Subject: ECOOP94 Call for Contributions ECOOP'94 Call for Contributions ================================ The Eighth European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Bologna July 4 - 8 1994 ECOOP'94 is the eighth edition of the European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming. The conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss and exchange new developments in object-oriented languages systems and methods. Conference chair: Maurelio Boari (Univ. of Bologna I) Programme co-chairs: Mario Tokoro (Keio Univ./Sony CSL J) Remo Pareschi (ECRC D) Organizing chair: Paola Mello (Univ. of Bologna I) Organizing Committee =================== Jean-Marc Andreoli (ECRC D) Giuseppe Bellavia (Univ. of Bologna I) Anna Ciampolini (Univ. of Bologna I) Antonio Corradi (Univ. of Bologna I) Peter Dickman (Univ. of Glasgow UK) Evelina Lamma (Univ. of Udine I) Letizia Leonardi (Univ. of Modena I) Daniela Mazzotti (Univ. of Bologna I) Antonio Natali (Univ. of Bologna I) Paolo Tiberio (Univ. of Bologna I) Satoshi Matsuoka (Univ. of Tokyo J) Roberto Zicari (Goethe-Univ. D) Programme Committee ==================== Hassan Ait-Kaci (DEC PRL F) Mehmet Aksit (Univ. of Twente NL) Pierre America (Philips NL) Elisa Bertino (Univ. di Genova I) Jean Bezivin (Univ. de Nantes F) Maurelio Boari (Univ. di Bologna I) Pierre Cointe (Ecoles des Mines de Nantes F) Jacques Ferber (LAFORIA-IBP F) Bjorn Freeman-Benson (University of Victoria CDN) Simon Gibbs (Universite de Geneve CH) Gerti Kappel (University of Vienna A) Gregor Kiczales (Xerox PARC USA) Ole Lehrmann Madsen (Aarhus Univ. DK) Boris Magnusson (Lund Univ. S) Tom Maibaum (Imperial College UK) Jose' Meseguer (SRI USA) Eliot Moss (Univ. of Massachussets USA) Max Muehlhaeuser (Univ. of Karlsruhe D) Oscar Nierstrasz (Univ. de Geneve CH) Atsushi Ohori (Oki Electronics J) Walter Olthoff (DFKI D) Jens Palsberg (Aarhus Univ. DK) Remo Pareschi (ECRC D) Antonio Porto (Univ. Nova de Lisboa P) Markku Sakkinen (Univ. of Jyvaskyla SF) Luc Steels (Vrje Univ. Brussels B) Dave Thomas (Object Technology International CDN) Mario Tokoro (Keio Univ./Sony CSL J) Akinori Yonezawa (Univ. of Tokyo J) Roberto Zicari (Goethe-Univ. D) Call for Papers =============== Authors are invited to submit either original research contributions or experience reports that provide new insight into the use of object-oriented and related techniques. Suggested topics include but are not limited to: - Languages and their implementation - Combination of OOP with other language paradigms (logic functional) - OO databases and object persistence - Concurrency and distribution - Multiagent Systems - Theoretical foundations - Formal Methods - OO analysis and design - Class management and class evolution - Reuse components and frameworks - Applications and experience - Teaching Object-oriented Concepts and Methods Submissions should be written in English double-spaced and no longer than 10 000 words (roughly twenty pages). A separate cover sheet must be included which provides the following information: title authors' names postal and electronic mail addresses telephone and fax numbers a ten-line abstract and a list of keywords. Deadline for submission of papers is December 1 1993. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by February 4 1994. Camera-ready copy must be received by April 1 1994. Authors are invited to send 5 copies of their paper to: Mario Tokoro Department of Computer Science Keio University 3-14-1 Hiyoshi Kohoku-ku Yokohama 223 Japan Tel.: +81 45 560-1153 Fax: +81 45 560-1151 E-mail: mario@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp Tutorials ======== Proposals are solicited for tutorials covering all aspects of interest to the object-oriented community. Tutorial proposals are invited for all levels: introductory intermediate and advanced. Prospective proposers should request guidelines for tutorial submission from the Tutorial Chair. Proposals should be submitted before February 1 1994. Proposers will be notified of acceptance by March 15 1994; camera-ready versions of the tutorial material will be due on May 15 1994. Send submissions to: Antonio Natali ECOOP'94 Tutorial Chair DEIS Universita' di Bologna Viale Risorgimento 2 I-40136 Bologna Italy Tel.: +39 51 6443021 Fax : +39 51 6443073 E-mail: natali@deis33.cineca.it Workshops ========== Workshops will provide an opportunity to meet and discuss issues with selected focus. They will also help to disseminate recent research results and bridge gaps between related fields. Workshop participants are chosen on the basis of a position paper submitted to the workshop organizers. If you wish to organize a workshop send a description of the topic and of the intended audience to be received by February 1 1994. Send submissions to: Antonio Corradi ECOOP'94 Workshop co-Chair DEIS Universita' di Bologna Viale Risorgimento 2 I-40136 Bologna Italy Tel.: +39 51 6443083 Fax : +39 51 6443073 E-mail: antonio@deis33.cineca.it Letizia Leonardi ECOOP'94 Workshop co-Chair Facolta' di Ingegneria Universita' di Modena Via Campi 213/b I-41100 Modena Italy Tel.: +39 59 367890/+39 51 6443083 Fax : +39 59 370040/+39 51 6443073 E-mail: letizia@deis33.cineca.it Panels ====== Panels addressing issues of object technology will become a part of the conference. Panels should present interesting and divergent views. Panel proposals should include panel title summary of key issues to be discussed names and position statements of panelists and address of a contact person. Panel proposals must be received by February 1 1994. Send submissions to: Jean-Marc Andreoli ECOOP'94 Panel co-Chair ECRC Arabellastr. 17 D-81925 Munich 81 Germany E-mail: jeanmarc@ecrc.de Satoshi Matsuoka ECOOP'94 Panel co-Chair Dept. of Information Science Univ. of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113 Japan E-mail: matsu@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Demonstrations ============== Proposals for demonstrations of object-oriented software are invited to illustrate innovative concepts. Demonstrations will be selected on the basis of technical merit novelty and relevance. Descriptions of the demonstration name and addresses of the demonstrators together with hardware requirements should be sent before April 1 1994 to: Anna Ciampolini ECOOP'94 Demonstration Chair DEIS Universita' di Bologna Viale Risorgimento 2 I-40136 Bologna Italy Tel.: +39 51 6443033 Fax : +39 51 6443073 E-mail: anna@deis33.cineca.it Exhibition ========== The conference will be accompanied by a commercial exhibition. Vendors of object-oriented products and services should contact the Exhibition Chair before June 1 1994 to ensure their inclusion. For further information please contact: Giuseppe Bellavia ECOOP'94 Exhibition co-Chair DEIS Universita' di Bologna Viale Risorgimento 2 I-40136 Bologna Italy Tel.: +39 51 6443025 Fax : +39 51 6443073 E-mail: beppe@ingbo1.cineca.it Roberto Zicari ECOOP'94 Exhibition co-Chair JohannWolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt am Main Fachbereich Informatik (20) Robert-Mayer-Str. 11-15 D-60054 Frankfurt am Main 11 Germany Tel.: +49 69 7988212 Fax: +49 69 747021 E-mail: zicari@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de Important dates =============== Deadline for papers: Dec. 1 1993 Notification of acceptance: Feb. 4 1994 Camera-ready copy due: Apr. 1 1994 Deadline for tutorials: Feb. 1 1994 Deadline for workshops: Feb. 1 1994 Deadline for panels: Feb. 1 1994 Deadline for demonstrations: Apr. 1 1994 Deadline for exhibition: Jun. 1 1994 Conference: July 4-8 1994 Direct all specific correspondence to the appropriate committee members. General correspondence on ECOOP'94 and questions about the conference or its organization should be sent to: Paola Mello ECOOP'94 Dipartimento di Elettronica Informatica e Sistemistica (DEIS) Universita' di Bologna Viale Risorgimento 2 I-40136 Bologna Italy Tel.: +39 51 6443033 Fax : +39 51 6443073 E-mail: ECOOP94@deis33.cineca.it