[tptp-news] EclipseCon 2008: Only 5 days remaining to propose a talk or

[Paul Slauenwhite <paules@xxxxxxxxxx>]

TPTP Community,
      There is only 5 days remaining to propose a talk or tutorial!  If you
are interested in proposing a talk or tutorial in the Test and Performance
category of EclipseCon 2008, please:

1) Review the EclipseCon 2008 Submission Guidelines:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseCon_Submission_Guidelines

2) Submit your talk or tutorial:

http://www.eclipsecon.org/2008/index.php?page=submissions

      The presentation types include:

-Tutorial: A two hour presentation, with coding and/or a hands on workshop.
-Long Talk: An one hour presentation that goes into detail and/or
demonstration on a topic.
-Short Talk: A five to ten minute presentation that covers the highlights
of a topic.
-Posters: Posters are presented at the poster reception session.
-Birds of a Feather (BoF): BoF meetings are informal one-and-a-half-hour
gatherings of people who want to talk about a particular topic.

      The important dates are:

-November 19, 2007: Submission deadline.
-December 10, 2007: Tutorials, Long Talks, and Short Talks selected.
-January 19, 2008: Submissions open for posters and BoFs.

      We have also provided some suggested topics:

 Methodologies:

    -Testing and/or performance tuning Java and/or Eclipse applications.
    -Best practices for testing and/or performance tuning Java and/or
Eclipse applications.

Tools:

    -Open-source test and performance tools for Eclipse.
    -Eclipse-based test and performance tools.

TPTP:

    -Introductory:
          -Introduction t-the TPTP testing, profiling, and monitoring
tools.

    -Profiling:
          -Using the TPTP JVMTI Profiler for performance tuning Eclipse
applications.
          -Profiling Java applications using the TPTP JVMTI Profiler.

    -Monitoring:
          -Problem determination using the TPTP Log and Trace Analyzer.
          -Using the TPTP Log and Trace Analyzer for isolating problems in
Eclipse applications.

    -Testing:
          -Using the TPTP Test tools for testing Eclipse applications.
          -Testing Java applications using the TPTP Test tools.
          -Testing more efficiently using the TPTP Test tools.
          -Test automation using the TPTP Test tools.
          -Testing TPTP with the TPTP Test tools.

    -Extending:
          -Extending TPTP testing, profiling, and monitoring tools.
          -Using and/or extending TPTP testing, profiling, and monitoring
tools in other Eclipse projects.

    -Miscellaneous:
          -'Top-10' benefits of TPTP.
          -What's ahead in TPTP 4.5.
          -Reshaping the TPTP project.

PS

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Paul Slauenwhite
IBM Toront-Lab, Canada

Internet: paules@xxxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (905) 413-3861
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