SugarloafPLoP 2001

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
(Early registration discounts until September 10, 2001)

Introduction

Software developers have long observed that certain themes recur and endure across different applications and systems. The emerging interest in patterns represents an effort to catalog and communicate these themes and motives to provide handbooks of proven solutions to common problems. SugarLoafPLoP brings together researchers and practitioners whose interests span a remarkably broad range of topics, who share an interest in exploring the power of the pattern form. SugarLoafPLoP invites you to learn more about patterns and add your expertise to the growing corpus of patterns. SugarLoafPLoP focuses on improving the expression of patterns. You will have the opportunity to meet knowledgeable and sympathetic fellow patterns enthusiasts.

Tutorial

Software Patterns
James Coplien, Bell Labs/USA and UMIST, UK
Rossana Andrade, DC-UFC/BR and Jorge Ortega, IIMAS-UNAM/MX

Location

SugarLoafPLoP will be held together with the 15th edition of the Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering (SBES'2001) at IME-RJ, in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). SBES is the official event of the Brazilian Computer Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Computacao - SBC) in this field and this year obtained the In cooperation with ACM SIGSOFT status.

Rio de Janeiro is a great touristic place (http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/riotur/index.htm). IME-RJ is located at the basis of Sugarloaf access on the coast of Vermelha beach. IME headquarters appear in (http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/riotur/rioingle/grai02.htm) as the light pink buildings. The symposium site also faces a wonderful public footpath that surrounds the Urca Hill along the sea.

"The height and unmistakable outline of Sugarloaf make it - together with Christ the Redeemer one of the two main attractions offering breathtaking views of Rio. This famous landmark is reached by cablecar in two stages: first to the top of Urca Hill, where visitors catch the second car to their final destination. From the Sugarloaf, the endless beaches of Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi stretch to the horizon. Set against the lush Atlantic Rainforest, the scene is dotted with historical buildings such as the Santa Cruz Fort and the miniature palace on Fiscal Island."

(Portion extracted from Riotur, the city's Official Touristic Agency)

Conference Co-chairs

Rossana M. Castro Andrade (DC / UFC, BR)
Claudia M. L. Werner (COPPE / UFRJ, BR)

Program Co-chairs

James O. Coplien (Bell Labs, US; UMIST, UK)
Jorge L. Ortega Arjona (IIMAS / UNAM, MX)

Local Organization

Ulf Bergman (IME-RJ, BR)
Regina M. M. Braga (CTU / UFJF, BR)
Leonardo G. P. Murta (COPPE / UFRJ, BR)

The conference official hotel is Ipanema Plaza.
Underwritten by the Hillside Group.
In Affiliation with SBES 2001 (http://lens.cos.ufrj.br/sbes2001)