-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Tcl-gsoc] 2 Call For Papers, 17th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference 2010 Datum: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:56:54 -0700 Von: Andreas Kupries andreask@activestate.com An: tcl-gsoc@lists.sourceforge.net, tcl-gsoc@lists.sourceforge.net

[[ Important Changes:

More information about registration at the hotel.

Our location chair has organized special social activities, both geeky (FermiLab Tour) and cultured (Theatre). See below for more. ]]

17th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2010) http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2010/

October 11 - 15, 2010 Hilton Suites/Conference Center

Chicago/Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, USA

Important Dates:

Abstracts and proposals due August 1, 2010 Notification to authors August 15, 2010 WIP and BOF reservations open August 1, 2010 Author materials due October 1, 2010 Tutorials Start October 11, 2010 Conference starts October 13, 2010

Email Contact: tclconference@googlegroups.com

Submission of Summaries

Tcl/Tk 2010 will be held in Chicago/Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois USA from October 11 - 15, 2010. The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions). Past conferences have seen submissions covering a wide variety of topics including:

* Scientific and engineering applications * Industrial controls * Distributed applications and Network Managment * Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk * New widgets for Tk * Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk * Tcl/Tk-centric operating environments * Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices * Medical applications and visualization * Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for new directions. * New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language

This year is the third year that the Tcl community is participating in the Google Summer of Code. The conference program committee would like to encourage submissions that report on the Tcl projects selected for Google SoC 2010.

Submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a summary of not more than two pages, and should be sent as plain text to<tclconference AT googlegroups DOT com> no later than August 15, 2010. Authors of accepted abstracts will have until October 1, 2010 to submit their final paper for the inclusion in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be made available on digital media, so extra materials such as presentation slides, code examples, code for extensions etc. are encouraged.

Printed proceedings will be produced as an on-demand book at lulu.com

The authors will have 25 minutes to present their paper at the conference.

The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the following criteria:

* Quantity and quality of novel content * Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community * Suitability of content for presentation at the conference

Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but those with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted.

Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to the application. Application and experience papers should clearly explain how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of Tcl/Tk, and what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the application or experience to apply to their own development efforts.

Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreements will be returned to the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976.

The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration to the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate.

Other Forms of Participation

The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations of related research papers.

Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis starting in August 1, 2010. Specific instructions for reserving WIP and BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information available in June 2010. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open for on-site reservation. All attendees with an interesting work in progress should consider reserving a WIP slot.

Registration Information

More information on the conference is available the conference Web site (http://www.tcl.tk/community/tcl2010/) and will be published on various Tcl/Tk-related information channels.

Reservations for hotel suites and $25 airport shuttle rides can be made at http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/CHIOTHS-TCL-20101010/index.j...

To keep in touch with news regarding the conference and Tcl events in general, subscribe to the tcl-announce list. See: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/ to subscribe to the tcl-announce mailing list.

Special Social Activites

October 15, 2010 - Friday afternoon -- Tour of Fermilab

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, http://www.fnal.gov/

A tour lasts about two hours and begins in Wilson Hall. Visitors view the Laboratory from the 15th floor windows and visit various displays located there. The tour moves to the Linear Accelerator building where visitors see the Cockcroft-Walton, the components in the linear accelerator gallery and the Main Control Room. There is a docent for every 20 people. Registration required since tours must be arranged in advance.

October 15, 2010 - Friday evening

Dinner-theater at the award winning Drury Lane theater located next to our hotel. .

Special package price for dinner and theater at $44.00 per person. Regularly $64 per person.

"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" http://www.drurylaneoakbrook.com/

Bill Jenkins is one of the newest and most exciting new directors on the Chicago scene. As Chairman of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Ball State University, he heads one of the nation's largest theatre programs. After admiring his work with other Chicago area theatres, we are very pleased for this opportunity to showcase his talent at Drury Lane. Once Bill shared some of the fresh ideas and insights he had for Â?Seven Brides for Seven BrothersÂ?, we knew we would have a great show for the holidays.

Conference Committee

Clif Flynt Noumena Corp General Chair, Website Admin Andreas Kupries ActiveState Software Inc. Program Chair Cyndy Lilagan Iomas Research, LLC Facilities Coordination Brian Griffin Mentor Graphics Ron Fox NSCL/FRIB Michigan State University Arjen Markus Deltares Mike Doyle Iomas Research, LLC Gerald Lester KnG Consulting, LLC Donal Fellows University of Manchester Jeffrey Hobbs ActiveState Software Inc. Steve Landers Digital Smarties Kevin Kenny GE Global Research Center Larry Virden Tcl FAQ Maintainer Steve Redler IV SR Technology

Contact Information tclconference@googlegroups.com

Tcl'2010 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference:

ActiveState Software Inc. Buonacorsi Foundation Mentor Graphics Noumena Corp. SR Technology Tcl Community Association