SugarLoafPLoP 2003 - Call for submissions The Third Latin American Conference on Pattern Languages of Programming: SugarLoafPLoP 2003 August 12 - 15, 2003 - Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~sugarloafplop/ EXTENDED DEADLINE: 14 APRIL 2003 Software developers have long observed that certain themes recur and endure across different applications and systems. The emerging interest in patterns represents an effort to catalog and communicate these themes and motives to provide 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 help from knowledgeable and sympathetic fellow patterns enthusiasts. You will also be able to discuss applications of patterns in industry and academia. *** TOPICS All aspects of programs and their production are suitable topics of pattern languages. Patterns might be so specific as to name particular objects, interface elements or implementation structures in a solution; or so general as to describe high-level architectures. They could describe configurations of hardware, software or even people. Patterns may or may not be specific to a domain or programming language. But they always work together with other patterns. We encourage the submission of small collections of patterns that build on each other, and particularly encourage the submission of pattern languages that capture the timeless structures of our industry. Above all, we encourage the submission of patterns that tie into the existing body of published pattern literature. For examples of patterns from past years, browse the material at the industry Patterns Home Page (http://www.hillside.net/). *** PAPERS We accept submissions for three different tracks: the Writers' Workshop, a traditional activity of all PLoPs and two special sessions, Software Pattern Applications (SPA) and Writing Patterns (WP). * Writers' Workshop For this track, we accept papers written in the pattern form. The actual subject of patterns need not be original. Rather, preference will be shown to authors best able to exploit the form in the field of computing. Very liberal revision policies will ensure that authors can incorporate insights obtained at the conference into the proceedings. You will be assigned a shepherd who will review your paper and suggest improvements. At the end of the shepherding period, the program committee will evaluate papers for inclusion in the conference workshop. Authors who don't respond to their shepherd will have their papers rejected. We really expect that once you submit a paper and engage a shepherd, you implicitly agree to attend the conference if accepted. * Software Pattern Applications This track accepts papers that explore application of patterns, such as using patterns in industry or academia, tools for using patterns, comparisons of productivity using patterns, and so on. Formatting guidelines for this kind of paper should be found at http://www.sbc.org.br/templates. * Writing Patterns This track will receive newcommers who want to learn how to better elaborate an idea intended to evolve to a pattern. Here we also prefer papers in the pattern form, but we assume the authors are new to the patterns field, so the evaluation focus more on the idea rather than on the form of the paper. This is more like a hands-on tutorial on writing patterns. All submissions should be sent to sugarloafplop@cin.ufpe.br by April 14th, 2003. Like last year, we are encouraging submissions in three languages: Portuguese, Spanish, and English. We will make every effort to make this a trilingual venue. However, all submissions should include an English abstract. Authors will be notified whether their papers are accepted on June 20th, 2003. Detailed submission requirements are available on SugarLoafPLoP's Web page: http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~sugarloafplop *** PROCEEDINGS Authors will be given the opportunity to incorporate feedback from their writers' workshops. The resulting papers will appear *after the conference* in a proceedings to be published as a Federal University of Pernambuco(UFPE) technical report. Online proceedings will also be available at the Hillside patterns repository. Authors are encouraged to modify and submit their patterns for possible acceptance in works such as the SPS series http://www.awl.com/patterns) after the conference. Addison-Wesley has indicated they're willing to publish a PLoPD 5. For this version, any pattern or pattern language from any PLoP through 2003 is eligible, provided it has not appeared in any form in a published book. All papers of the SugarLoafPLoP conference will also be available on-line at http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~sugarloafplop/acceptedPapers.htm. *** IMPORTANTE DATES Submissions Due: 14 April 2003 Shepherding Starts: 22 April 2003 Shepherding Ends: 6 June 2003 Notification of Acceptance: 20 June 2003 Final Conference Copy Due: 14 July 2003 Conference Dates: 12-15 August 2003 *** CONFERENCE LOCATION SugarLoafPLoP will be held at Hotel Pontal de Ocaporã (http://www.ocapora.com.br/iindex.htm) in Porto de Galinhas, only fifty minutes from Recife. Porto de Galinhas is one of the most beautiful beaches of Brazil (http://www.portodegalinhas.com.br ). See more about Pernambuco and its beaches at http://www.brazzil.com/trajan99.htm. *** CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Paulo Borba (CIn/UFPE, BR) Sérgio Soares (CIn/UFPE, BR) *** PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Rossana Andrade (DC/UFC, BR) Robert Hanmer (Lucent Technologies, US) *** LOCAL ORGANIZATION Ayla Souza (CIn/UFPE, BR) Rohit Gheyi (CIn/UFPE, BR) Supported by the Hillside Group, Inc. Supported by SBC (Brazilian Computer Society) PLoP is a trademark of the Hillside Group, Inc.