TOOLS 2011: International Conference on Objects, Models, Components, Patterns 2011

June 28, 2011-June 30, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland

Call for Papers

Now that object technology is mainstream, it can be studied in combination with other technologies devoted to achieving high quality software. TOOLS EUROPE is a long standing conference that brings together researchers, practitioners and students to discuss objects, models, components, patterns, languages and systems in a holistic way. TOOLS has a strong practical bias, without losing sight of the importance of correctness and performance.

TOOLS EUROPE solicits contributions on all aspects of object technology and related fields, in particular model-based development, component-based development, language implementation and patterns. More generally, any contribution addressing topics in advanced software technology falls within the scope of TOOLS. Reflecting the practical emphasis of TOOLS, contributions showcasing applications along with a sound conceptual contribution are particularly welcome.

Topics include:

  • Applications to safety- and security-related software
  • Aspects and aspect-oriented programming and modelling
  • Component-based programming, modelling, tools
  • Distributed and concurrent object systems
  • Domain specific languages and language design
  • Experience reports, including efforts at standardisation
  • Frameworks for component-based development
  • Language implementation techniques, compilers, run-time systems
  • Model-driven development and model-driven architecture
  • Multicore programming, models and patterns
  • Object technology, including programming techniques, languages, tools
  • Open source solutions and reproduction studies
  • Patterns, pattern languages and tool support for patterns
  • Practical applications of program verification and analysis
  • Real-time object-oriented programming and design
  • Testing of object-oriented systems
  • Tools and frameworks for supporting model-driven development
  • Trusted and reliable components

All contributions will be subject to a rigorous selection process by the international Program Committee, with a stress on originality, practicality and overall quality. For detailed submission information see the conference page.

The conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series [final approval pending]. A selection of the best papers of the conference will be invited to submit extended versions to the renewed Journal of Object Technology (http://www.jot.fm)

Important Dates:

  • Papers submission deadline: January 28, 2011
  • Acceptance notification: March 23, 2011
  • Camera-ready final copy: April 4, 2011
  • Conference: June 28 - 30, 2011

Conference Chair:

  • Bertrand Meyer, ETH Zurich and Eiffel Software

Program Chairs:

  • Judith Bishop, Microsoft Research, USA
  • Antonio Vallecillo, Universidad de Malaga, Spain

Invited Speakers:

  • Oscar Nierstrasz, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Frank Tip, IBM Research, USA

Publicity Chair:

  • Esther Guerra, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Program Committee:

  • Uwe Assman, University of Dresden, Germany
  • Alexandre Bergel, University of Chile, Chile
  • Lorenzo Bettini, University of Torino, Italy
  • William R. Cook, University of Texas Austin, USA
  • Juan de Lara, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
  • Wolfgang de Meuter, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
  • Julian Dolby, IBM Research, USA
  • Sophia Drossopolou, Imperial College London, UK
  • Catherine Dubois, ENSIIE, France
  • Stéphane Ducasse, INRIA Lille Nord Europe, France
  • Gregor Engels, University of Paderborn, Germany
  • Erik Ernst, Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Benoit Garbinato, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Jesús García-Molina, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
  • Angelo Gargantini, University of Bergamo, Italy
  • Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA
  • Thomas Gschwind, IBM Research, Switzerland
  • Matthias Hauswith, University of Lugano, Switzerland
  • Nigel Horspool, University of Victoria, Canada
  • Gerti Kappel, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • Doug Lea, State University of New York Oswego, USA
  • Welf Löwe, Linnaeus University, Sweden
  • Peter Müller, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • Aditya Nori, Microsoft Research, India
  • Nate Nystrom, University of Lugano, Switzerland
  • Manuel Oriol, University of York, UK
  • Richard Paige, University of York, UK
  • Ralf Reussner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Peter Thiemann, University of Freiburg, Germany
  • Nikolai Tillmann, Microsoft Research, USA
  • Laurence Tratt, Bournemouth University, UK
  • Arie van Deursen, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
  • Jan Vitek, Purdue University, USA
  • Jules White, Vanderbilt University, USA
  • Manuel Wimmer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria