General talk about software patterns

[Linda Rising <risingl AT tds.net>]

Sorry for multiple postings!

MiniPLoP Brazil 2013
Latin American Mini conference on Pattern Languages of Programming
Brasília, Brazil, September 28 (co-located with CBSoft 2013)

http://cbsoft2013.cic.unb.br/miniplop

SUBMISSION DEADLINES

Submissions Due: July 8 (July 31)
Shepherding Starts: July 15 (August 2)
Shepherd recommendations due: August 12 (August 21)
Notification of Acceptance: August 19 (August 23)
Final Conference Copy Due: September 2
Conference Date: September 28

THE CONFERENCE

Software developers have long observed that certain patterns recur and 
endure across different applications and systems. The growing interest 
in patterns represents an effort to catalogue and better communicate 
knowledge, providing handbooks of proven solutions to common problems. 
The purpose of MiniPLoP is to promote development of patterns and 
pattern languages, primarily about aspects of software: design and 
programming, testing, software architecture, user interface design, 
domain modelling, and software processes. Patterns and pattern languages 
for domains outside software are also welcome.

MiniPLoP brings together students, 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.

This version of MiniPLoP has the goal to encourage the beginners in the 
pattern world and to put together the Latin-American pattern community. 
The MiniPLoP program will accept submissions for the Writers Workshop 
(WW) track. The papers should document patterns or pattern languages and 
they will be workshopped in the traditional PLoP format. The authors 
will have the opportunity to improve their work based on the feedback 
obtained from MiniPLoP. The idea is to encourage the authors to submit 
more mature versions of the their papers to SugarLoafPLoP or other PloP 
conference.

The MiniPLoP'2013 program will include an introduction to pattern 
writing (bootcamp), an international tutorial (to be confirmed), an 
international keynote (to be confirmed), and the writers workshops.

Writers Workshop (WW)

There has been a recognition that the writers workshop process is 
beneficial for the production of high quality papers ever since the 
first patterns conference or PLoP was held in 1994. Attendees will 
participate in a writers workshop of their paper as well as writers 
workshops for papers of other attendees in their group. Participants who 
do not have a paper to workshop are also invited. Everyone will be 
expected to read all the papers in their groups in advance.

Bootcamp

The MiniPLoP experience provides something different, but needed, in the 
patterns community ” a "bootcamp" for newcomers. This section provides 
an introduction to patterns: a training, mentoring, experiencing 
activity, where participants will be immersed in patterns and emerge 
with an enlarged perspective and an ability to get more out of all PLoPs 
conferences. The section format consists of a variety of lecture, 
discussion, group pattern writing, game playing, and writers' workshop - 
not necessarily in that order.

PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Paper submission can already be performed via the online Pasture system 
(a shepherding system for pattern conferences): 
http://tinyurl.com/miniplop2013.Papers can be written in English 
(preferred), Portuguese, or Spanish and must conform to the SBC 
(Brazilian Computer Society) style that will be available in the 
conference web site. Submissions should be in PDF format.

ORGANIZATION

Program Chairs:

Eduardo Guerra (INPE, Brazil)
Paulo Meirelles (FGA-UnB / IME-USP, Brazil)

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs:

Maurício Serrano (UnB-FGA, Brazil)
Milene Serrano (UnB-FGA, Brazil)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Antonio Terceiro (Linaro, Brazil)

Ayla Dantas Rebouças (DCE- UFPB)

Christina Chavez (DCC-UFBA)

Claudio Sant'Anna (DCC-UBA)

Fabio Kon (CCSL-IME-USP)

Jerffeson Teixeira de Souza (UECE, Brazil)

Roberta Coelho (DIMAp/UFRN, Brazil)

Rosana Braga (ICMC/USP, Brazil)

Rossana Andrade (DC/UFC, Brazil)

Sergio Soares (CIn/UFPE, Brazil)

Tiago Massoni (DSC/UFCG, Brazil)

Uirá Kulesza (DIMAP/UFRN, Brazil)

Ademar Aguiar (INESC Porto/University of Porto, Portugal)

Joe W. Yoder (U. Illinois/The Refactory, Inc, USA)

Linda Rising (Independent Consultant, USA)

Mary Lynn Manns (University of North Carolina, USA)

Filipe Correia (Porto University, Portugal)

Hugo Sereno Ferreira (INESC Porto/University of Porto, Portugal)

Gustavo H. Rossi (Lifia/UNLP, Argentina)

Javier Gonzalez-Sanchez (Arizona State University Tempe, USA)
Maria Elena Chavez-Echeagaray (Arizona State University Tempe, USA)

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For further information, please visit the conference home page 
http://cbsoft2013.cic.unb.br/miniplop.

For questions regarding the conference program or paper submission, 
contact the PC co-chairs Eduardo Guerra (guerraem at gmail.com) and/or 
Paulo Meirelles (paulormm at ime.usp.br).

For questions regarding some local information, contact the local chairs 
Maurício Serrano (serrano at unb.br) and/or Milene Serrano 
(mileneserrano at unb.br).
best regards,

Eduardo Guerra and Paulo Meirelles

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