General talk about software patterns

[Christopher Preschern <christopher AT preschern.com>]

Dear pattern enthusiasts,

It is our pleasure to invite you to write patterns and submit them to 
the 21st European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs.
(PDF-version: 
http://europlop.net/sites/default/files/eplop_callforpapers2016.pdf)


EuroPLoP 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS
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21st European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (EuroPLoP 2016)

www.europlop.net
Kloster Irsee, Germany, July 6-10, 2016

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IMPORTANT DATES

February 1, 2016:       Paper submission deadline
March 7, 2016:          Shepherding starts
April 25, 2016:         Second draft due for review
April 25, 2016:         Submission deadline for focus groups
May 9, 2016:            Paper acceptance notification, Registration opens
May 30, 2016:           Closing date for early registration
June 6, 2016:           End of shepherding
June 13, 2016:          Conference draft version due
July 6-10, 2016:        Conference
November 28, 2016:      Proceedings version due


EUROPLOP

EuroPLoP is the premier European conference on patterns and pattern 
languages. EuroPLoP is focused on giving and receiving feedback. Instead 
of presenting, participants discuss contributions to provide authors 
high quality feedback for improving their publication:
- Accepted papers will be published in the ACM International Conference 
Proceeding Series
- Papers discussed at the conference also qualify for a submission to 
the Springer journal LNCS Transactions on Pattern Languages of 
Programming (TPLoP).

EuroPLoP also accepts excerpts from PhD thesis or book projects. In the 
past, many book authors submitted parts of their work to get feedback 
from the pattern community.


A UNIQUE CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE

Share and learn: Patterns are an effective way to share knowledge about 
a domain. A pattern description generalizes multiple cases and reflects 
about regularities and forces driving the solution. The 
interdisciplinary topics of the conference provide new insights and 
inspiring ideas from other fields.

Theory and practice: EuroPLoP attracts both, participants from academic 
and industrial contexts. It is a unique community of experts, 
researchers, practitioners and thought-leading people. The creative and 
constructive atmosphere is highly productive.

High-quality feedback: All submissions will benefit from an iterative 
shepherding process prior to the conference. In this process, you 
receive feedback and suggestions for your work from an experienced 
pattern author. At the conference, your paper will be discussed by peers 
and experts from the same or related domains in a so-called Writer’s 
Workshop. Instead of giving yet another presentation, you get a lot of 
constructive feedback and comments that help to improve your paper.


PATTERN PAPERS

EuroPLoP accepts papers containing patterns or pattern languages, as 
well as experience reports and papers related to the theory and use of 
patterns.
We encourage submitting patterns or pattern-related papers on all 
aspects of software, including the following topics:
- Software engineering
- Software architecture and design
- Education and collaboration
- Embedded systems
- Web development and cloud computing
- Mobile computing
- Agile development and coaching
- Software quality and verification
- Requirements engineering
- Protocols and standards
- Business and organization
- Distributed and service-oriented systems
- Human computer interaction
- and from other domains as well..


PAPERS ON APPLYING AND IDENTIFYING PATTERNS

In addition to papers containing patterns and pattern languages, we also 
welcome papers on the use of patterns in industrial projects. They 
should stimulate a general discussion on how to utilize patterns more 
widely in practice.
Please submit:
- Reports on using patterns in projects, education and organizations
- Scientific studies on patterns and pattern applications
- Papers that present theoretical arguments about patterns
- Empirical evaluations of patterns and pattern languages


FOCUS GROUPS

EuroPLoP is also looking for focus groups. If you want to propose a 
focus group, please write a short abstract and submit it through our 
submission system. You can also propose and experiment with other 
formats (e.g. fishbowls, collaboration sheets, six thinking hats). 
Please state shortly how you will organize your session, how much time 
is needed, and how many participants are required. Our focus group chair 
can support you in organizing and planning your focus group.


SUBMISSION DETAILS

Submission deadline for initial papers: February 1, 2016
Submission deadline for focus groups: April 25, 2016

Submission format: ACM, single column, max. 10 pages

If your paper is significantly longer than 10 pages or contains more 
than five patterns, please consider to split it up into several 
submissions. Papers with pattern languages may be longer than 10 pages, 
but writer’s workshops can only discuss parts of the larger work. We 
especially welcome papers that only contain one or two patterns.

Please submit your paper here www.europlop.net/submission


VENUE:

Each year, EuroPLoP is held at Kloster Irsee, Klosterring 4, 87660 
Irsee, Germany (http://www.kloster-irsee.de)


CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:

Program Chair: Veli-Pekka Eloranta, Vincit Ltd, Finland, 
veli-pekka.eloranta (at) iki.fi
Conference Chair: Christopher Preschern, Bernecker+Rainer, Austria, 
ch.preschern (at) gmx.at


HILLSIDE EUROPE

EuroPLoP 2016 is run by Hillside Europe e.V. Chairs of Hillside Europe: 
Christian Kohls, Andreas Fiesser, and treasurer Tim Wellhausen
Hillside Europe e.V. was entered into the register of associations at 
the Munich Court under number VR 17650 on 6th May, 2002. Hillside
Europe is registered at the Munich Tax Office under tax number 
143/843/46079 and was last approved as non-profit on 27th January 2004.


MORE INFORMATION

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