[Acpc-l] CFP: VL-WS Visual Methods for Parallel and Distributed Programming

[Dieter Kranzlmueller]

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++ CFP for VL-WS Visual Methods for Parallel and Distributed Programming
++ DEADLINE EXTENDED to May 15th 2000
++ NEW: selected papers will be published in a special issue
++      of Journal of Visual Language and Computing 12(1) Feb 2001
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                       CALL FOR PAPERS  
                 
 Visual Methods for Parallel and Distributed Programming
                 1-day Satellite Workshop
                    September 14, 2000
                            at the 
               IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages VL'2000
                     September 10-14, 2000     
                    Seattle, Washington, USA

 http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/cs/u/guidow/wsvl2000/index.html

                            
AIMS and SCOPE:

The workshop discusses recent advances and tries to bring together different
activities in the area of visual methods, languages and formalisms for the 
description, analysis and simulation of distributed and parallel software
systems. Typical topics include, but are not limited to: 
  + visual parallel and distributed design and programming languages 
  + tools based on visual languages and formalisms 
  + visual language support of software engineering for distributed systems 
  + visualization of distributed programs and designs 
  + practical experiences with combinations of visual with formal methods 

Note: only papers which discuss the combination of both, visual methods and
      the problems of distributed/parallel software systems, are of interest. 
      Papers based on real-life experience with visual formalisms, languages 
      and tools in this area are especially welcome.

IMPORTANT DATES:

May 15, 2000            SUBMISSION deadline (email)
July 15, 2000           Notification of acceptance
August 10, 2000         Camera-Ready paper due
September 10-14, 2000   Visual Languages 2000 Conference
September 14, 2000      VMPDP Workshop

PAPER SUBMISSION and HANDLING

Prospective authors are invited to submit an original  draft paper of up to
5000 words (with 100-150 word abstract, maximum of 5 keywords, contact 
information for the responsable author) in postscript (readable by ghostview) 
or pdf  via email to guidow@math.uni-muenster.de.  
The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, 
affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number 
for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author 
who will be presenting the paper (if accepted). Authors with no access to 
Email may send three copies of their draft paper to Guido Wirtz (address 
is given below) by the due date. 
All papers will be refereed by three referees from the field; referee feedback
will be send to the authors with the final decision of acceptance/rejection. 
Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for 
publication elsewhere. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) 
will be limited to 10 pages in IEEE twocolumn format.

PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLICATION

Proceedings will be available at the workshop and in electronic format
 from this workshop homepage. Selected papers will be published after
 the workshop in a special issue of the Journal of Visual Languages
and Computing (JVLC, Vol.12 No. 1, scheduled for Feb 2001).

PROGRAM COMMITTEE 
                                                                               
Wentong Cai (Singapore) 
Jiannong Cao (Hongkong) 
Juergen Doellner (Germany) 
Ian Gorton (Australia) 
Dieter Kranzlmueller (Austria) 
John Stasko (USA) 
Jens Volkert (Austria) 
Guido Wirtz (Germany) 
Kang Zhang (USA)

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS 
                          
Guido Wirtz                               Kang Zhang 
Distributed Systems Group                 Department of Computer Science 
Department of Computer Science 
Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet       University of Texas at Dallas
Einsteinstrasse 62, 48146 Muenster        Richardson, TX 75083-0688
GERMANY                                   USA 
guidow@math.uni-muenster.de               kang@utdallas.edu
                                                      
Please send paper submissions to guidow@math.uni-muenster.de                                                     
                                                       
If you have any questions or inquiries w.r.t. the workshop, a paper proposal,  
this cfp ..., don't hesitate to contact me at guidow@math.uni-muenster.de ! 
For questions w.r.t. the main VL 2000 symposium in general, the  VL2000 
homepage at http://www.cs.orst.edu/~burnett/vl2000/ may be the better source 
for information.                  
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