The 6th Annual Conference on the Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP99)
Call for Papers
August 15-18, 1999
Robert Allerton Park and Conference Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL, USA
Software researchers, as well as 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.
PLoP brings together researchers and practitioners whose interests
span a remarkably broad range of topics, who share an interest in
exploring the power of the pattern form. PLoP invites you to add your
expertise to the growing corpus of patterns. PLoP 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.
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.
We are particularly interested in the experiences of teams adopting
pattern languages to guide development. Reports of experiences should
still adhere to PLoP's preference for the discussion of particular
patterns over theoretical or abstract topics.
Papers
The conference prefers papers written in the pattern form but will
accept some papers discussing aspects of the form or experience using
it. 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 insure
that authors can incorporate insights obtained at the conference into
the published proceedings.
Submission will be handled electronically. Submission requirements will be
available on PLoP99's Web page.
Important Dates
| Conference dates: |
August 15-18, 1999 |
| Submissions due: |
April 30, 1999 |
| Notification of acceptance: |
July 1, 1999 |
| Final copy due: |
July 16, 1999 |
Conference
The conference will be held at Allerton House, a mansion on a large,
mostly wooded estate that is owned by the University of Illinois.
Accommodations are available on site, in the nearby village of
Monticello or in Champaign-Urbana. Airport limousine service is
available to the conference site.
In addition to single track presentations, the conference will offer
discussions of patterns in a workshop/BoF setting. Every effort will
be made to provide an informal and creative atmosphere. The organizers
are open to out-of-the-ordinary submissions (write first) so long as
they, like patterns, celebrate that elusive quality called good
design.
Registration
Everyone who plans to attend PLoP99 should register. This includes
authors, non-authors, students, staff, and conference organizers.
Space is limited, so please register early.
Registration will be handled electronically. See the conference web page for more details.
For More Information
Should you have any questions, please check the PLoP Web page. If you still can't find the answer,
the conference organizers should be able to help:
| Dragos Manolescu |
Bobby Woolf |
| Conference Chair |
Program Chair |
Contact them by email at plop-99@jerry.cs.uiuc.edu.
Back to the PLoP99 Web page.
Last modified: Thu Feb 11 22:01:02 1999