# TFP 2025 - 2nd Call for Papers
(trendsfp.github.io)
26th International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming 14-16
January 2025, Oxford, UK
## Important Dates
Submission deadline (pre-symposium, full papers): Wed 13th Nov 2024
(AOE)
Notification (pre-symposium, full papers): Wed 11th Dec 2024
Submission deadline (pre-symposium draft papers): Wed 11th Dec 2024
(AOE)
Notification (pre-symposium draft papers): Mon 16th Dec 2024
Submission deadline (post-symposium review): Wed 19th Feb 2025
(AOE)
Notification (post-symposium submissions): Wed 26th Mar 2025
The Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming (TFP) is an
international
forum for researchers with interests in all aspects of functional
programming,
taking a broad view of current and future trends in the area. It aspires
to be
a lively environment for presenting the latest research results, and
other
contributions.
This year, TFP will take place in-person at the University of Oxford,
UK. It
is co-located with the Trends in Functional Programming in Education
(TFPIE)
workshop, which will take on the day before the main symposium.
Please be aware that TFP has several submission deadlines. The first,
13th
November, is for authors who wish to have their full paper reviewed
prior to
the symposium. Papers that are accepted in this way must also be
presented at
the symposium. The second, 11th December, is for authors who wish to
present
their work or work-in-progress at the symposium first without submitting
to
the full review process for publication. These authors can then take
into
account feedback received at the symposium and submit a full paper for
review
by the third deadline, 19th February.
## Scope
The symposium recognizes that new trends may arise through various
routes. As
part of the Symposium's focus on trends we therefore identify the
following five
paper categories. High-quality submissions are solicited in any of these
categories:
* Research Papers: Leading-edge, previously unpublished research work
* Position Papers: On what new trends should or should not be
* Project Papers: Descriptions of recently started new projects
* Evaluation Papers: What lessons can be drawn from a finished project
* Overview Papers: Summarizing work with respect to a trendy subject
Papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted for publication
to any
other forum. They may consider any aspect of functional programming:
theoretical,
implementation-oriented, or experience-oriented. Applications of
functional
programming techniques to other languages are also within the scope of
the
symposium.
Topics suitable for the symposium include, but are not limited to:
* Functional programming and multicore/manycore computing
* Functional programming in the cloud
* High performance functional computing
* Extra-functional (behavioural) properties of functional programs
* Dependently typed functional programming
* Validation and verification of functional programs
* Debugging and profiling for functional languages
* Functional programming in different application areas:
security, mobility, telecommunications applications, embedded
systems,
global computing, grids, etc.
* Interoperability with imperative programming languages
* Novel memory management techniques
* Program analysis and transformation techniques
* Empirical performance studies
* Abstract/virtual machines and compilers for functional languages
* (Embedded) domain specific languages
* New implementation strategies
* Any new emerging trend in the functional programming area
If you are in doubt on whether your paper is within the scope of TFP,
please
contact the programme chair, Jeremy Gibbons.
## Best Paper Awards
TFP awards two prizes for the best papers each year.
First, to reward excellent contributions, TFP awards a prize for the
best overall
paper accepted for the post-conference formal proceedings.
Second, each year TFP also awards a prize for the best student paper.
TFP
traditionally pays special attention to research students, acknowledging
that
students are almost by definition part of new subject trends. A student
paper is
one for which the authors state that the paper is mainly the work of
students,
the students are the paper's first authors, and a student would present
the paper.
In both cases, it is the PC of TFP that awards the prize. In case the
best paper
happens to be a student paper, then that paper will receive both prizes.
## Instructions to Authors
Submission is via EquinOCS
(https://equinocs.springernature.com/service/tfp2025).
Authors of papers have the choice of having their contributions formally
reviewed
either before or after the Symposium. Further, pre-symposium submissions
may either
be full (earlier deadline) or draft papers (later deadline).
## Pre-symposium formal review
Papers to be formally reviewed before the symposium should be submitted
before the
early deadline and will receive their reviews and notification of
acceptance for
both presentation and publication before the symposium. A paper that has
been
rejected for publication but accepted for presentation may be revised
and resubmitted
for the post-symposium formal review.
## Post-symposium formal review
Draft papers will receive minimal reviews and notification of acceptance
for
presentation at the symposium. Authors of draft papers will be invited
to submit
revised papers based on the feedback received at the symposium. A
post-symposium
refereeing process will then select a subset of these papers for formal
publication.
## Paper categories
Draft papers and papers submitted for formal review are submitted as
extended
abstracts (4 to 10 pages in length) or full papers (up to 20 pages). The
submission
must clearly indicate which category it belongs to: research, position,
project,
evaluation, or overview paper. It should also indicate which authors are
research
students, and whether the main author(s) are students. A draft paper for
which all
authors are students will receive additional feedback by one of the PC
members
shortly after the symposium has taken place.
## Format
Papers must be written in English, and written using the LNCS style. For
more
information about formatting please consult the Springer LNCS Guidelines
web site
(https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…).
## Organizing Committee
Jeremy Gibbons University of Oxford, UK Programme Chair
Jason Hemann Seton Hall University, US Conference Chair
Peter Achten Radboud University Nijmegen, NL Publicity Chair
Marco T. Morazán Seton Hall University, US Steering
Committee Chair
## Programme Committee
Peter Achten Radboud University Nijmegen, NL
Edwin Brady University of St Andrews, UK
Laura Castro University of A Coruña, ES
Youyou Cong Tokyo Institute of Technology, JP
Paul Downen University of Massachusetts Lowell, US
João Paulo Fernandes University of Coimbra, PT
Ben Greenman University of Utah, US
Jurriaan Hage Heriot-Watt University, UK
Jason Hemann Seton Hall University, US
Zhenjiang Hu Peking University, CN
Hans-Wolfgang Loidl Heriot-Watt University, UK
Kazutaka Matsuda Tohoku University, JP
Zoe Paraskevopoulou Ethereum Foundation, US
Alejandro Serrano 47 Degrees, ES
Nick Smallbone Chalmers University, SE
Alley Stoughton Boston University, US
Wouter Swierstra Utrecht University, NL
Niki Vazou IMDEA Software Institute, ES
Marcos Viera Universidad de la República, UY
Viktória Zsók Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, HU
18th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language
Engineering (SLE 2025)
12-13 June 2025
Koblenz, Germany
https://www.sleconf.org/2025/https://x.com/sleconf
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We are pleased to invite you to submit papers to the 18th ACM SIGPLAN
International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE) which
is devoted to the principles of software languages: their design,
their implementation, and their evolution. The SLE 2025 conference
will be co-located with STAF 2025 and hosted in Koblenz, Germany, on
12-13 June 2025.
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Important Dates
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* Abstract submission: Fri 7 Feb 2025
* Paper submission: Fri 14 Feb 2025
* Authors response period: Tue 1 Apr - Sat 5 Apr 2025
* Notification: Tue 15 Apr 2025
* Conference: Thu 12 June - Fri 13 June 2025 (co-located with STAF)
All dates are Anywhere on Earth.
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Topics of Interest
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SLE covers software language engineering in general, rather than
engineering a specific software language. Topics of interest include,
but are not limited to:
* Software Language Design and Implementation
- Approaches to and methods for language design
- Static semantics (e.g., design rules, well-formedness constraints)
- Techniques for specifying behavioral/executable semantics
- Generative approaches (incl. code synthesis, compilation)
- Meta-languages, meta-tools, language workbenches
- AI-assisted language design and optimisation
* Software Language Validation
- Verification and formal methods for languages
- Testing techniques for languages
- Simulation techniques for languages
- Model-based testing
- AI-assisted validation
* Software Language Integration and Composition
- Coordination of heterogeneous languages and tools
- Mappings between languages (incl. transformation languages)
- Traceability between languages
- Deployment of languages to different platforms
- AI-assisted refactoring
* Software Language Maintenance
- Software language reuse
- Language evolution
- Language families and variability, language and software product lines
* Domain-specific approaches for any aspects of SLE (design,
implementation, validation, maintenance)
* Empirical evaluation and experience reports of language engineering tools
- User studies evaluating usability
- Performance benchmarks
- Industrial applications
* Synergies between Language Engineering and emerging/promising research areas
- Generative AI in language engineering (e.g., AI-based language
modelling, AI-driven code generation tools)
- AI and ML language engineering (e.g., ML compiler testing, code
classification)
- Quantum language engineering (e.g., language design for quantum machines)
- Language engineering for physical systems (e.g., CPS, IoT, digital twins)
- Socio-technical systems and language engineering (e.g., language
evolution to adapt to social requirements)
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Types of Submissions
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SLE accepts the following types of papers:
* Research papers: These are “traditional” papers detailing research
contributions to SLE. Papers may range from 6 to 12 pages in length
and may optionally include 2 further pages of bibliography/appendices.
Papers will be reviewed with an understanding that some results do not
need 12 full pages and may be fully described in fewer pages.
* New ideas/vision papers: These papers may describe new,
unconventional software language engineering research positions or
approaches that depart from standard practice. They can describe
well-defined research ideas that are at an early stage of
investigation. They could also provide new evidence to challenge
common wisdom, present new unifying theories about existing SLE
research that provides novel insight or that can lead to the
development of new technologies or approaches, or apply SLE technology
to radically new application areas. New ideas/vision papers must not
exceed 5 pages and may optionally include 1 further page of
bibliography/appendices.
* SLE Body of Knowledge: The SLE Body of Knowledge (SLEBoK) is a
community-wide effort to provide a unique and comprehensive
description of the concepts, best practices, tools, and methods
developed by the SLE community. In this respect, the SLE conference
will accept surveys, essays, open challenges, empirical observations,
and case study papers on the SLE topics. These can focus on, but are
not limited to, methods, techniques, best practices, and teaching
approaches. Papers in this category can have up to 20 pages, including
bibliography/appendices.
* Tool papers: These papers focus on the tooling aspects often
forgotten or neglected in research papers. A good tool paper focuses
on practical insights that will likely be useful to other implementers
or users in the future. Any of the SLE topics of interest are
appropriate areas for tool demonstrations. Submissions must not exceed
5 pages and may optionally include 1 further page of
bibliography/appendices. They may optionally include an appendix with
a demo outline/screenshots and/or a short video/screencast
illustrating the tool.
Workshops: Workshops will be organised by STAF. Please inform us and
contact STAF 2025 organisers if you would like to organise a workshop
of interest to the SLE audience. Information on how to submit
workshops can be found on the STAF 2025 Website.
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Submission
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SLE 2025 has a single submission round for papers, including a
mandatory abstract registration and a rebuttal phase, where all
authors of research papers will have the possibility of responding to
the reviews on their submissions.
Authors of accepted research papers will be invited to submit artefacts.
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Format
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Submissions have to use the ACM SIGPLAN Conference Format “acmart”
(https://sigplan.org/Resources/Author/#acmart-format); please make
sure that you always use the latest ACM SIGPLAN acmart LaTeX template,
and that the document class definition is
`\documentclass[sigplan,anonymous,review]{acmart}`. Do not make any
changes to this format!
Ensure that your submission is legible when printed on a black and
white printer. In particular, please check that colours remain
distinct and font sizes in figures and tables are legible.
To increase fairness in reviewing, a double-blind review process has
become standard across SIGPLAN conferences. Accordingly, SLE will
follow the double-blind process. Author names and institutions must be
omitted from submitted papers, and references to the authors’ own
related work should be in the third person. No other changes are
necessary, and authors will not be penalized if reviewers are able to
infer their identities in implicit ways.
All submissions must be in PDF format. The submission website is:
https://sle25.hotcrp.com
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Concurrent Submissions
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Papers must describe unpublished work that is not currently submitted
for publication elsewhere as described by SIGPLAN’s Republication
Policy (https://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Policies/Republication/).
Submitters should also be aware of ACM’s Policy and Procedures on
Plagiarism (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/plagiarism-overview).
Submissions that violate these policies will be desk-rejected.
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Policy on Human Participant and Subject Research
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Authors conducting research involving human participants and subjects
must ensure that their research complies with their local governing
laws and regulations and the ACM’s general principles, as stated in
the ACM’s Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants
and Subjects (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/research-involving-human-particip…).
If submissions are found to be violating this policy, they will be
rejected.
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Reviewing Process
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All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the
program committee. Research papers and tool papers will be evaluated
concerning soundness, relevance, novelty, presentation, and
replicability. New ideas/vision papers will be evaluated primarily
concerning soundness, relevance, novelty, and presentation. SLEBoK
papers will be reviewed on their soundness, relevance, originality,
and presentation. Tool papers will be evaluated concerning relevance,
presentation, and replicability.
For fairness reasons, all submitted papers must conform to the above
instructions. Submissions that violate these instructions may be
rejected without review at the discretion of the PC chairs.
For research papers, authors will get a chance to respond to the
reviews before a final decision is made.
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Artefact Evaluation
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SLE will use an evaluation process to assess the quality of artefacts
on which papers are based to foster the culture of experimental
reproducibility. Authors of accepted research papers are invited to
submit artefacts.
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Awards
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* Distinguished paper: Award for the most notable paper, as determined
by the PC chairs based on the recommendations of the program
committee.
* Distinguished artefact: Award for the artefact most significantly
exceeding expectations, as determined by the AEC chairs based on the
recommendations of the artefact evaluation committee.
* Distinguished reviewer: Award for the programme committee member
that produced the most useful reviews as assessed by paper authors.
* Most Influential Paper: Award for the SLE 2015 paper with the
greatest impact, as judged by the SLE Steering Committee.
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Publication
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All accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library.
**AUTHORS TAKE NOTE**: The official publication date is the date the
proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date
may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The
official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings
related to published work.
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Organisation
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* General chair: Görel Hedin, Lunds Universitet, Sweden
* PC co-chair: Regina Hebig, Universität Rostock, Germany
* PC co-chair: Vadim Zaytsev, Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands
* Publicity chair: Andrei Chiş, feenk gmbh, Switzerland
* Local chair: Ralf Lämmel, Universität Koblenz, Germany
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Contact
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For additional information, clarification, or answers to any
questions, please get in touch with the program co-chairs
(regina.hebig(a)uni-rostock.de and vadim(a)grammarware.net).