CALL FOR PAPERS DYNAMIC OBJECTS WORKSHOP At Object World East May 5-9, 1996 Boston's Hynes Convention Center Attention authors and potential authors of papers on the use of Dynamic Languages: proven and new languages providing full support for Dynamic Objects and/or Late Binding functionalities. The Dynamic Objects Workshop is a forum for technical presentations and discussions of innovative and practical applications of dynamic objects and late binding techniques to software systems design and implementation. We are looking for concrete, practical papers presenting issues of importance to those who build or intend to build commercial business and engineering applications that take advantage of these emerging software technologies. This is a chance to share your success stories, discuss your techniques, or even document technical and social obstacles you are facing. The workshop brings together experts who are dedicated to make dynamic objects and late binding approaches to software development succeed in the marketplace, and there is no better forum for you to engage in a public dialog on the use of Dynamic Objects and Late Binding languages today. The DOW96 workshop also replaces the traditional LUV conference technical presentation sessions [http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/miller/alu.html], and features a STUDENT SUBMISSION CONTEST. DOW96 is offered as part of the Dynamic Objects Event [http://www.omg.org/ow/cbcoloc.htm], a new event collocated with Object World East [http://www.omg.org/ow/cbcover.htm]. - - - - - - - - - - SCOPE AND CONTENT. Material in papers must clearly demonstrate a practical value from the use of dynamic objects and/or late bindings; as such, papers need not be especially innovative or original. Direct and simple applications of dynamic language features to rapidly and effectively solve practical problems will be noticed. Preference will be given to previously undisseminated reports or experiences. Topics in the area of programming languages and environments are welcome. These include programming with multiple paradigms, generation of domain specific languages, integration with foreign languages, objects distribution, distributed objects recycling, persistent object storages and databases. Specific application examples are welcome including issues on software design and architecture, product delivery, realtime, small platforms, graphical user interfaces, interface builders, CLIM and portability. Untested or purely theoretical examples must clearly demonstrate advantages of one or more specific aspects of dynamism to solve otherwise untractable problems (for example, use of dynamic updates to class hierarchies and dynamic changes to multimethods to adapt to evolving exchange protocols in live distributed systems, distributed objects recycling approaches applied to improve software reliability in distributed systems). SUBMISSIONS. Authors should submit an electronic copy of their paper submission (position paper) not later than FRIDAY MARCH 22 1996, including the subject line: "DOW96 SUBMISSION", addressed to: DOW96@IEXIST.ATT.COM or, THREE (3) printed copies of their paper submission to DOW96 at the following address (must be received on or before FRIDAY MARCH 22 1996): DOW96 SUBMISSION, Room 4F-413 Att: O.B. Clarisse Lucent Technologies/AT&T Bell Laboratories 2000 N Naperville Rd Naperville, Il 60566 FORMATS. Accepted electronic format for first submission: ASCII text, HTML, or PostScript*. Accepted electronic format for final submission: printable PostScript* only, printed paper submission must be received on or before the due date. The length of the written papers should be between 3 and 10 pages (font size 10pt or 12pt). The printed format must be full page or two columns. The title, authors, affiliations, and contacting informations must be clearly visible, and centered at the top of the first page. All pages (text, figures, and references) must be numbered from 1 to N (<= 3 N 10). Printed paper submissions must include an electronic mail address, a return postal address, and a telephone number. STUDENT PAPERS CONTEST. Students gain free access to the Dynamic Objects Workshop (DOW96 sessions) using provided Exhibits passes. There will be a selection of Student papers. Submission and acceptance dates, as well as acceptable themes, are the same as for other authors. Accepted papers will appear in the written proceedings (please see following instructions regarding copyright and permission to publish requirements). The best student paper will be nominated. DEADLINES. Please mark your calendar with the following dates: 22 MARCH 96 Deadline for receipt of position papers. 24 APRIL 96 Deadline for receipt of final copy of accepted papers. ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATIONS. 29 MARCH 96 Early acceptance notification. Early registration deadline. 12 APRIL 96 Final acceptance and corrections notification. COPYRIGHT. Authors of accepted papers will be required to sign a release for publication in the workshop proceedings. Authors may retain the copyright themselves if they wish by installing their own copyright notice in the paper. Previously copyrighted material may still be published depending on the permission to publish; in this case, the previous copyright and notice of permission should appear in the paper. PRESENTATION OF ACCEPTED PAPERS. Accepted papers will appear in the written proceedings, which will be available at the workshop and might or might not also be distributed in some other fashion after the workshop. The authors of certain selected papers will be invited to make a 20-minute verbal presentation at the technical talks sessions during the workshop. (Time constraints might prevent the verbal presentation of some accepted papers.) DOW96 SESSIONS. Three workshop sessions are scheduled as part of the Dynamic Objects Event collocated with Object World East: Sunday May 55:15 - 6:30 p.m. Wednesday May 8 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Thursday May 9 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. For further information about paper submission, please contact DOW96: DOW96@IEXIST.ATT.COM For further information about the Dynamic Objects Event, see: http://www.omg.org/ow/cbcoloc.htm For information and registration to Object World East in Boston, see: http://www.omg.org/ow/cbcover.htm PLEASE POST, DISTRIBUTE WIDELY, AND LINK AT YOUR WEB SITES.