IPC8 Call For Papers

The 8th International Python Conference is a forum for Python users, software developers, and researchers to present current work, discuss future plans for the language, and to learn about interesting uses of Python. The conference includes a day of tutorials, two days of papers, a work in progress session, demonstrations, a poster session, and a Developers' Day.

Important Dates

Sep. 30 : Deadline for papers and tutorials.
Oct. 22 : Notification of acceptance for papers
Nov. 19 : Deadline for final versions of full papers

These dates were updated 10-Aug-1999 and reflect the current schedule.

Papers

We invite authors to submit papers describing new and useful applications and tools that utilize Python. We have a special interest in papers that address practical programming problems as well as experience papers that provide lessons for Python programmers. In constrast to last year's conference, we are trying to focus the conference more on applications and less on Python internals. Thus, we particularly encourage the submission of papers that describe the use of Python in large, mission critical, or unusual applications.

Specific paper topics include, but are not limited to:

Large applications and systems written in Python or which use Python as a glue language.
Internet applications, including Web content and administration, network programming, distributed objects, and Zope-related applications.
Scientific, engineering, and numeric applications.
Integration with other languages and systems, including Java, CORBA, COM, embedded systems, etc.
Python on Windows, including Active Scripting, NT system administration.
Extension modules and new developments for the core language.
Programming patterns and OO design strategies.
Practical programming advice and tools to aid in program construction and debugging.
GUI programming.
Database and ODBC applications.
Use of Python in education.

Papers that describe applications should balance the need to appeal to Python programmers at-large against the need for application-specific details. Authors should focus on presenting issues and techniques that have wider relevance to the audience, but should also provide enough explanatory material to make application-specific issues understandable to a wider audience.

Papers will be judged on the quality and quantity of technical content, the presentation and writing, and their relevance to the Python community.

What to Submit and How to Submit It

Paper submissions should be approximately 6 to 12 single-space, 8.5"x11" pages (about 3000-6000 words) including an abstract. Papers must be original works not previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The conference proceedings will be made available online and in printed form. Authors will need to provide Postscript and HTML versions of their final papers.

Submissions can be made in any of the following formats: HTML (single page with no external links), PostScript, or PDF. Regardless of format, be sure that it can be viewed and printed on a wide variety of systems (avoid unusual fonts and browser-specific tags).

To submit a paper, do the following:

Create a tar/zip file containing your paper in one of above formats, all figures and images (if applicable), and a README file containing your name, affiliation, and any additional information you consider relevant to your submission.
Use your last name as the name of your submission. For example, 'beazley.tar'.
Upload your submission via anonymous FTP to the following directory:
```
ftp://islab.cs.uchicago.edu/pub/IPC8/submissions
```
Note : This is a write-only directory so you will not be able to lists its contents or download any files.
Send e-mail to ipc8papers@cs.uchicago.edu letting us know that you have made a submission. You will receive confirmation if your submission was successfully received.
(Note - 8/19/99): this email alias is not yet set up. working on it).

For more information

Questions regarding paper submissions should be addressed to ipc8papers@cs.uchicago.edu

Conference Organizers

General chair: Guido van Rossum, CNRI

Program committee:

David Arnold, University of Queensland
David Ascher, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
David Beazley, University of Chicago, Program Chair
Paul Dubois, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jim Fulton, Digital Creations
Mark Hammond, Consultant
Konrad Hinsen, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jeremy Hylton, CNRI
Martin von Loewis, Humboldt University of Berlin
Fredrik Lundh, Pythonware
Mark Lutz, Consultant
Tim Peters, Dragon Systems
Greg Stein, Independent Developer
Greg Ward, CNRI
Aaron Watters, Consultant
Jody Winston, Columbia University