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                          CALL FOR PAPERS                         

                 6th Latin American Conference on 
       Pattern Languages of programming (SugarLoafPLoP 2007)

     May 27-30, 2007 - Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil   
                  http://sugarloafplop.dsc.upe.br/

            *** DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 5TH, 2007 ***
                   
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THE CONFERENCE
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Software developers have long observed that certain patterns recur and 
endure across different applications and systems. The growing interest 
in Design Patterns, Architectural Patterns, Analysis Patterns, 
Pedagogical Patterns, and so on, represents an effort to catalog and 
better communicate knowledge,  providing handbooks of proven solutions 
to common problems.

SugarLoafPLoP brings together researchers, educators, and practitioners 
whose interests span a remarkably broad range of topics and who share an 
interest in exploring the power of the pattern form. SugarLoafPLoP invites 
you to add your expertise to the growing corpus of patterns. 
SugarLoafPLoP focuses on improving the expression of patterns. You will 
have the opportunity to refine and extend your patterns with the help 
from knowledgeable and sympathetic fellow pattern enthusiasts. You will 
also be able to discuss applications of patterns in industry and academia.

Highlights of the conference include tutorials, invited speakers, and 
workshops, all held in a beach in the Brazilian Northeast, an area of 
great natural and cultural beauty.

The SugarLoafPLoP'2007 program will be divided in three different tracks:

* Writers' Workshop (WW) - papers that document patterns and pattern 
languages will be workshopped in the traditional PLoP format.

* Pattern Applications (PA) - papers that explore the use and application 
of patterns, such as using patterns in industry and academia tools for 
using patterns, evaluation of productivity when using patterns, teaching 
and consulting with patterns, and so on. Both practitioners from the 
software industry and academics are invited to submit to this track.

* Writing Patterns (WP) - papers of newcomers who want to learn how to 
better elaborate an idea intended to evolve to a pattern or pattern 
language. This is more like a hands-on tutorial on writing patterns.

Paper submissions will be performed via the online JEMS system 
(https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/) up to January 5th, 2007. Papers can 
be written in English, Portuguese, or Spanish, AND must always include an 
abstract in English.


IMPORTANT DATES
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Submissions due:			05 January 2007  <= EXTENDED
Shepherding starts:			29 January 2007
Shepherding recommendations due:	9 March 2007
Notification of Acceptance:		19 March 2007
camera-ready for pre-proceedings:	25 April 2007
Conference dates:			27-30 May 2007
Post-conference proceedings paper due:	15 July 2007


CONFERENCE LOCATION
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SugarLoafPLoP will be held at Hotel Pontal de Ocaporã in Porto de Galinhas, 
only fifty minutes from Recife, Brazil.

Porto de Galinhas is one of the most beautiful beaches of Brazil 
(http://www.portodegalinhas.com.br ). See more about Pernambuco and 
its beaches here.


CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
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Sérgio Soares (DSC/UPE, Brazil)


PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS 
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Jerffeson Teixeira de Souza (UECE, Brazil)
Richard P. Gabriel (IBM Research, USA)


PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Claudia Werner (COPPE/UFRJ, Brasil)
Eugene Wallingford (U. Northern Iowa, USA)
Fabio Kon (IME/USP, Brasil)
Jerffeson Souza (UECE, BR)
Jorge L. Ortega Arjona (UNAM, Mexico)
Joseph Yoder (U. Illinois / The Refactory, Inc, USA)
Linda Rising (Independent Consultant, USA)
Lise Hvatum (Schlumberger, USA)
Marcos Cordeiro d'Ornellas (UFSM, Brasil)
Neil Harrison (Utah Valley State College, USA)
Paulo Borba (CIn/UFPE, Brasil)
Paulo Cesar Masiero (ICMC/USP, Brasil)
Richard Gabriel (IBM Research, USA)
Robert Hanmer (Lucent Technologies, USA)
Rosana Braga  (ICMC/USP, Brasil)
Rossana Andrade (DC/UFC, Brasil)
Sergio Soares (DSC/UPE, Brasil)


LOCAL ORGANIZATION
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Emanoel Francisco Spósito Barreiros (DSC-UPE, Brazil)
Liliane Sheyla da Silva (DSC-UPE, Brazil)
Márcio Lopes Cornélio (DSC-UPE, Brazil)
Ricardo Massa Ferreira Lima (DSC-UPE, Brazil)
Sérgio Castelo Branco Soares (DSC-UPE, Brazil)
Thaysa Suely Beltrão Paiva (DSC-UPE, Brazil)


FOR MORE INFORMATION
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For further information, please visit the conference home page 
http://sugarloafplop.dsc.upe.br or contact the chairs, 
Jerffeson Souza (jeff at larces.uece.br), Dick Gabriel 
(rpg at dreamsongs.com) or Sérgio Soares (Sergio at dsc.upe.br). 


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