SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS (SUBMISSION DEADLINE APPROACHING!) FOURTH INTERNATIONAL LISP USERS AND VENDORS CONFERENCE (LUV'94) AUGUST 15-19, 1994 BERKELEY MARINA MARRIOTT HOTEL BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. Attention authors and potential authors of papers on Lisp, Scheme, Dylan, and other dialects of Lisp! As is now traditional, the schedule for this year's Lisp Users and Vendors Conference (LUV '94) provides for technical papers about Lisp. Unlike the more theory-oriented ACM Lisp & Functional Programming Conference, what we're looking for are concrete, practical papers that talk about issues of importance to those who build their commercial business in today's marketplace using Lisp-based products. This is a chance to share your success stories, discuss your techniques, or even document technical and social obstacles you're facing that you haven't yet managed to overcome. The conference together experts who are focused on making Lisp succeed in the marketplace, and there is no better forum for you to engage in a public dialog about the issues facing Lisp today. THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE (FOR PAPERS OR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS) IS 31 MAY 94. PLEASE CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU PLAN TO SUBMIT SOMETHING BUT WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAKING THIS DEADLINE. Paper presenters will be in very distinguished company. We are pleased to announce that invited talks at this conference will be: ``Lisp as an Extension Language'' Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation ``Perspectives on Lisp'' John McCarthy, Stanford University - - - - - - - - - - SCOPE AND CONTENT. Material in papers must clearly demonstrate a practical value from the use of the Lisp language or Lisp technology; as such, papers need not be especially innovative or original. Preference will be given to previously undisseminated reports or experiences. Topics in the area of programming languages and environments are welcome. Untested or purely theoretical ideas are less suitable. The full range of Lisp dialects are appropriate to this conference, including (but not limited to) Common Lisp, ISLISP, Eulisp, DKLISP, JKLISP, Emacs Lisp, XLISP, AutoLisp, Interleaf Lisp, Scheme, and Dylan. SUBMISSIONS. Authors should submit SEVEN (7) copies of their papers to the LUV '94 at the following address: Bradford Miller, LUV '94 Paper Chair Computer Science Dept. University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627-0226 The length of the written papers should not exceed TEN (10) pages (numbered, font size 10pt or larger). Submissions should include a return postal address, a telephone number, and (if available) an electronic mail address. DEADLINES. Please mark your calendar with the following dates: 31 May 94 Deadline for receipt of papers (or extended abstracts). 27 Jun 94 Last day for notification of acceptance or rejection. 8 Jul 94 Deadline for "normal" registration. (After this, rates go up...) 22 Jul 94 Deadline for receipt of final copy of accepted papers. If you have difficulty making the 31 May 94 submission deadline, please be sure to contact the Paper Chair immediately with information about your situation and needs. Our ability to make special arrangements may vary depending on the volume of requests we are handling and other circumstances, but in general we will try to be flexible where we are able. COPYRIGHT. Authors of accepted paper will be required to sign a release for publication in the conference proceedings. Authors may retain the copyright themselves if they wish by installing their own copyright notice in the paper. Previously copyrighted material may still be published depending on the permission to publish; in this case, the previous copyright and notice of permission should appear in the paper. PRESENTATION OF ACCEPTED PAPERS. Accepted papers will appear in the written proceedings, which will be distributed at the conference and might or might not also be distributed in some other fashion after the conference. The authors of certain selected papers will be invited to make a 20-minute verbal presentation at the technical talks sessions during the conference. (Time constraints might prevent the verbal presentation of some accepted papers. Some accepted papers might be presented during a poster paper session.) STUDENT PAPERS. There will be a separate track for Student papers. Submission and acceptance dates, as well as acceptable themes, are the same as for other authors. Accepted papers will appear in the written proceedings (please see above instructions regarding copyright and permission to publish requirements). REGISTRATION. Sorry, conference budget limitations are such that we can't waive the registration fee for paper authors. Authors whose papers are accepted for the proceedings and presentation are expected to register for the conference. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. For further information about paper submission or about the conference itself (including requests conference registration information), please contact: Bradford Miller, LUV '94 Committee LUV '94 Paper Chair luv-94@ai.sri.com miller@cs.rochester.edu Meetings Unlimited, Kent Pitman, Thomas Pole, Conference Organizers Co-Chairman Co-Chairman luv-94-organizer@ai.sri.com kmp@harlequin.com pole@chesapeake.ads.com CompuServe 76470.3334 (617) 374-2516 (703) 902-7100