[C++ Academia] Conference Proposal

[Hartmut Kaiser]

Jon,

> Is OOPSLA focused on what its name says (OOP)? It looks to me like cutting
> edge never uses "virtual." I don't really know what OOPSLA is doing or
> what academic research is going on related to C++. Please help me learn.

OOPSLA is a broad conference, not only OOP anymore 
http://www.sigplan.org/Conferences/OOPSLA/, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OOPSLA. As far as I know there is no specific 
C++ track or anything, but I have not followed what they are doing in years. I 
have mentioned it as it is one of the big conferences that has some focus on 
programming languages.

> Do you know how to go about setting up an affiliation with ACM or IEEE?
>
> I assume you did that for BoostCon, right?

I have never done it with IEEE, but have done it once or twice with ACM, 
though. It has been a while, so I do not remember the details, Bradley (SFC) 
might have some paper trail, however.

HTH
Regards Hartmut
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https://github.com/STEllAR-GROUP/hpx


>
> On 2018-07-12, 6:30 PM, "Hartmut Kaiser" <hartmut.kaiser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Jon,
>
>     Thanks for spearheading this! I think an academic C++ conference would
> fill a
>     gaping hole in the landscape of scientific conferences.
>
>     Two things come to mind right away:
>
>     We should coordinate/look at/distinguish ourselves from OOPSLA, a
> leading
>     conference on language design and related topics.
>
>     A centerpiece for an academic conference is to provide a publication
> platform
>     (at least conference proceedings, better yet and in addition to the
>     proceedings - a special topics journals, possibly for a selected
> amount of
>     (best) papers only. The easiest way to organize proceedings etc. would
> be by
>     associating the conference with ACM or IEEE.
>
>     Regards Hartmut
>     ---------------
>     http://stellar.cct.lsu.edu
>     https://github.com/STEllAR-GROUP/hpx
>
>
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > From: CppAc <cppac-bounces at lists.cpp.ac> On Behalf Of Jon Kalb
>     > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 5:39 PM
>     > To: cppac at lists.cpp.ac
>     > Subject: [C++ Academia] Conference Proposal
>     >
>     >
>     > Thank you all for introducing yourselves.
>     >
>     > I chair the C++Now and CppCon conferences as well as the Silicon
> Valley
>     > Code Camp C++ Track. I also chair the Boost Steering Committee and
> am a
>     > founding board member of the C++ Alliance and I starting this
> mailing list
>     > and the website that hosts it.
>     >
>     > I'm also a freelance onsite trainer for C++. This is the job at
> which I
>     > support myself.
>     >
>     > I want to share with you why I started this mailing list. It might
> seem
>     > obvious that I want to facilitate discussion among academics
> interested in
>     > C++. That is true, but I have three-point agenda. I feel like the
> first
>     > point is a prerequisite to successfully achieving the second and
> third:
>     >
>     > 1. Create a forum for academics interested in C++ to engage with
> each
>     > other
>     > 2. Fund the development and distribution of a set of curriculum
> guides for
>     > use by instructors that are using C++ in colligate instruction
>     > 3. Create an academic conference on C++
>     >
>     > With the creation of https://cpp.ac and this list, I'm one down and
> the
>     > two most difficult ones to go.
>     >
>     > Right now, I'd like to kick off discussion of the creation of an
> academic
>     > conference with a document that I've created here:
>     >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1POhpABMQe_2Odg9lKUt-
>     > LFce4DfXmrDMcE6UBPTXj_Y/edit?usp=sharing
>     >
>     > I'm interested in hearing your questions and comment or if you'd be
>     > willing to participate or volunteer to help in this effort.
>     >
>     > Thanks.
>     >
>     > Jon
>
>
>
>