<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="il">Call</span> <span class="il">for</span> <span class="il">Papers</span><br><br> PLATEAU 2011<br><br> Third Workshop on<br> Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU)<br> in conjunction with SPLASH/Onward! 2011<br> October 22-27, 2011 (Portland, OR)<br><br> <a href="http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Events/PLATEAU/WebHome" target="_blank">http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Events/PLATEAU/WebHome</a><br><br> SUBMISSION SITE<br><br><a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plateau11" title="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plateau2011">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plateau2011</a><br><br> IMPORTANT DATES<br><br> Submission Deadline August 12<br> Notification September 12<br> Registration October 22<br> Workshop October 24<br><br> SCOPE<br><br> Programming languages exist to enable programmers to develop software<br> effectively. But how efficiently programmers can write software<br> depends on the usability of the languages and tools that they develop<br> with. The aim of this workshop is to discuss methods, metrics and<br> techniques <span class="il">for</span> evaluating the usability of languages and language<br> tools. The supposed benefits of such languages and tools cover a large<br> space, including making programs easier to read, write, and maintain;<br> allowing programmers to write more flexible and powerful programs; and<br> restricting programs to make them more safe and secure.<br><br> We plan to gather the intersection of researchers in the programming<br> language, programming tool, and human-computer interaction communities<br> to share their research and discuss the future of evaluation and<br> usability of programming languages and tools. We are also interested<br> in the input of other members of the programming research community<br> working on related areas, such as aspects, refactoring, design patterns,<br> program analysis, program comprehension, software visualization,<br> end-user programming, and other programming language paradigms. Some<br> particular areas of interest are:<br><br> - empirical studies of programming languages<br> - methodologies and philosophies behind language and tool evaluation<br> - software design metrics and their relations to the underlying language<br> - user studies of language features and software engineering tools<br> - visual techniques <span class="il">for</span> understanding programming languages<br> - critical comparisons of programming paradigms<br></div><div> - tools to support evaluating programming languages</div><div>- psychology of programming</div><br><div>KEYNOTE SPEAKER<br><br>Brad Myers, Carnegie Mellon University<br><br></div><div><br> SUBMISSIONS<br><br> Participants are invited to submit a paper describing their on going work. </div><div>We will accept <span class="il">papers</span> (from 4 to 6 pages) that describe</div><div> work-in-progress or recently completed work based on the themes and<br> goals of the workshop or related topics, report on experiences gained,<br> question accepted wisdom, raise challenging open problems, or propose<br> speculative new approaches. Longer submissions will be considered, but<br> all submissions must be fewer than 10 pages.<br><br> Submissions and final <span class="il">papers</span> should be formatted using the ACM SIGPLAN<br> 10 point format. Templates <span class="il">for</span> Word and LaTeX are available at<br><a href="http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm" target="_blank">http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm</a>; this site also<br> contains links to useful information on how to write effective<br> submissions.<br><br> Papers may be submitted to one of two tracks: archival and non-archival. <br>Accepted archival papers will be published in full in the ACM digital library.<br>Accepted non-archival papers will be made available as a tech report on<br>the PLATEAU website. All authors are also asked to prepare a presentation to <br>support their papers. All accepted submissions will be made available through <br>the PLATEAU website prior to the workshop. Workshop participants are <br>encouraged to have read the position <span class="il">papers</span> before attending the workshop.<br></div><br>ORGANIZERS<br><br>Shane Markstrum - Google, USA<br>Craig Anslow - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand<br>Emerson Murphy-Hill - North Carolina State University, USA<br><br> PROGRAM COMMITTEE<br><br><div>Jeff Carver - University of Alabama, USA<br>Rob DeLine - Microsoft Research, USA<br>Jonathan Edwards - MIT, USA<br></div><div>Matthias Hauswirth - University of Lugano, Switzerland<br>Donna Malayeri - Microsoft, USA<br>Shane Markstrum - Google, USA <br>Emerson Murphy-Hill - North Carolina State University, USA <br>James Noble - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand </div><div>Portia O'Callaghan - MathWorks, USA<br>Marian Petre - The Open University, England<br>Caitlin Sadowski - University of California Santa Cruz, USA<br>Alessandro Warth - Viewpoints Research Institute, USA</div><br><div><a href="http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Events/PLATEAU/WebHome" target="_blank">http://ecs.victoria.ac.nz/Events/PLATEAU/WebHome</a><br></div><br></body></html>