[ecoop-info] DUE MARCH 1: VL/HCC 2013 Papers, Workshops, Tutorials - Sept 15-19, San Jose, CA

[James Lin]

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, TUTORIALS
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VL/HCC 2013
IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing

September 15-19, 2013
San Jose, CA, USA
http://vlhcc.org
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PAPER ABSTRACT DEADLINE: Friday 1 March 2013
WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS DEADLINE: Friday 1 March 2013

IMPORTANT DATES
* Workshop and tutorial proposal submissions: 1 March 2013

* Paper abstract submissions: 1 March 2013
* Paper submissions: 8 March 2013
* Notification of reviews: 10 May 2013
* Rebuttals due: 17 May 2013
* Notification of final decision: 31 May 2013
* Camera-readies due: 28 June 2013

 From the beginning of the computer age, people have sought easier ways
to learn, express, and understand computational ideas. Whether this
meant moving from punch cards to textual languages, or command lines
to graphical UIs, the quest to make computation easier to express,
manipulate, and understand by a broader group of people is an ongoing
challenge. The IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric
Computing (VL/HCC) is the premier international forum for research on
this topic. Established in 1984, the mission of the conference is to
support the design, theory, application and evaluation of computing
technologies and languages for programming, modeling and
communicating, which are easier to learn, use, and understand by
people.
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SCOPE AND TOPICS
We solicit original, unpublished research papers that focus on efforts
to design, formalize, implement, and evaluate computing languages and
development tools that are easier to learn, easier to use, and easier
to understand. This includes languages and tools expressed not only as
text, but through any other means (visual, sketch-based, gesture-based,
or otherwise). This also includes languages and tools intended for a
wide range of audiences, including professional software developers,
novice programmers, or other any other people who find a need to
express computational ideas. We also seek papers that address
cognitive, social, cultural, and theoretical aspects of efforts to
lower barriers to computing.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
* -NEW- Crowdsourcing
* Design, evaluation, and theory of visual languages
* End-user development, end-user programming
* Novel user interfaces for expressing computation
* Human aspects of software development
* Debugging and program understanding
* Computer science education
* Software development tools
* Model-driven development
* Domain-specific languages
* Software visualization
* Query languages
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PAPER SUBMISSIONS

We invite two kinds of papers (abstracts due 1 March 2013):
* full-length research papers, up to 8 pages
* short research papers, up to 4 pages

All accepted papers, whether full or short, should be complete
archival contributions. Contributions from full papers are more
extensive than those from short papers. Preliminary research should be
submitted to the Showpieces category (below). All submissions will be
reviewed by members of the Program Committee. Submission and reviews
for the technical program are managed with EasyChair at:

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vlhcc2013

Accepted papers will be distributed at the conference and will appear
in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. In 2011 the conference paper
format was changed by IEEE, so be sure you are using the new format,
which is available at:

http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

=== A Note on Evaluation of Papers ===
Research papers are expected to support their claims with appropriate
evidence. For example, a paper that claims to improve programmer
productivity is expected to demonstrate improved productivity; a paper
that claims to be easier to use should demonstrate increased ease of
use. However, not all claims necessarily need to be supported with
empirical evidence or studies with people. A paper that claims to make
something feasible that was clearly infeasible might substantiate its
claim through the existence of a prototype. Moreover, there are many
alternatives to empirical evidence, including analytical methods or
formal arguments. We encourage authors to think carefully about what
claims their submission makes and what evidence would support them.

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WORKSHOPS

Workshops are small meetings intended to foster discussion in an area
related to that of the conference. We strongly recommend that
organizers plan their workshop to encourage interaction among the
attendees and avoid structuring the workshop as a long series of
individual paper presentations. Note also that workshops are not
courses where an instructor teaches the attendees (see Tutorials below
for this).

Prospective workshop organizers must submit a workshop proposal
package, which will be reviewed by the workshop chair and other
conference organizers, and may either be accepted or rejected. If the
workshop is accepted, then both the conference organizers and the
workshop organizers will publicize the workshop to encourage attendees
to submit position papers to the workshop. The workshop proposal
package must contain:

1. A summary sheet for the proposal that lists:
    a) the title of the workshop
    b) the names, contact information for all organizers (one organizer
       should be highlighted as the contact for the workshop chairs)
    c) the organizers' backgrounds
    d) the URL to a preliminary workshop web page (this page need not
       be final at submission time but should provide current status
       information if accepted).
2. A description of the topic and rationale for the workshop,
    including a brief description of why the workshop will be relevant
    to VL/HCC 2013 attendees
3. A detailed plan for carrying out the workshop, including:
    a) the method for soliciting position papers from potential attendees
    b) the method for selecting attendees from submitted position papers
    c) an approximate schedule for the workshop
    d) a brief description of any post-workshop activities (e.g.
       curating a journal special issue).
4. A Call for Participation document (500 words or less) that can
    be used to advertise the workshop on mailing lists, the VL/HCC
    web site, etc.

The proposal package must be submitted as 4 PDF files by e-mail to the
workshop chair, Mary Beth Rosson <mrosson at psu.edu> by Friday, March 1,
2013.
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TUTORIALS

Tutorials allow conference attendees to expand their knowledge.
Tutorials might introduce researchers to emerging areas or new
technologies, or provide an overview of the state of the art in an
existing research area. Prospective tutorial instructors must submit
a tutorial proposal package, which will be reviewed by the tutorial
chair and other conference organizers, and may either be accepted or
rejected. If the tutorial is accepted, then both the conference
organizers and the tutorial instructors will publicize the tutorial to
encourage attendees to register for the tutorial. The tutorial
package must contain:

1. A course abstract of at most 500 words that lists:
    a) title
    b) instructor(s) name and affiliation
    c) course duration
    d) a description of the benefits that attendees will receive from
       this course, the features of the course, and background on the
       instructor(s)
    Feel free to use bulleted lists in the abstract as needed. This
    abstract will be used to advertise the tutorial if it is accepted.
2. A course description of 1-4 pages. This should contain:
    a) proposed duration of the tutorial (half day or full day,
       though shorter tutorials could also be proposed)
    b) learning objectives
    c) justification: Why will this tutorial be of interest to the
       VL/HCC 2013 community?
    d) content: Describe in detail the material that will be covered.
    e) presentation format and schedule: Describe in detail the
       format of the presentation and how it will be organized.
    f) tutorial history: Describe the history of the tutorial, if any.
    g) audio/visual needs: Describe any technology that you will need
       in order to present your tutorial. We should be able to provide
       a projector, screen, and some form of computer audio system. Be
       sure to mention any needs beyond that set of equipment.

The proposal package should be submitted as two PDF files via e-mail
to the tutorial chair, Mary Beth Rosson <mrosson at psu.edu>, by Friday,
March 1, 2013.
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SHOWPIECES

Showpieces offer an interactive opportunity to show off your ideas
and/or accomplishments to the VL/HCC community. Formerly called
"posters and demonstrations," the category has expanded in 2013 to
also include videos, downloadable apps, handouts, electronic devices,
physical prototypes, or any other artifacts that facilitate meaningful
interactions with other conference attendees. The deadline for
submissions is June 7. More information is on the VL/HCC 2013 web site
at http://vlhcc.org/submitting/showpieces

GRADUATE CONSORTIUM

The conference will also hold a single-day graduate consortium for
graduate students about their research, and it will have conference
and travel funding for accepted students. Students are encouraged to
submit papers to the main conference as well as to apply to the
consortium. The deadline for submissions is June 7. You can read more
about the graduate consortium at
http://vlhcc.org/submitting/graduate-consortium
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SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS
General Conference Chair
Allen Cypher - IBM Research-Almaden, USA

Technical Program Co-Chairs
Margaret Burnett - Oregon State University, USA
Stefan Sauer - Universitaet Paderborn, Germany

Showpieces Chair
Christopher Scaffidi - Oregon State University, USA

Speakers, Panels, Workshops & Tutorials Chair
Mary Beth Rosson - Pennsylvania State University, USA

Graduate Consortium Chair
Scott Fleming - University of Memphis, USA

Publicity Chair
James Lin - Google, USA

Proceedings Chair
Caitlin Kelleher - Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Treasurer
Jeffrey Nichols - IBM Research-Almaden, USA
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Robin Abraham - Microsoft, USA
Simone D.J. Barbosa - PUC-Rio, Brazil
Robert Biddle - Carleton University, Canada
Paolo Bottoni - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Maria Francesca Costabile - University of Bari, Italy
Gennaro Costagliola - Universita di Salerno, Italy
Phil Cox - Dalhousie University, Canada
Juan de Lara - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
Boris de Ruyter - Philips Research, The Netherlands
Robert DeLine - Microsoft Research, USA
Gregor Engels - Universitaet Paderborn, Germany
Claudia Ermel - Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Martin Erwig - Oregon State University, USA
Andrew Fish - University of Brighton, UK
Scott Fleming - University of Memphis, USA
Judith Good - University of Sussex, UK
Jeff Gray - University of Alabama, USA
John Grundy - Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
John Hosking - University of Auckland, New Zealand
John Howse - University of Brighton, UK
Christopher Hundhausen - Washington State University, USA
Caitlin Kelleher - Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Andrew J. Ko - University of Washington, USA
Eileen Kraemer - University of Georgia, USA
Chun-Cheng Lin - National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
James Lin - Google, USA
Gerrit Meixner - DFKI – German Research Center for AI, Germany
Mark Minas - Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany
Emerson Murphy-Hill - North Carolina State University, USA
Brad Myers - Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Masao Ohira - Wakayama University, Japan
Ian Oliver - Nokia, Finland
Philippe Palanque - Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, France
Emmanuel Pietriga - INRIA, France
Alexander Repenning - University of Colorado, USA
Peter Rodgers - University of Kent, UK
Mary Beth Rosson - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Christopher Scaffidi - Oregon State University, USA
Jonathan Sillito - University of Calgary, Canada
Gem Stapleton - University of Brighton, UK
Simone Stumpf - City University London, UK
Steven Tanimoto - University of Washington, USA
Daniel Varro - Budapest Univ. of Technology & Economics, Hungary
Susan Wiedenbeck - Drexel University, USA
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