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ACM SIGPLAN GPCE 2015 14th International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences

Oct 26-27, 2015, Pittsburgh, PA, USA http://conf.researchr.org/home/gpce2015

Co-located with: ACM SIGPLAN conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH 2015) and ACM SIGPLAN 8th International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE) 2015

----------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission : June 8, 2015 Full paper submission : June 15, 2015 Authors notification : July 24, 2015 Camera-ready : Aug 7, 2015 Conference : Oct 26-27, 2015

Workshops: Handled by SPLASH

All dates are Anywhere on Earth

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GPCE is a venue for researchers and practitioners interested in techniques that use program generation, domain-specific languages, and component deployment to increase programmer productivity, improve software quality, and shorten the time-to-market of software products. In addition to exploring cutting-edge techniques of generative software, our goal is to foster further cross-fertilization between the software engineering and the programming languages research communities.

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GPCE seeks contributions on all topics related to generative software and its properties. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Generative software * Domain-specific languages (language extension, language embedding, language design, language theory, language workbenches, interpreters, compilers) * Product lines (domain engineering, feature-oriented and aspect-oriented programming, pre-processors, feature interactions) * Metaprogramming (reflection, staging, partial evaluation), Type systems, Program synthesis * Implementation techniques and tool support (components, plug-ins, libraries, metaprogramming, macros, templates, generic programming, run-time code generation, model-driven development, composition tools, code-completion and code-recommendation systems)

Practical Applications and Empirical evaluations * Empirical evaluations of all topics above (user studies, substantial case studies, controlled experiments, surveys, rigorous measurements) * Application areas and engineering practice (Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Cyber Physical Systems, Mobile Computing, Software Defined Networking, High Performance Computing, Patterns and Middleware, Development methods)

Properties of generative software * Correctness of generators and generated code (analysis, testing, formal methods, domain-specific error messages, safety, security) * Reuse and evolution * Modularity, separation of concerns, understandability, and maintainability * Performance engineering, nonfunctional properties (program optimization and parallelization, GPGPUs, multicore, footprint, metrics)

We particularly welcome papers that address some of the key challenges in the field, such as, * synthesizing code from declarative specifications * supporting extensible languages and language embedding * ensuring correctness and other nonfunctional properties of generated code * proving generators correct * improving error reporting with domain-specific error messages * reasoning about generators * handling variability-induced complexity in product lines * providing efficient interpreters and execution languages * human factors in developing and maintaining generators

GPCE encourages submissions about empirical evaluations and applications of generative software, and such papers will be given special consideration during reviewing.

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Research papers: 10 pages maximum (ACM SIGPLAN style)

Research papers should report on original and unpublished results of theoretical, empirical, conceptual, or experimental research that contribute to scientific knowledge in the areas listed above (the PC chair can advise on appropriateness)

Tool demos and short papers: 4 pages maximum (ACM SIGPLAN style).

The goal of short papers is to promote current work on research and practice. Short papers represent an early communication of research and do not always require complete results as in the case of a full paper. In this way, authors can introduce new ideas to the community, discuss ideas and get early feedback. Please note that short papers are not intended to be position statements. Short papers are included in the proceedings and will be presented with a shorter time slot at the conference.

Tool demonstrations should present tools that implement generative techniques, and are available for use. Any of the GPCE topics of interest are appropriate areas for tool demonstrations, although purely commercial tool demonstrations will not be accepted. Submissions must provide a tool description of 4 pages in SIGPLAN proceedings style (see above) and a demonstration outline including screenshots of up to 4 pages. Tool demonstrations must have the words "Tool Demo" or "Tool Demonstration" in the title, possibly appended in parenthesis. The 4-page tool description will, if the demonstration is accepted, be published in the proceedings.

----------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZERS

GENERAL CHAIR

Christian Kastner, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR

Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS

Faruk Caglar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA Tomofumi Yuki, INRIA Rhone-Alpes, France

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (TO BE COMPLETED)

Kenichi Asai, Ochanomizu Univ, Japan Emilie Balland, INRIA Bordeaux, France Don Batory, Univ of Texas, USA Walter Binder, Univ of Lugano, Switzerland Jan Bosch, Chalmers Univ, Sweden Akshay Dabholkar, Oracle, USA Ewen Denney, NASA Ames, USA Katrina Falkner, Univ of Adelaide, Australia Bernd Fischer, Stellenbosch Univ, South Africa Matthew Flatt, Univ of Utah, USA Jeff Gray, Univ of Alabama, USA Michael Haupt, Oracle Labs, Germany James Hill, Indiana Univ Purdue Univ at Indianapolis, USA Young-Woo Kwon, Utah State Univ, USA Raffaela Mirandola, Politechnico di Milano, Italy Hridesh Rajan, Iowa State Univ, USA Laurent Reveillere, LaBRI, Univ of Bordeaux, France Marcio Ribeiro, Federal Univ of Alagoas, Brazil Tiark Rompf, Purdue Univ, USA Klaus Schmid, Stiftung Universitat Hildesheim, Germany Norbert Siegmund, Univ of Passau, Germany Yannis Smaragdakis, Univ of Athens, Greece Sumant Tambe, RTI Inc, USA Petr Tuma, Charles Univ, Czech Republic Nalini Venkatasubramanian, Univ of California, Irvine, USA Jules White, Vanderbilt Univ, USA Eric Wohlstadter, Univ of British Columbia, Canada