The workshop is intended for PhD students within the area of object-orientation.  All relevant topics are considered, including but not restricted to:

• Methods


• Languages


• Applications


• Distribution


• Databases


• Patterns


• Semantics


• Frameworks


• Metrics


• Reuse


• Testing


• Graphics


• User interfaces


• Numerics

Funding

The workshop has received financial support from AITO and Object Technology International Inc. This will enable the participation of some persons who would not afford to participate otherwise. Funding information can be found at http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/marash/PhDOOS99/. Funding enquiries and applications should be submitted to Alexandru Telea (alext@win.tue.nl).

Work Practices

The workshop is divided into plenary sessions and subgroup sessions. The subgroups will be formed before the workshop, based on the research interests of the participants.  At the workshop, the main part of the technical programme consists of presentations and discussions in subgroups.  Results and summaries from the subgroup discussions will be presented at a plenary session.  Accepted works will be made available to all participants in advance.

The plenary session will also feature two invited speakers talking about the PhD getting process, how to conduct research, interesting future research hot-spots, personal experiences or similar topics. Usually this is a good opportunity to hear things not discussed elsewhere, and to have an "unplugged" discussion with a well-known personality of our field.

Submission Information

To participate, you should make sure that you have an updated abstract entry in the PhDOOS network database.  If you are not a member of the network, please send a one-page (upto 500 words) abstract of your research, as described below.  If you are already a member, consider renewing the abstract. 

You can apply for a short (15 minute) presentation of your research based on the abstract alone.  You can additionally submit a 3-8 page (upto 4000 words) position paper for review and give a longer (30 minute) presentation. The purpose of the position paper is to give the other participants an overview of your work, but it is probably also a good place to present some unusual and thought provoking statements in order to ensure a lively discussion.

Abstracts and position papers should be submitted to Awais Rashid (marash@comp.lancs.ac.uk) (You can also use the WWW form at http://www.ecoop.org/phdoos/ for submitting your abstract). All abstracts and position papers must be accompanied by a list of up to six keywords. Please choose the keywords carefully as these will help in choosing the most appropriate reviewers for your abstract or paper. Prefered electronic format for submissions is PDF. Zipped postscript and zipped HTML (with figures) are also acceptable. Alternatively you can send 3 hard copies to:

Awais Rashid, Computing Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK

Accepted abstracts and position papers will be made available on the workshop www pages at http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/marash/PhDOOS99/.

A report on the workshop will be published as part of the ECOOP '99 Workshop Reader. We also expect to publish informal workshop proceedings containing the various position papers.