General talk about software patterns

[Linda Rising <risingl AT acm.org>]

     5th Latin American Conference on Pattern Languages of Programming

                           SugarLoafPLoP'2005

                    http://sugarloafplop2005.icmc.usp.br

                 Campos do Jordão, Brazil, August 16-19, 2005

                            CALL FOR PAPERS

SUBMISSION DEADLINES
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Submissions Due:                      8 April  2005
Shepherding Starts:                  25 April  2005
Shepherd recommendations due:         6 June   2005
Notification of Acceptance:          17 June   2005
Final Conference Copy Due:           14 July   2005
Conference Dates:                 16-19 August 2005

THE CONFERENCE
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Software developers have long observed that certain patterns recur and endure
across different applications and systems. The growing interest in Design
Patterns, Architectural Patterns, Analysis Patterns, Pedagogical Patterns, and
so on, represents an effort to catalog and better communicate knowledge, 
providing handbooks of proven solutions to common problems.

SugarLoafPLoP brings together researchers, educators, and practitioners whose
interests span a remarkably broad range of topics and who share an interest in
exploring the power of the pattern form. SugarLoafPLoP invites you to add your
expertise to the growing corpus of patterns. SugarLoafPLoP focuses on
improving the _expression_ of patterns. You will have the opportunity to refine
and extend your patterns with the help from knowledgeable and sympathetic
fellow pattern enthusiasts. You will also be able to discuss applications of
patterns in industry and academia.

Highlights of the conference include tutorials, invited speakers, and
workshops, all held in a Brazilian area of great natural beauty.

The SugarLoafPLoP'2005 program will be divided in three different tracks:

* Writers' Workshop (WW) - papers that document patterns and pattern languages
  will be workshoped in the traditional PLoP format.

* Pattern Applications (PA) - papers that explore the use and
  application of patterns, such as using patterns in industry and academia,
  tools for using patterns, evaluation of productivity when using patterns,
  teaching and consulting with patterns, and so on. Both practitioners from
  the software industry and academics are invited to submit to this track.

* Writing Patterns (WP) - papers of newcomers who want to learn how to better
  elaborate an idea intended to evolve to a pattern or pattern language. This
  is more like a hands-on tutorial on writing patterns.

Paper submissions will be performed via the online EDAS system starting on
early March, 2005. Papers can be written in English (preferred), Portuguese,
or Spanish and must conform to the SBC style 
(http://gsd.ime.usp.br/sbcm/templates).  
Submissions should be preferably in PDF format with type 1 (vectorial) fonts. 
Postscript is also acceptable.

ORGANIZATION
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General Chair:                Rosana Teresinha Vaccare Braga (ICMC/USP, 
Brazil)

Program co-Chairs:            Linda Rising (Independent Consultant, USA) 
                              Fabio Kon (IME/USP, Brazil)

Local Arrangements co-Chairs: Marcos Cordeiro d'Ornellas (UFSM, Brazil)
                              Paulo Cesar Masiero (ICMC/USP, Brazil)
                              Rosangela A. D. Penteado (UFSCAR, Brazil)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Claudia Werner (COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil)
Dick Gabriel (Sun Microsystems, USA)
Eugene Wallingford (U. Northern Iowa, USA)
Fabio Kon (IME/USP, Brazil)
Jim Coplien (Vrije Universiteit, Belgium)
Gustavo H. Rossi (Lifia/UNLP, Argentina)
Jorge L. Ortega Arjona (UNAM, Mexico)
Joseph Yoder (U. Illinois / The Refactory, Inc, USA)
Linda Rising (Independent Consultant, USA)
Marcos Cordeiro d'Ornellas (UFSM, Brazil)
Paulo Borba (CIn/UFPE, Brazil)
Paulo Cesar Masiero (ICMC/USP, Brazil)
Robert Hanmer (Lucent Technologies, USA)
Rosana Braga  (ICMC/USP, Brazil)
Rossana Andrade (DC/UFC, Brazil)


FOR MORE INFORMATION
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For further information, please visit the conference home page
http://sugarloafplop2005.icmc.usp.br or, for questions regarding the
conference program, contact the PC chairs, Linda Rising (risingl at acm.org)
or Fabio Kon (kon at ime.usp.br). For other questions contact the general
chair, Rosana Braga (rtvb at icmc.usp.br).