Association Internationale pour les Technologies Objets

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AITO is the Association Internationale pour les Technologies Objets, a non-profit association registered in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The purpose of the Association is promote the advancement of research in object-oriented technology, primarily in Europe, in particular through the organisation of the annual European Conference for Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP).

AITO Dahl-Nygaard Prizes 2011

The Dahl-Nygaard Prizes for 2011 were given during ECOOP 2011 in Lancaster, UK. The Senior Prize was given to Craig Chambers, Google, for his many contribution to the design and implementation of object-oriented languages. The Junior Prize was given to Atsushi Igarashi, Kyoto University, for his contribution to the foundations of object-oriented programming. (read more).

AITO is looking for nominations for the forthcoming Dahl-Nygaard Prizes for 2012. Should you have any candidate that you'd like to nominate, please see here.

Previous edition

The 2011 edition of ECOOP was held in Lancaster, UK.

Future editions of ECOOP

The 2012 edition of ECOOP will be held in Beijing, China.

Interested in hosting an ECOOP?

AITO is soliciting proposals for hosting future ECOOP conferences. If you are interested in hosting ECOOP, contact the President of AITO, any member of the executive board, or any other AITO member for further information. See also the section Resources for past bids.

• Organisation of European Conference for Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP).
• Co-Sponsor Agile Development, The Conference.
• Backed 1st International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development.

• Statutes for the AITO Dahl-Nygaard Prize.
• The AITO Handbook (pdf, 209 kB) contains information about AITO and its bylaws, and about ECOOP and how to organize it. Note, that this content is being Wiki-ized, implying that the document is no longer being maintained. If interested ask the AITO secretary for access to the Wiki.
• Bids and Final Statements from the last four ECOOP conferences (Darmstadt 2003 to Nantes 2006), and well as statistics from the period 1991-2005, all in a zip file (4.9 MB).
• AITO bylaws (in German, pdf, 85 kB). An English version can be found in the AITO Handbook (pdf, 209 kB).
• The AITO logo should be displayed on all AITO-sponsored events. Available in png (size 1015x778, 96 kB), png (size 1011x480, 35 kB), and pdf (9 kB).