General talk about software patterns

[vilre AT cs.tut.fi]

CALL FOR PAPERS
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VikingPLoP 2013
The Nordic Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs
March 17-20, 2013
Horse Inn of Luomajärvi, Ikaalinen, Tampere region, Finland.

Extended Paper submission deadline: January 20th

http://www.vikingplop.org

Conference
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A Nordic PLoP conference, VikingPLoP 2013, will be held from 21 st to 
24th of March 2013 in Horse Inn of Luomajärvi, Ikaalinen, Tampere 
region, Finland. The location offers a luxurious experience for anyone 
who appreciates rustic romance, good food, horses, quality time, the 
nature, and wilderness tracks.

The conference helps you to learn more about patterns, to receive 
feedback on your own work, and to discuss with fellow pattern 
enthusiasts. It is an excellent venue to exchange knowledge about 
patterns and learn from other experts. We especially encourage 
new-comers and non-academic pattern enthusiasts to participate in the 
conference. Open and supportive community makes VikingPLoP a great 
opportunity to get familiar with patterns and PLoP culture.

The core of VikingPLoP is a series of writers' workshops where authors 
work together to improve their papers. Before patterns or other papers 
are accepted for a writers' workshop, they are shepherded. This means 
that an experienced author will discuss your submission with you, so 
that you can refine your paper prior to the conference. After 
shepherding, all submissions will be peer-reviewed in the conference and 
the patterns will be published after the conference.

Important Dates
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January 20th: paper submission deadline, EXTENDED DEADLINE
January 23rd: Start of shepherding
February 22nd: Deadline for second draft
February 28th: Paper acceptance notification
March 21-24, 2013: Conference

Submissions
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VikingPLoP accepts papers containing patterns or pattern languages as 
well as experience reports and papers related to the theory and use of 
patterns. Papers submitted to VikingPLoP cover a wide range of subjects, 
from technical issues, like distributed machine control, C++ 
programming, to social and organizational issues.

The submitted papers should contain one or more patterns maximum number 
of pages being 10. However, we are not particularly strict on this limit 
and longer pattern languages or sequences and work-in-progress papers 
will also be considered for inclusion. Papers should follow LNCS format 
guidelines. Papers that have been workshopped in VikingPLoP also qualify 
for a submission to the Springer journal LNCS Transactions on Pattern 
Languages of Programming (TPLoP).

To submit your first version of the paper, please visit VikingPLoP
website, http://www.vikingplop.org/submission.html

More Information
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If you have any questions, please contact the conference chairs 
Veli-Pekka Eloranta (velipekka.eloranta AT tut.fi) and Marko Leppänen 
(marko.leppanen AT tut.fi), or visit www.vikingplop.org.