STS'08: Software Transformation Systems Workshop
part of the
Fifth international conference on
Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE'08)
October 19-23 2008
Nashville, Tennessee
colocated with OOPSLA'08
Workshop Organisers
Important Dates
Workshop schedule:
- 2 page position paper submission deadline: August 1, 2008
- Notification of acceptance: August 31, 2008
- Early registration: September 11, 2008
- Workshop: Wednesday October 22, 2008
Motivation
Modern modelling and software development needs software support
beyond that of simple editors and compilers. Often a model or
software piece can be generated from (fragments) of existing
models or high level codes. Software transformation systems are
tools which are built for such transformations. They range from
specific tools for one purpose, via simple pattern matching
systems, to general transformation systems which are easily
programmed to do any reasonable transformation. Thus the more
general tools may be treated as meta-tools for generative
programming. They are currently playing a significant role in
integrated development environments (IDEs, e.g., Eclipse) and
model driven engineering (MDE).
Following on the success of STS'04 and STS'06, this workshop is once again designed to
bring together people working on software transformation systems and those
with an interest in software transformation systems as a tool.
The workshop will this time to some extent focus on the
relationship between software transformation technologies and
related technologies such as reflection (supported, e.g., by
Java), (template) meta-programming (supported by C++), and
staged programming languages. We also want to look at the
applications of transformation tools in IDEs and MDE.
Workshop format
The workshop will have a small number of participants, around 20, selected on
the basis of short position papers submitted to the organisers. The aim is to
let people with different perspectives meet in order to allow fruitful
interaction.
Program
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Submission of intent to participate
If you find this workshop interesting you should send an e-mail to
sts08@ii.uib.no with your intent to participate and your
area of expertise/interest. Include a 2 page position paper if you want to give a presentation.
Space may be limited at the workshop, and preregistered participants will be given priority.
All material must be received by the deadline. We prefer plain
ISO or UTF-8 documents (txt), but latex (only use standard packages) and
pdf formats are also acceptable.
Registration
Workshop participants should register for the GPCE'08 conference.
Those who only wish to participate in the workshop should
register for Wednesday 22nd.