SAPLING 2018 Call for Abstracts

[Anthony Sloane]

[Apologies if you receive more than one copy of this mail.]

Call for Abstracts for SAPLING 2018 Meeting, December 6, 2018

Sydney Area Programming Language INterest Group

https://wiki.mq.edu.au/display/plrg/SAPLING

December 6, 2018 (in conjunction with APLAS 2018 Dec 2-6).

School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS)

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

About SAPLING
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SAPLING aims to promote and develop research in the Programming Languages field within Sydney and surrounding areas, particularly including nearby regional centres such as Canberra, Newcastle and Wollongong, but not excluding places further afield.

Interested parties should join the SAPLING mailing list:

https://groups.google.com/a/mq.edu.au/group/sci.sapling/about

Important Dates:
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- Abstract and funding submission deadline: October 1, 2018
- Notification: October 5, 2018
- Meeting: December 6, 2018

SAPLING Meetings
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SAPLING meetings allow programming language academics, researchers, industry practitioners and students to present and discuss their research and experiences in an informal setting.

Previous meetings were held at University of New South Wales (2006, 2010), Macquarie University (2007, 2013, 2017), Australian National University (2007, 2012, 2016), University of Sydney (2009, 2015), University of Technology, Sydney (2011), and Oracle Labs, Brisbane (2014).

The 2018 SAPLING meeting will be held at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in conjunction with the APLAS 2018 conference.

https://wiki.mq.edu.au/display/plrg/SAPLING18

SAPLING talks are generally of 20-25 minutes duration with substantial periods of time available for discussion. Talks can present completed work, outline work in progress, demonstrate a system, or provide a short tutorial on a topic of general interest.

Submissions for talks should be in the form of an abstract no longer than one A4 page in plain text, PostScript or PDF format. The abstract should be emailed to Tony Sloane (Anthony.Sloane AT mq.edu.au).

As far as possible, selection of presenters is non-competitive, with all interested qualified speakers given an opportunity to talk, within the time constraints of a one day meeting. Preference will be given to topics of general interest.

No proceedings will be published but the talk abstracts and links to related material will be published on the SAPLING website. There is no registration fee to attend this meeting.

Travel Funding
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A limited amount of travel support is available for students from outside Wellington, thanks to financial support from Oracle Labs, Australia and Australian National University. Students requesting travel support must submit a brief justification to Tony Sloane (Anthony.Sloane AT mq.edu.au).

Travel support will only be available for students from Australia and New Zealand. Funds are limited and we will give priority to students likely to benefit most from attending the meeting, i.e. students whose research is most aligned with the topic. Support will not exceed the cheapest airfare or train fare from the nearest major airport/train fare to Wellington.

Other funding

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A limited number of APLAS registration grants, accommodation grants and volunteering positions may be available to SAPLING student speakers. Please indicate clearly in your submission if you would like to be considered for one of these.

[Anthony Sloane]

This is a reminder that SAPLING 2018 abstracts are due in less than a week, as are requests for travel and other funding. See details below.

We hope to see YOUR submission :-)

thanks,

Tony