[apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement] **************************************************************** CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TOOLS EUROPE '99 Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems "OBJECTS, COMPONENTS, AGENTS" Nancy, France, June 7-10, 1999 http://www.tools.com/europe **************************************************************** TOOLS - Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems - is the major series of international conferences and exhibition entirely devoted to the applications of object-oriented technology. Its emphasis is on the practice of object technology and its applications in industrial environments. TOOLS provides a balanced coverage of the wealth of approaches, trends and variants in the object-oriented community. For anyone interested in OT, the TOOLS Conferences are the best places to learn from the experts and compare experiences with other O-O practitioners. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Program Chair: Richard Mitchell, University of Brighton, UK Tutorials Chair: Alan Cameron Wills, TriReme International Ltd., UK Workshops & Panels Chair: Jan Bosch, University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden Conference Chair: Jean-Pierre Finance, Henri Poincar� University, France Organising Chair: Martine Gautier, Henri Poincar� University, France Conference Series Chair: Bertrand Meyer, ISE, USA PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mehmet Aksit, University of Twente, Netherlands Fran�ois Ban�ilhon, Ardent Software, USA Richard Bielak, CAL FP (US), Inc., USA Gilad Bracha, Sun Microsystems, USA Eduardo Casais, Nokia, Finland Alistair Cockburn, Humans and Technology, USA Dominique Colnet, LORIA - INRIA Lorraine, France Bernard Coulange, Verilog, France Paul Dubois, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA Jean-Marc Geib, University de Lille, France Yossi Gil, Technion, Israel & IBM Research, USA Petter Graff, InferData, USA Ian Graham, Chase Manhattan Bank, UK Brian Henderson-Sellers, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Laura Hill, Sun Microsystems, USA Ren� Jacquart, CERT, France Jean-Marc J�z�quel, IRISA/CNRS, France Rachid Guerraoui, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Sven-Eric Lautemann, University of Frankfurt, Germany Michel Lemoine, ONERA-CERT, France Ian Maung, Platinum Technology, USA Jim McKim, Rensselaer Polytechnic, USA Mira Mezini, University of Siegen, Germany Christine Mingins, Monash University, Australia Frieder Monninger, Object Tools, Germany Meilir Page-Jones, Wayland Systems, USA Jean-Claude Royer, University of Nantes, France Ted Velkoff, Lockheed Martin, USA Kim Wald�n, ENEA, Sweden Tony Wasserman, Software Methods and Tools, USA Wolf Zimmermann, University of Karlsruhe, Germany TECHNICAL PAPERS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOOLS EUROPE '99 is now soliciting papers on all aspects of object-oriented technology. All submitted papers will be refereed and judged by the International Programme Committee, not only according to standards of technical quality but also on their usefulness to practitioners and applied researchers. A non-exhaustive list of topics includes: * Production, distribution and revenue collection of industrial-quality reusable components * Extending objects to include, for example, rules * Specification, modeling, and patterns * Architectures and frameworks * Working with a mixture of technologies and languages * Managing software assets * Empirical and field studies * Experience reports: TOOLS Europe '99 is particularly keen on receiving experience reports describing lessons learned from the practical application of objects, components, agents, frameworks, and architectures Submitted papers should be around 12 pages, single or one-and-a-half spaced. Send six copies of your paper to the Programme Chair, to arrive no later than Friday, February 19, 1999. Each submission should be accompanied by a plain-text Notice of Submission, due a couple of days before the paper. Send this notice to <Richard.Mitchell@brighton.ac.uk> (with subject line "TOOLS Europe '99 Notice of Submission"), to arrive no later than Friday, February 12, 1999. The proceedings of the 29th TOOLS Conference will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. Final camera-ready versions of accepted papers will therefore be required to adhere to the IEEE publication format (guidelines available soon), and will contain no more than 12 pages. IMPORTANT DATES: Notice of submission: February 12, 1999 Manuscript submission: February 19, 1999 Notification of acceptance: March 29, 1999 Final copy due at IEEE: April 16, 1999 PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO: Richard Mitchell TOOLS EUROPE '99 Programme Chair Faculty of IT University of Brighton Brighton BN2 4GJ UK Phone: +44 1273 642458 Richard.Mitchell@brighton.ac.uk TUTORIALS ~~~~~~~~~~ Proposals are sought for high quality tutorials. A tutorial should address a single topic and have a clearly defined tar get audience. A tutorial will usually involve a variety of activities for those attending. Each tutorial is half a day in length. The presenter should have proven experience that qualifies him or her to give the tutorial. Proposals for tutorials should identify the topic, the audience and the relevant experience of the presenter. Please note that you must prepare tutorial notes for the participants. IMPORTANT DATES: Tutorial submission deadline: January 8, 1999 Notification of acceptance: March 29, 1999 PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO: Alan Cameron Wills TOOLS EUROPE '99 Tutorials Chair TriReme International Ltd., UK alan@trireme.com WORKSHOPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Workshops provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to meet and discuss focused issues in an atmosphere that encourages interaction, exchange, and problem solving. A workshop should have a well-defined theme, and a clearly-defined target audience. All topics related to object-oriented technology are potential candidates for workshops. In particular, workshop proposals fall into three categories: * Workshops focusing on a topic in depth. Examples include object-oriented analysis and design methods, object-oriented languages, e.g. Eiffel, etc. * Workshops crossing borders of sub-areas in computer science and/or software engineering. Examples are management and teaching issues. * Workshops addressing the industrial application of object-oriented technology in particular areas, e.g. telecommunications, mobile computing or real-time systems. IMPORTANT DATES: Workshop submission deadline: January 8, 1999 Notification of acceptance: March 29, 1999 PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO: Jan Bosch TOOLS EUROPE '99 Workshops & Panels Chair University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden Jan.Bosch@ide.hk-r.se PANELS ~~~~~~~~ The aim of panels is to stimulate discussion about ideas and issues of importance to the object-oriented technology community. They should present interesting and divergent views with solid practical and/or theoretical backing. Panels last about sixty minutes and can be organised in many formats. IMPORTANT DATES: Panel submission deadline: January 8, 1999 Notification of acceptance: March 29, 1999 PROPOSALS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO: Jan Bosch TOOLS EUROPE '99 Workshops & Panels Chair University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden Jan.Bosch@ide.hk-r.se ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOOLS EUROPE '99 IS ORGANISED IN COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSIT� HENRI POINCAR�, NANCY, FRANCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TOOLS USA '99, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT http://www.tools.com/europe OR CONTACT US AT tools-europe@tools.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~