Software language engineering is devoted to topics related to artificial languages in software engineering. The foremost mission of the International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE) is to encourage and organize communication between communities that traditionally have looked at software languages from different, more specialized, and yet complementary perspectives. Thus, technologies, methods, experimentsT5E and case studiesT6A from modelwareT6D, grammarwareT6D, and ontologywareT3E serving the objectives of software languages are of particular relevance to SLE.
We invite high-quality submissions to all conference tracks.
Submissions must be PDF files following the Springer LNCS style and will be managed using the EasyChair submission system.
Please check the conference web site for further information.
SLE 2011 will include a Doctoral Symposium that will provide a supportive yet questioning setting in which PhD students can present their work, including goals, methods, and preliminary results. The Symposium aims to provide students with useful guidance and feedback on various aspects of their research from established researchers and the other student attendees.
Submitted papers must be original work and must not be previously published in, currently submitted to, or currently in consideration for any journal, book, conference, or workshop. Each submitted paper will be reviewed closely by at least three members of the program committee. Accepted papers will be distributed at the conference via the online proceedings as well as published in the post-proceedings, which will appear in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Authors will have the opportunity to revise their accepted paper(s) for the pre- and post-proceedings. For an accepted paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one author must attend the event and present the work.
Research papers should report a substantial research contribution to SLE and/or a successful application of SLE techniques. We solicit high-quality contributions in the area of SLE ranging from theoretical and conceptual contributions to tools, techniques, and frameworks that support the aforementioned lifecycleT2A activities.
We list examples of tools, techniques, applications, and problems of interest to clarify the types of contributes that we seek:
The preceding list is neither exclusive nor exhaustive. Visit the conference web site for more information about the scope and topics of interest of SLE, or contact the program co-chairs with questions.
Short papers may describe interesting or thought-provoking concepts that are not yet fully developed or evaluated, make an initial contribution to challenging research issues in SLE, or discuss and analyze controversial issues in the field.
Because of SLE's ample interest in tools, we seek papers that present software tools related to the field of SLE.
These papers will accompany a tool demonstration to be given at the conference. The selection criteria include the originality of the tool, its innovative aspects, the relevance of the tool to SLE, and the maturity of the tool. Submissions may also include an appendix (that will not be published) containing additional screen-shots and discussion of the proposed demonstration.
SLE is composed of various research areas, such as grammarware, modelware, language schemasT6D, and semantic technologiesT1B. The cross product of attendees at SLE creates a situation where the contribution from one session may be difficult to understand by those not initiated to the area. To help unite the various communities of SLE 2011, we solicit mini-tutorials that provide discussion points for mappingT4B common ideas between related and complementary research topics of SLE.
The Doctoral Symposium provides a forum for both early and late-stage PhD students to present their research and get detailed feedback and advice from researchers both in and out of their particular research area. Submissions are invited from PhD students working on any topic that falls within the SLE conference remit. Submissions consist of two parts, a research abstract and a letter of recommendation from the student's supervisor. See the upcoming Doctoral Symposium call for submissions for full details. Participants will also be invited to present a poster on their research as part of the conference poster session.
