CfP: Babel01 Workshop on Multi-Language Infrastructure and Interoperability

[Fergus Henderson]

whisper at oz.net (Dave LeBlanc) writes:

>Gotta wonder why Microsoft is asking for papers to be submitted in a
>format it doesn't support.

"Microsoft" is not asking anything.  This is an academic workshop, not
a Microsoft workshop.  Two of the programme committee members, in
particular the organizer and the chair, are researchers who happen to
work at Microsoft Research in Cambridge.  But none of the other
programme committee members are Microsoft employees.  The "Call for
Papers" was posted on behalf of the whole programme committee.

>I bet this ends up all C-sharpish.

The intent of the workshop is to focus on language interoperability,
not on any single language or platform.  Papers will be judged on their
academic merit.

The content of the workshop will depend on what papers get submitted.
But we strongly encourage submissions on *all* areas that relate to
multi-language infrastructure and/or interoperability.  If you have
done something interesting with regard to that in the context of
a non-Microsoft-related language and/or platform, e.g. Linux, the GNU
compiler collection, Java, ANDF, etc., then please submit it!

In summary, the program committee is very strongly committed to
adhering to the highest academic standards, particularly with
regard to integrity and fairness in the peer review process.
We will do all that we can to avoid bias or the perception of bias.
The programme committee includes many reputable academics who
have considerable experience in organizing conferences and workshops.
BABEL'01 is the first in what we hope will be an ongoing series of
workshops/conferences devoted to language interoperability.
We will do our best to ensure that BABEL'01 upholds the highest
academic standards and forms the foundation of a reputable series
of refereed academic workshops/conferences.

-- 
Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.oz.au>  |  "I have always known that the pursuit
                                    |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh>  |     -- the last words of T. S. Garp.

P.S.  To ensure full transparency, I must point out that the research
group that I work in at the University of Melbourne has received
substantial funding from Microsoft.  However, this has not affected
my loyalties (at least in so far as I am conscious of them).
I remain a vocal advocate of the things I believe in, such as the
importance of academic integrity, and I am not afraid to publically
criticize those who fund us if criticism is due.

>On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:58:07 +0100, "Andrew Kennedy"
><akenn at microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>			       BABEL'01
>>			   CALL FOR PAPERS
>>
>>		   First Workshop on Multi-Language
>>		 Infrastructure and Interoperability
>>
>>	   http://research.microsoft.com/~nick/babel01.htm
>>
>>			 Satellite to PLI'01
>>
>>		  Firenze, Italy, 8th September 2001
>>
>>
>>AIMS AND SCOPE
>>
>>Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in multi-language
>>tools and intermediate languages, and in interoperability between
>>programs and components written in different programming
>>languages. Shared infrastructure such as code generators, analysis
>>tools and garbage collectors can greatly ease the task of producing a
>>high-quality implementation of a new programming language, whilst
>>being able to interoperate easily with code written in existing
>>languages is essential for such an implementation to be useful in
>>practice.  This workshop aims to bring together researchers and
>>developers working on multi-language integration. Contributions are
>>welcome on topics including, but not limited to:
>>
>>
>>* Compilation of high level languages to common executable formats
>>  such as Sun's Java Virtual Machine, the DRA's ANDF or Microsoft's
>>  .NET Common Language Runtime.
>>
>>* Defining and using bindings for component middleware such as OMG's
>>  CORBA or Microsoft's COM.
>>
>>* Language constructs to support interoperability between different
>>  languages, particularly from different paradigms (e.g. OO/functional).
>>
>>* Multi-language backends for compilation and/or analysis
>>  (e.g. MLRISC, FLINT, C--, TAL, SUIF).
>>
>>* Type theoretic and semantic foundations for multi-language work.
>>
>>* Multi-language development environments and tools (e.g. debuggers,
>>  profilers).
>>
>>Submissions may address any programming paradigm.  Experience papers
>>which describe the use of multiple languages in application
>>development are also welcome. Authors unsure of the appropriateness of
>>a potential submission should email the PC chair (nick at microsoft.com).
>>
>>
>>PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
>>
>>Nick Benton (chair)          Microsoft Research
>>Fergus Henderson             University of Melbourne
>>Andrew Kennedy (organiser)   Microsoft Research
>>Greg Morrisett               Cornell University
>>Martin Odersky               Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
>>John Reppy                   Bell Labs
>>Andrew Tolmach               Portland State University
>>David Wakeling               University of Exeter
>>
>>
>>INVITED SPEAKERS
>>
>>Zhong Shao                   Yale University
>>
>>
>>IMPORTANT DATES
>>
>>Deadline for submission      1st June 2001
>>Notification of acceptance   9th July 2001
>>Final version due            10th August 2001
>>
>>
>>SUBMISSION DETAILS
>>
>>Papers should be at most 14 pages and should be submitted in
>>Ghostscript-compatible PostScript or PDF format and be printable on
>>both US letter and A4 paper.  Authors are strongly encouraged to use
>>ENTCS style files (see http://math.tulane.edu/~entcs/).  Papers should
>>be submitted electronically from the workshop website given above.
>>Submissions should not overlap significantly with work which has
>>already been published or submitted to any other conference or
>>journal.  An informal proceedings will be published as a technical
>>report and distributed at the workshop.  It is intended that a final
>>proceedings will be published in a volume of ENTCS.