Call for Participation
The ACM Special Interest Group on Ada (SIGAda) is dedicated to the technical, business and educational issues related to the Ada programming language. SIGAda '98, the successor to the annual Tri-Ada exposition, will be this year's largest Ada-focused conference and is being organized to attract participants from all segments of the software engineering community. The SIGAda '98 conference proceedings will be published as an issue of Ada Letters.
Ada features a proven track record in large-scale system development and full support for object orientation, and facilitates writing portable source programs. Ada's support for sound software engineering is bringing the language increased attention in computing education and across a broad range of application areas in government and industry. Ada's unique ability to interface with software written in other languages makes it a viable candidate for developing systems in a multi-language environment. Current Ada projects span a spectrum that encompasses finance, the Internet, and the Java Virtual Machine, complementing the language's traditional context of hard real-time, embedded systems in defense, space, industrial process control, medical applications, commercial aviation, and ground transportation.
We are soliciting conference contributions on the theme Ada in Context, pertinent to Ada or of general interest to the Ada community, from authors inside and outside this community, in industry, government, research, and education. Topics may include, but are not limited to, Ada in the context of
Ada in Context is interested in receiving contributions
in six major categories: technical articles,
extended abstracts, experience
reports, panel sessions, tutorials,
and workshops.
Contributions from students are actively
solicited.
Technical articles present significant results in research, practice, or education. These papers will be double-blind refereed and published in a refereed section of the Proceedings. Papers should not exceed 5000 words (equivalent to approximately 10 pages, typeset 10-point on 16-point spacing).
Extended abstracts discuss current work for which early submission of a full paper may be premature. If your abstract is accepted, you will be expected to produce a full paper, which will appear in the Proceedings. Extended abstracts will be competitively reviewed. Clearly state the contribution of the work being described, its relationship with previous work by you and others (with bibliographic references), results to date, and future directions. Please do not exceed 2500 words (equivalent to approximately 5 pages typeset 10-point on 16-point spacing).
Experience reports present timely results on the success or failure of the application of Ada in real-world projects. Such reports will be selected on the basis of the interest of the experience presented to the community of Ada practitioners. You are invited to submit a 1-2 page description of the project and the key points of interest of project experiences. Descriptions may be published in the final program or proceedings, but a paper will not be required.
A workshop is a focused work session for a limited number of participants. It provides a forum for a variety of knowledgeable professionals to explore issues, exchange views, and perhaps produce a report on a particular subject. A list of planned workshops and requirements for participation will be published in the SIGAda '98 Advance Program. Workshop proposals will be evaluated by the Program Committee and selected based on their applicability to the conference and potential for attracting participants. Proposals should state the problem or issue to be addressed, the coordinator(s), and criteria for participant selection.
A Panel session gathers a group of experts on a particular topic who present their views and then exchange views with each other and the audience. Panel proposals should be 1-2 pages in length, identifying the topic, coordinator, and potential panelists.
Half-day, full-day, and two-day tutorials offer the flexibility to address a multitude of topics designed for a novice, intermediate, or experienced audience. Consideration will be given to a broad spectrum of topics which are relevant to current software systems issues and the communities we are trying to reach. Submissions will be evaluated based on relevance, suitability for presentation in tutorial format, presenter's expertise and past performance.
Tutorial proposals should be two to three pages, and include the following: expected level of experience of participants; a tutorial abstract or outline; the expected benefit to the participants; the qualifications of the instructor(s); a list of previous presentations of the tutorial, if any; the length of the tutorial (half, full, or two-day); and the maximum number of participants desired.
The SIGAda conference, like its Tri-Ada predecessors, includes a large and well-attended vendor exhibition. For specific information on reserving exhibit space, please contact the Exhibits Chair,
Dr. Ben Brosgol
Tel: +1 781 221 7317
Fax: +1 781 270 6882
Email: brosgol@aonix.com
As in past years, SIGAda is offering grants to educators to attend the conference. Grants cover the registration and tutorial fees; travel funds are not available. More details on the grant program are available at
http://www.acm.org/sigada/conf/sa98/grants.html.
To facilitate electronic distribution to referees, kindly follow these rules for submission. We prefer submission in the form of an ASCII or PostScript file; other formats may be accepted, by prior arrangement with the Program Chair.
Tutorials: Please e-mail your tutorial
proposal to the Tutorial Chair,
Dr. David Cook, C.S. Draper Laboratory cookd@software.hill.af.mil
Other Contributions: Please deposit your
contribution by anonymous ftp to
ftp://ftp.seas.gwu.edu/incoming/sigada98,
and send a confirming e-mail message to the Program Chair,Prof. Michael
B. Feldman, The George Washington University mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu
Please be sure to write "SIGAda 98 submission" on the subject line of the message. Please indicate the title of the submission and the names and affiliations of authors. Identify one author as a point of contact and provide an e-mail address, postal address, phone number and fax number for this author. Please indicate whether a similar report on this work has been submitted elsewhere.
If you are submitting a full paper for blind refereeing,
include the paper title, but no other identifying information, in the paper
itself, and then send the title and author information in your e-mail message
to the above address.
Last modified 3/17/1998, Michael Feldman