Call for Abstracts for 3rd SAPLING Meeting, November 12, 2007 Sydney Area Programming Language INterest Group http://www.comp.mq.edu.au/plrg/sapling.html 10am-4:30pm, November 12, 2007 Engineering Theatre, Building 32 (Engineering) Australian National University Invited Speaker --------------- Prof William M Waite, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA About SAPLING ------------- SAPLING aims to promote and develop academic research in the Programming Languages field within the Sydney area, including nearby regional centres such as Canberra, Newcastle and Wollongong. Important Dates: ---------------- - Submission deadline: Oct 15, 2007 - Notification: Oct 19, 2007 - Workshop: November 12, 2007 SAPLING Meetings ---------------- SAPLING meetings are held twice a year to allow programming language academics, researchers and students to present and discuss their research in an informal setting. The third meeting will be held at the Australian National University. SAPLING talks are generally of 20 minutes duration with substantial periods of time available for discussion. Talks can present completed work, outline work in progress, demonstrate a system, or provide a short tutorial on a topic of general interest. Submissions for talks should be in the form of an abstract no longer than one A4 page in plain text, PostScript or PDF format. The abstract should be emailed to Tony Sloane (asloane AT ics.mq.edu.au) by close of business on October 15, 2007. As far as possible, selection of presenters is non-competitive, with all interested qualified speakers given an opportunity to talk, within the time constraints of a one day meeting. Preference will be given to topics of general interest. No proceedings will be published but the talk abstracts and links to related material will be published on the SAPLING website. There is no registration fee to attend this meeting. Participants will be responsible for their own lunch costs. Accommodation ------------- For non-Canberra residents, some accommodation suggestions are available on the web site for this meeting: http://www.comp.mq.edu.au/~asloane/pmwiki.php/SAPLING/SAPLING072 Steering Committee: ------------------- Anthony Sloane, Macquarie (Chair), asloane AT ics.mq.edu.au Manuel Chakravarty, UNSW, chak AT cse.unsw.edu.au Clem Baker-Finch, ANU, Clem.Baker-Finch AT anu.edu.au