshop is to discuss methods, metrics and techniques for evaluating the usability of languages and language tools. The supposed benefits of such languages and tools cover a large space, including making programs easier to read, write, and maintain; allowing programmers to write more flexible and powerful programs; and restricting programs to make them more safe and secure.
We plan to gather the intersection of researchers in the programming language, programming tool, and human-computer interaction communities to share their research and discuss the future of evaluation and usability of programming languages and tools. We are also interested in the input of other members of the programming research community working on related areas, such as aspects, refactoring, design patterns, program analysis, program comprehension, software visualization, end-user programming, and other programming language paradigms. Some particular areas of interest are:
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Brad Myers, Carnegie Mellon University
SUBMISSIONS
Participants are invited to submit a paper describing their on going work. We will accept papers (from 4 to 6 pages) that describe work-in-progress or recently completed work based on the themes and goals of the workshop or related topics, report on experiences gained, question accepted wisdom, raise challenging open problems, or propose speculative new approaches. Longer submissions will be considered, but all submissions must be fewer than 10 pages.
Submissions and final papers should be formatted using the ACM SIGPLAN 10 point format. Templates for Word and LaTeX are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm; this site also contains links to useful information on how to write effective submissions.
Papers may be submitted to one of two tracks: archival and non-archival. Accepted archival papers will be published in full in the ACM digital library. Accepted non-archival papers will be made available as a tech report on the PLATEAU website. All authors are also asked to prepare a presentation to support their papers. All accepted submissions will be made available through the PLATEAU website prior to the workshop. Workshop participants are encouraged to have read the position papers before attending the workshop.
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