2nd Call for Contributions: BOB 2023 [March 17, Deadline Nov 21]

Michael Sperber <[email protected]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 19:49:48 +0100
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Racket submissions are extremely welcome at BOB!

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                         BOB Conference 2023
         "What happens when we use what's best for a change?"
                  https://bobkonf.de/2023/cfc.html
                         Berlin, Mar 17
                        Call for Contributions
                     Deadline: November 21, 2022
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You are actively engaged in advanced software engineering methods,
solve ambitious problem with software and are open to cutting-edge
innovation? Attend this conference, meet people that share your goals,
and get to know the best software tools and technologies available
today. We strive to offer a day full of new experiences and
impressions that you can use to immediately improve your daily life as
a software developer.

If you share our vision and want to contribute, submit a proposal for
a talk or tutorial!

NOTE: The conference fee will be waived for presenters. Travel
expenses will not be covered (for exceptions see "Speaker Grants").

Online or Onsite
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We expect we'll be able to hold BOB 2023 in Berlin. Note that we
intend to provide a safe environment for all participants. There will
be space outside to eat and chat. We may ask you to wear a mask
indoors when not presenting or eating, and may also ask you to take a
COVID test on-site before the event.

If an on-site BOB is not possible, we'll make BOB a successful online
event, like BOB 2021 and BOB 2022. Should BOB happen online, we will
likely ask for pre-recorded talks to make room for questions and
social interactions during the actual conference day. (Of course,
we'll provide assistance making those recordings.) Tutorials will
likely happen as a live-session.

Shepherding
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The program committee offers shepherding to all speakers. Shepherding
provides speakers assistance with preparing their
sessions. Specifically:

- advice on structure and presentation
- review of talk slides
- assistance with recording
- review of recording, if applicable

Speaker Grants
--------------

BOB has Speaker Grants available to support speakers from groups
under-represented in technology. We specifically seek women speakers,
speakers of color, and speakers who are not able to attend the
conference for financial reasons.

Topics
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We are looking for talks about best-of-breed software technology, e.g.:

- functional programming
- persistent data structures and databases
- event-based modelling and architecture
- "fancy types" (dependent types, gradual typing, linear types, ...)
- formal methods for correctness and robustness
- abstractions for concurrency and parallelism
- metaprogramming
- probabilistic programming
- math and programming
- controlled side effects
- program synthesis
- next-generation IDEs
- effective abstractions for data analytics
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should be
- =E2=80=A6 includeing rough ideas worth discussing.

Presenters should provide the audience with information that is
practically useful for software developers.

Challenges
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Furthermore, we seek contributions on successful approaches for
solving hard problems, for example:

- bias in machine-learning systems
- digital transformation in difficult settings
- accessibiltity
- systems with critical reliability requirements
- ecologically sustainable software development

We're especially interested in experience reports.
Other topics are also relevant, e.g.:

- introductory talks on technical background
- overviews of a given field
- demos and how-tos

Requirements
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We accept proposals for presentations of 45 minutes (40 minutes talk +
5 minutes questions), as well as 90 minute tutorials for
beginners. The language of presentation should be either English or
German.

Your proposal should include (in your presentation language of choice):

- An abstract of max. 1500 characters.
- A short bio/cv
- Contact information (including at least email address)
- A list of 3-5 concrete ideas of how your work can be applied in a develop=
er's daily life
- additional material (websites, blogs, slides, videos of past presentation=
s, =E2=80=A6)
- Don't be confused: The system calls a submission event.

Organisation
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- Direct questions to konferenz at bobkonf dot de
- Proposal deadline: November 21, 2022
- Notification: December 5, 2022
- Program: December 12, 2022

Submit here:

https://pretalx.com/bob-2023/submit/

Program Committee
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(more information here: https://bobkonf.de/2023/programmkomitee.html)

- Matthias Fischmann, Wire
- Matthias Neubauer, SICK AG
- Nicole Rauch, Softwareentwicklung und Entwicklungscoaching
- Michael Sperber, Active Group
- Stefan Wehr, Hochschule Offenburg

Scientific Advisory Board

- Annette Bieniusa, TU Kaiserslautern
- Torsten Grust, Uni T=C3=BCbingen
- Peter Thiemann, Uni Freiburg

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