Path: news.daimi.aau.dk!news.net.uni-c.dk!uninett.no!news-feed.ifi.uio.no!fu-berlin.de!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsgate.tandem.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!watnews.watson.ibm.com!not-for-mail From: Yossi Gil Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: TOOLS USA'98: 1st CFP Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 01:38:03 -0500 Organization: IBM Research and Technion CS Lines: 440 Message-ID: <34D41849.D470A9FA@watson.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: socks1.watson.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------36AF0DE2B99EAFE15F5E0978" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) Xref: news.daimi.aau.dk comp.lang.beta:11362 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------36AF0DE2B99EAFE15F5E0978 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOOLS USA '98 Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems 26th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION The Move To Componentware Santa Barbara, California, August 3 - 7, 1998 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Program Chair: Joseph Gil, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Panel and Workshop Chair: Madhu Singh, Bellcore Tutorial Chair: Richard Riehle, AdaWorks Conference Chair: Bertrand Meyer, Interactive Software Engineering FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS ====================================== TOOLS is the major international conference and exhibition devoted to the applications of object-oriented technology. TOOLS USA '98, the twenty-sixth TOOLS International Conference and Exhibition, returns to Santa Barbara for the eighth time and continues the commitment to excellence demonstrated by earlier conferences in Europe, the Pacific, Asia and the US. Standards established for TOOLS by earlier conferences in the series include: * Emphasis on the practice of object-oriented technology and its application in industrial environments, complementing the more academically-oriented perspective of traditional conferences. * Balanced coverage of the wealth of approaches, trends and variants in the object-oriented community. * Combination of tutorials by recognized experts, invited talks by innovators in the field, relevant panel discussions, technical papers targeted to industry practitioners, and an up-to-date exhibition of products and services. * Solid technical program, based on a strict refereeing process conducted by an international program committee comprised of both academic and industry leaders: Jan Bosch University of Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden Gilad Bracha Sun Microsystems, USA Craig Chambers University of Washington, USA (OOPSLA'98 chair) Derek Coleman King's College, UK Raimund K. Ege Florida International University, USA (TOOLS USA 97 Chair) Donald G. Firesmith Storage Technology Corp., USA Martin Fowler Independent Consultant, USA Brian Henderson-Sellers Swinburne U. of Technology, Australia Laura Hill BancAmerica Robertson Stephens, USA Eric Jul Aalborg Univ. & Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark (ECOOP 98 Chair) Stuart Kent University of Brighton, UK Qiaoyun Li Sony Corporation, Japan Robert Marcus General Motors, USA Bertrand Meyer Interactive Software Engineering, USA Christine Mingins Monash University, Australia (TOOLS Pacific 98 Chair/TOOLS Asia 98 co-chair) Richard Mitchell University of Brighton, UK (TOOLS Europe 99 Chair) Michael Philippsen University of Karlsruhe, Germany Douglas C. Schmidt Washington University, USA Bran Selic ObjecTime Limited, Canada Frank Tip IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Amiram Yehudai Tel-Aviv University, Israel The TOOLS 26 Conference Proceedings will be made available worldwide through the IEEE Computer Society as well as from the TOOLS Conference Committee. SUBMISSION TOPICS ================= TOOLS USA '98 is now soliciting papers on all aspects of object-oriented technology. All submitted papers will be refereed and judged not only according to standards of technical quality but also on their usefulness to practitioners and applied researchers. A non-exhaustive list of suggested topics includes: + Reports of experiences with O-O technology + Migration toward O-O software development + Management and training issues + User interfaces, persistence and databases + Specification, modeling, and patterns + Class management and evolution + Empirical and field studies + Production, distribution and revenue collection of industrial-quality reusable components TOOLS 26 will feature a special emphasis on issues relating the challenges of building components, libraries, and frameworks. Technical papers that report and assess advances and experiences in this area are expressly sought. A special "Object-Oriented Reuse " track will include workshop(s), tutorials, panel discussions, and featured speakers. SUBMITTING A PAPER ================== ESSENTIAL DATES Electronic abstract submission: March 4th, 1998 Manuscript (electronic or hard-copy) submission: March 6th, 1998 Notification: April 6th, 1998 Camera ready version: May 15th, 1998 Conference: August 3rd, 1998 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Submitted papers should be in the range of 10 to 20 double-spaced pages, or 10,000 to 20,000 words. You may wish to consult the on-line Guide for prospective TOOLS authors(http://www.tools.com/tools/general/guide.html) when writing your paper. TOOLS proceedings will be published with IEEE. Final camera-ready version of accepted papers will therefore be required to adhere to the IEEE publications format (http://www.ieee.org/pubs/ transjour/proc/index.html), and will contain no more than 10 pages. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION In the first phase, an abstract of the paper must be sent by electronic mail to tools-usa-abstracts@tools.com (be sure to mention "TOOLS USA'98 Abstract" in the subject line). Your messages must include the following information in plain ASCII form: Title: paper title, up to 80 characters. Author(s): names and affiliations of all authors Contact: electronic mail, telephone and fax numbers, and address of contact author Keywords: 5-10 keywords describing the paper. Abstract: up to 200 words abstract of the intended submission. The deadline for abstract submission is March 4th, 1998 MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION Manuscripts can be submitted either electronically or in hard copy to arrive by March 6th, 1998. The accompanying submission letter, electronic or hard copy, should include a statement to the effect that if the submitted manuscript is accepted for presentation then one or more of the authors will attend the conference to present it. Electronic submission: send an electronic mail message to tools-usa-submissions@tools.com (be sure to mention "TOOLS USA'98 Submission" in the subject line), including paper title and author(s) names in text form and the paper manuscript as MIME attachment. The following formats are accepted: Lotus Ami Pro (single file, this is the preferred format) Postscript (make sure that the PS file can be viewed with ghostview) MS-Word (single file) HTML (collection of files in tar, gzipped format) PDF (single file) If your mailer cannot make MIME attachments, then you may only use Postscript format. Hardcopy submission: Send six hard copies to the program chair the program chair: Joseph Gil c/o IBM Business Support Center H1-J16 30 Saw Mill River Rd. Hawthorne NY 10532 USA Phone: +1-914-784-7062 (for courier sends) If you need to get in touch with the program chair, please use yogi@watson.ibm.com (be sure to mention "TOOLS USA'98" in the subject line) or call him at +1-914-784-7531. SUBMITTING A TUTORIAL, PANEL, WORKSHOP ====================================== Proposals for Tutorials, Panels, and Workshops are also solicited and should be directed to the conference office: TOOLS Conferences ISE Building 270 Storke Road, Second floor Goleta, CA 93117 USA Phone: 805-685-1006, Fax: 805-685-6869 E-mail: tools@tools.com EXHIBITION ========== TOOLS will feature an exhibition of products and services. Exhibitors should contact the Conference organization to receive the Exhibitor's Information Package and Contract. San Diego Technical Books is the official bookstore of TOOLS USA '98. EIFFEL USER WORKSHOP ==================== A special ISE Eiffel User Workshop will take place on Tuesday, August 4th. As in past years, the meeting will provide a forum for users to share experiences and interact with peers who have been successful in implementing Eiffel-generated application. SYMPOSIUM ON TEACHING OBJECT TECHNOLOGY ======================================= DON'T MISS the Fifth International Symposium on Teaching Object Technology (STOT) on Friday, August 7th! Devoted exclusively to O-O education, this symposium will be an opportunity for teachers in academia, training managers in companies, and everyone with an interest in O-O methods to discuss the problems and techniques of teaching this approach. REGISTRATION FEES AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION =========================================== EARLY-BIRD ADVANCED REGULAR Before March 6 Before June 26 After June 26 1 Day $445.00 $475.00 $495.00 2 Consecutive Days $695.00 $745.00 $795.00 3 Consecutive Days $875.00 $995.00 $1075.00 4 Consecutive Days $995.00 $1165.00 $1295.00 STOT (with conference*) $245.00 $275.00 $300.00 STOT (Symposium only) $325.00 $345.00 $375.00 * if registered for at least two days of the conference Full-Time Faculty Member: Take advantage of a 50% discount on the above registration fees Full-Time Student: Take advantage of a 75% discount on the above registration fees Non-academic authors who will find their papers selected to be included in the published proceedings of the TOOLS USA '98 Conference will be entitled to the 50% faculty discount. A 10% discount is applicable to any registration of three or more people from the same company site at the same time for a minimum of 2 days attendance. For 5 or more people the discount is 20%. These discounts are applicable to Regular and Faculty registrations only. REGULAR & FACULTY REGISTRATION Prices include: a copy of the tutorial notes for each tutorial attended; a copy of the conference proceedings; breaks; lunches; beach barbecue on Monday, August 3; open-air classical concert and conference dinner on Wednesday, August 5; and free access to the exhibit. STUDENT REGISTRATION Prices include: a copy of the tutorial notes for each tutorial attended; a copy of the conference proceedings; breaks; lunches; and free access to the exhibit. Tickets to the beach barbecue on Monday, August 3, and open-air classical concert and conference dinner on Wednesday, August 5 may be purchased separately. PAYMENT & CANCELLATION Payment should be made by check, credit card or international money order to TOOLS Conferences and accompanied by the registration form. Substitutions will be accepted at any time. Written cancellations received by July 3 will be liable to a 50 percent service fee. After this date, there will be no refund. ACCOMMODATION TOOLS USA '97 will be held at the Fess Parker's Double Tree Resort, the most beautiful resort on the south coast, right across from the Santa Barbara beach, which offers many recreational opportunities. Rooms are available for conference attendees at the special rates of $185 single/double, $200 triple and $215 quadruple (guaranteed until July 2, or until vacancy). For reservations contact: Fess Parker's Double Tree Resort 633 East Cabrillo Blvd Santa Barbara, CA 93103 Phone 805-564-4333 or 800-879-2929 Fax 805-962-8198 To benefit from the special rate, you must mention that you are attending TOOLS USA 98. Alternative accommodations are available, please contact the TOOLS Conference Committee, or Hot Spots Accommodation (9:00-21:00 PST) 36 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone 805-564-1637 or (US only) 800-793-7666 Fax: 805-564-1633. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS American Airlines is the official carrier of the 26th TOOLS Conference. Valuable discounts are offered to attendees traveling with AA from a destination in the US or through a connecting flight in the US. Simply call the American Airlines Meeting Services desk toll free number 1-800-433-1790 and specify the AN#3378UF. For any other information on carriers and flight availability, please contact International Travel of Santa Barbara, Phone (800) 383-2116, Fax (805) 683-2118. The airport is less than fifteen minutes from downtown Santa Barbara, and a free shuttle service from the airport to the Fess Parker is available by calling the Resort upon arrival, at (805) 564-4333. TOOLS attendees using American Airlines to travel to and from the conference can benefit from more valuable discounts from AVIS car rental. Simply call the worldwide reservation line at 800-831-2847 and specify the AWD#B136000. You will be asked to present your AA ticket at the AVIS counter. OLD SPANISH DAYS FIESTA ======================= For five memorable days, starting on August 5th through 9th, Santa Barbara's week-long festival celebrates the founding of the city by Spanish missionaries. Residents and visitors will join in sharing our cultural and romantic past with the ringing of the bells on the steps of the Old Mission, the procession of the El Desfile Historico parade to the colorful Mercados, the Rodeo featuring the Competicion de Vaqueros, the Arts & Crafts Show, the beautiful Noches do Ronda and much more, with most events free to all. Visit their Web site at http://www.west.net/~imago/fiesta.shtml We urge you to stay a few extra days in Santa Barbara to join the festivities with your family and friends! Take a peek at some of Santa Barbara's history and activities (festivals, winery tours, scenic drives, etc.) see: http://www.santabarbaraca.com http://www.santa-barbara.ca.us http://www.sbguide.com http://local.yahoo.com/local/us/93101 REGISTRATION FORM ================= Note: to register, please print this form, fill it, and fax it to 805-685-6869. An on-line form will be added in the next few days. I wish to attend: ___ Day(s) at TOOL USA '98 from August __ to __ , 1998 | | Symposium on Teaching Object Technology | | Barbecue at the beach ___ extra tickets at $30 each | | Conference Dinner & Concert ___ extra tickets at $60 each PAYMENT Conference: $ __________________ Symposium on Teaching Object Technology $ __________________ ___ extra tickets for the Barbecue at $30 each $ __________________ ___ extra tickets for the Dinner at $60 each $ __________________ Discount for multiple attendees from the same affiliation $ __________________ Total $ __________________ / / Check or International money order / / VISA / / Mastercard / / American Express Card Number _______________________________ Exp. _____________________ Authorized Signature __________________________________________________ / / My company is interested in exhibiting. Please send me the Exhibitor's Information Package and Contract by / / e-mail / / fax / / post PERSONAL INFORMATION Name __________________________________________________________________ Affiliation ___________________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________________ City ____________________________ State_______________ Zip ____________ Phone ______________________________ Fax ______________________________ Email ______________________________ Send Payment & Registration form to: TOOLS Conferences ISE Building, 270 Storke Road, 2nd Floor Goleta, CA 93117, USA Phone: (805) 685-1006 Fax: (805) 685-6869 E-mail: tools@tools.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TOOLS USA '98 OR ANY OTHER EVENTS IN THE TOOLS CONFERENCE SERIES, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT http://www/tools.com OR CONTACT US AT tools@tools.com. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------36AF0DE2B99EAFE15F5E0978 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Yossi Gil Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Yossi Gil n: Gil;Yossi org: IBM Research and Technion CS adr: IBM T.J. Watson Resrearch Center;;P.O. Box 704;Yorktown Hgts;NY;10598;USA email;internet: yogi@watson.ibm.com title: Asst Prof. tel;work: 914-784-7531 tel;fax: 914-784-6576 tel;home: 718-548-0364 x-mozilla-cpt: ;30768 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------36AF0DE2B99EAFE15F5E0978--