<div dir="ltr">Fifth Annual Workshop on<br>Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU)<br>in conjunction with SPLASH/Onward! 2013<br>October 28, 2013 (Indianapolis, IN)<br> <br><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/workshopplateau/">https://sites.google.com/site/workshopplateau/</a><br>
<br>IMPORTANT DATES<br><br>Submission Deadline August 10<br>Notification September 15<br>Early Registration September 27<br>Camera-Ready October 15<br>ACM DL Camera-Ready mid-November<br>Workshop October 28<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 for 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>PLATEAU gathers 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 for understanding programming languages<br>- critical comparisons of programming paradigms<br>
- tools to support evaluating programming languages<br>- psychology of programming<br><br>SUBMISSION DETAILS<br><br>Submissions will be through Easychair:<br><a href="https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plateau2013">https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=plateau2013</a><br>
<br>Papers should be 4-10 pages using the ACM SIGPLAN template with 10pt<br>font (<a href="http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm">http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm</a>). All accepted<br>papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library.<br>
<br>ORGANIZATION<br><br>Co-Chairs:<br>Shane Markstrum, Google<br>Emerson Murphy-Hill, North Carolina State University<br>Caitlin Sadowski, University of California at Santa Cruz<br><br>Program Committee:<br>Andrew Black, Portland State University<br>
Alan Blackwell, Cambridge University<br>Thomas Fritz, University of Zurich<br>Philip Guo, Stanford University<br>Stefan Hanenberg, University of Duisburg-Essen<br>Rashina Hoda, University of Auckland<br>Ciera Jaspan, Cal Poly, Pomona<br>
Chris Parnin, Georgia Institute of Technology<br>Leif Singer, University of Victoria<br>Patrick Wagstrom, IBM TJ Watson Research Center</div>