[ecoop-info] CFC: 4th European Interactive Workshop on Aspects in Software (EIWAS2007)

[Thomas Cleenewerck]

4th European Interactive Workshop on Aspects in Software (EIWAS2007)
http://www.lifl.fr/ewas2007/

Call for Contributions

EIWAS is the fourth edition of a european interactive workshop on  
Aspects in Software. Tahe workshop complements the successful series  
of AOSD conferences and its workshops by focusing more on discussion  
than on the polished presentation of finished work. As such EIWAS is  
an important enabler for high quality papers, encourages AOSD  
research in europe and is a venue of close collaboration.

The main idea of EIWAS is to have lively discussions on works in the  
area of aspect-oriented software development to prepare for a  
technical or journal paper. Such works can be full papers as well as  
preliminary research ideas and results. For this we planned the  
deadlines in order to encourage people to submit drafts of technical  
papers.

This year's edition does not have a `traditional' workshop format.  
The organizing committee will, based on a two page abstract, make a  
rudimentary selection of the papers. Instead of having an offline  
formal review process with a programming committee, we invited a  
number of  senior people in the  field to attend the workshop. The  
seniors form a small symposium committee, which will comment and  
discuss the papers during the workshop.

Symposium committee members (incomplete):
- Stefan Hanenberg [ University of Duisburg-Essen ]
- Mehmet Aksit [ University of Twente ]
- Mario Sudholt [ École des Mines Nantes ]
- Johan Brichau [ Université Catholique de Louvain ]
- Damian Sereni [ Oxford ]

Authors of submitted workshop papers will receive feedback by  
detailed and constructive comments from international experts on AOSD  
in the form of a  discussion during highly interactive "writer's  
workshop" sessions. Authors will have ample time to improve their  
paper after EIWAS for one of the major conferences that welcome AOSD- 
related work.

[ Topics of interest ]

Topics of interest  include all fields of aspect-oriented software  
development, including (but not limited to) the following:

- Applications and tools
- Software components, architectures and product lines
- Aspect interference and composition
- Contracts, components and aspects
- Model Driven Architecture and UML
- General-purpose and domain-specific aspect languages
- Software development methods and patterns
- Reverse engineering and refactoring
- Reflection and meta programming
- Semantics and type systems Verification, validation and testing
- Distributed systems and middleware
- Evolution and adaptability
- Evaluation and metrics

[ Format and Submissions ]

This workshop combines formats aimed at generating and discussing  
novel ideas, as well as discussing and improving research results:

- Writer's workshop sessions bring about interactive and profound  
discussions on the content and presentation of submitted papers.  
Prospective participants wishing to have their paper discussed at the  
writer's workshop and receive feedback on it from international  
experts should submit a paper containing original work. Papers should  
be formatted in the ACM Proceedings style. Authors must submit their  
work in the following forms:

Full papers must not exceed 12 pages in length.
Short papers must not exceed 6 pages in length. Submission of  
preliminary results as well as immature research papers are welcome  
and can be submitted as short papers.

- Poster and demo sessions provide room for presenting (intermediate)  
results of current research and development and allow for one-on-one  
discussions. Demos can be presented on laptops with an additional  
screen for small group discussions. Prospective participants wishing  
to present a poster or demo at the workshop must submit an extended  
abstract of their work. Posters and demos should be the basis for  
focused, technical discussions in small groups. The extended  
abstracts must be formatted in the ACM Proceedings style, and not  
exceed 1 page.

Papers, posters and demos presented at the workshop will be included  
in a proceedings published in the technical report Authors retain  
their full copyrights and can publish their work at other venues.

[ Venue ]

The workshop is held on the campus of the University of Lille. More  
details can be found on this workshop's website.

[ Important Dates ]

Every author is obliged to submit a two page abstract. Submissions of  
abstracts are allowed until august 27th. Abstracts are processed as  
we receive them. Notification of acceptance for discussion of the  
full paper at the workshop will be sent within a week after  
submission of the abstract.

- august 30th, submission of papers, posters and demos
- september 6th, workshop

Submissions should be sent as a PDF file by email to  
"tcleenew at vub.ac.be".

[ Organizers ]

Thomas Cleenewerck, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Stefan Hanenberg, University of Duisburg-Essen
Lionel Seinturier, University of Lille