February 2008 - Annonce

Patcher 3.10 is released
by Didier Verna 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

I'm happy to announce the release of Patcher 3.10. Patcher is an XEmacs package for automating the maintenance of version control system based projects. It is the official tool for XEmacs development. What's new in this version: ** New feature: provide built-in themes for some revision control systems These are PRCS, CVS, Subversion, Darcs and Mercurial. Also coming with whitespace-resistant counterparts. ** Documentation: a chapter on how to setup Patcher for XEmacs development ** Bugfixes: *** Cleanup the log messages wrt trailing whitespaces *** Correctly display a missing theme name in error message Grab it at http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/xemacs.php, or use the standard xemacs-devel package with XEmacs. -- 5th European Lisp Workshop at ECOOP 2008, July 7: http://elw.bknr.net/2008/ Didier Verna, didier(a)lrde.epita.fr, http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier EPITA / LRDE, 14-16 rue Voltaire Tel.+33 (0)1 44 08 01 85 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France Fax.+33 (0)1 53 14 59 22 didier(a)xemacs.org

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FiNK 2.1.1 is released
by Didier Verna 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Hello, I'm happy to announce the release of FiNK version 2.1.1. This is a bugfix/documentation release only. What's new in this version: * Fix trailing whitespace in \fink@restore * Added some hints about filenames with special characters Grab it directly here: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#fink or wait until it propagates through CTAN... -- 5th European Lisp Workshop at ECOOP 2008, July 7: http://elw.bknr.net/2008/ Didier Verna, didier(a)lrde.epita.fr, http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier EPITA / LRDE, 14-16 rue Voltaire Tel.+33 (0)1 44 08 01 85 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France Fax.+33 (0)1 53 14 59 22 didier(a)xemacs.org

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CurVe 1.15 is out
by Didier Verna 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Hello, I'm happy to announce the release of CurVe version 1.15. CurVe is a LaTeX2e class for writing curricula vitae. What's new in this version: * Support for itemize environments * Added some documentation about vertical spacing problems in |bbl| files Grab it directly here: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#curve or wait until it propagates through CTAN... -- 5th European Lisp Workshop at ECOOP 2008, July 7: http://elw.bknr.net/2008/ Didier Verna, didier(a)lrde.epita.fr, http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier EPITA / LRDE, 14-16 rue Voltaire Tel.+33 (0)1 44 08 01 85 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France Fax.+33 (0)1 53 14 59 22 didier(a)xemacs.org

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Publication : LDTA'08 : Semantics driven disambiguation: A comparison of different approaches
by Daniela Becker 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

We are happy to announce that the following paper has been accepted for publication at the 8th workshop on Language Descriptions,Tools and Applications (LDTA'08) that will take place in Budapest, Hungary, on April 5th, 2008. Akim Demaille and Renaud Durlin and Nicolas Pierron and Benoît Sigoure. Semantics driven disambiguation: A comparison of different approaches. http://publis.lrde.epita.fr/200802-LDTA Context-sensitive languages such as C or C++ can be parsed using a context-free but ambiguous grammar, which requires another stage, disambiguation, in order to select the single parse tree that complies with the language's semantical rules. Naturally, large and complex languages induce large and complex disambiguation stages. If, in addition, the parser should be extensible, for instance to enable the embedding of domain specific languages, the disambiguation techniques should feature traditional software-engineering qualities: modularity, extensibility, scalability and expressiveness. We evaluate three approaches to write disambiguation filters for SDF grammars: algebraic equations with ASF, rewrite-rules with programmable traversals for Stratego, and attribute grammars with TAG, our system. To this end we introduce Phenix, a highly ambiguous language. Its ``standard'' grammar exhibits ambiguities inspired by those found in the C and C++ standard grammars. To evaluate modularity, the grammar is layered: it starts with a small core language, and several layers add new features, new production rules, and new ambiguities. -- Daniela Becker

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Publication : ISPEC'08 : Towards the World-Wide Quantum Network
by Daniela Becker 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

We are pleased to announce that the following paper has been accepted for publication at the 4th Information Security Practice and Experience Conference (ISPEC'08) that will take place in Sydney, Australia, 21-23 April 2008. Cuong Le Quoc and Patrick Bellot and Akim Demaille. Towards the World-Wide Quantum Network. http://publis.lrde.epita.fr/200804-ISPEC Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) networks are of much interest due to their capacity of providing extremely high security keys to network participants. Most QKD network studies so far focus on trusted models where all the network nodes are assumed to be perfectly secured. This restricts QKD networks to be small. In this paper, we first develop a novel model dedicated to large-scale QKD networks, some of whose nodes could be eavesdropped secretely. Then, we investigate the key transmission problem in the new model by an approach based on percolation theory and stochastic routing. Analyses show that under computable conditions large-scale QKD networks could protect secret keys with an extremely high probability. Simulations validate our results. -- Daniela Becker

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[CFP] 5th European Lisp Workshop, July 07 - Paphos, Cyprus
by Didier Verna 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

+------------------------------------------------------------+ | CALL FOR PAPERS | | 5th European Lisp Workshop | | July 7, Paphos, Cyprus - co-located with ECOOP 2008 | +------------------------------------------------------------+ Important Dates: **************** Submission deadline (papers & breakout groups): May 04, 2008 Notification of acceptance: May 19, 2008 ECOOP early registration deadline: June 01, 2008 5th European Lisp Workshop: July 07, 2008 For more information visit http://elw.bknr.net/2008/ Contact: Didier Verna, didier(a)lrde.epita.fr Organizers ********** Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, Paris Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London Charlotte Herzeel, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel Hans Hübner, Software Developer, Berlin Overview ******** "...Please don't assume Lisp is only useful for Animation and Graphics, AI, Bioinformatics, B2B and E-Commerce, Data Mining, EDA/Semiconductor applications, Expert Systems, Finance, Intelligent Agents, Knowledge Management, Mechanical CAD, Modeling and Simulation, Natural Language, Optimization, Research, Risk Analysis, Scheduling, Telecom, and Web Authoring just because these are the only things they happened to list." -- Kent Pitman Lisp is one of the oldest computer languages still in use today. In the decades of its existence, Lisp has been a fruitful basis for language design experiments as well as the preferred implementation language for applications in diverse fields. The structure of Lisp makes it easy to extend the language or even to implement entirely new dialects without starting from scratch. Common Lisp, with the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS), was the first object-oriented programming language to receive an ANSI standard and retains the most complete and advanced object system of any programming language, while influencing many other object-oriented programming languages that followed. It is clear that Lisp is gaining momentum: there is a steadily growing interest in Lisp itself, with numerous user groups in existence worldwide, and in Lisp's metaprogramming notions which are being transferred to other languages, as for example in Aspect-Oriented Programming, support for Domain-Specific Languages, and so on. This workshop will address the near-future role of Lisp-based languages in research, industry and education. We solicit papers and suggestions for breakout groups that discuss the opportunities Lisp provides to capture and enhance the possibilities in software engineering. We want to promote lively discussion between researchers proposing new approaches and practitioners reporting on their experience with the strengths and limitations of current Lisp technologies. The workshop will have two components: there will be formally-presented talks, and breakout groups discussing or working on particular topics. Additionally, there will be opportunities for short, informal talks and demonstrations on experience reports, underappreciated results, software under development, or other topics of interest. Papers ****** Formal presentations in the workshop should take between 20 minutes and half an hour; additional time will be given for questions and answers. We encourage that papers be published on the website, to provide all participants with background information in advance. Suggested Topics: - New language features or abstractions - Experience reports or case studies - Protocol Metaprogramming and Libraries - Educational approaches - Software Evolution - Development Aids - Persistent Systems - Dynamic Optimization - Implementation techniques - Innovative Applications - Hardware Support for Lisp systems - Macro-, reflective-, meta- and/or rule-based development approaches - Aspect-Oriented, Domain-Oriented and Generative Programming Breakout Groups *************** The workshop will provide for the opportunity to meet face to face and work on focused topics. We will organize these breakout groups and provide for rooms and infrastructure. Suggested Topics for Breakout Groups: - Lisp Infrastructure Development and Distribution - Language Features (e.g. Predicate Dispatching) - Environments for creating web applications - Brainstorming sessions for new or existing open source projects - Persistence Systems - Compiler technology - Lisp on bare metal / Lisp hardware / Lisp operating systems - Compare and enhance curricula for computer science education Submission Guidelines ********************* Potential attendees are encouraged to submit: - a long paper (10 pages) presenting scientific and/or empirical results about Lisp-based uses or new approaches for software engineering purposes, - a short essay (5 pages) defending a position about where research, practice or education based on Lisp should be heading in the near future, - a proposal for a breakout group (1-2 pages) describing the theme, an agenda and/or expected results. Submissions should be mailed as PDF to Didier Verna (didier(a)lrde.epita.fr) before the submission deadline. -- Resistance is futile. You will be jazzimilated. Didier Verna, didier(a)lrde.epita.fr, http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier EPITA / LRDE, 14-16 rue Voltaire Tel.+33 (0)1 44 08 01 85 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France Fax.+33 (0)1 53 14 59 22 didier(a)xemacs.org

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Séminaire Performance et Généricité du LRDE le 20 Février 2008
by Didier Verna 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Chers collègues, la prochaine session du séminaire Performance et Généricité du LRDE (Laboratoire de Recherche et Développement de l'EPITA) aura lieu le 20 Février 2008. Au programme: 14h: Performance et Généricité dans Qgar Vitor Vasconcelos Araujo Silva, LORIA Nancy Dans cet exposé nous verrons l'ensemble des outils de la plate-forme Qgar, avec une attention particulière pour la généricité et les performances du code de la bibliothèque QgarLib. Nous verrons également les autres composants du logiciel, quelques standards de développement Qgar, ainsi que les défis pour l'évolution de la plate-forme. L'entrée du séminaire est libre. Pour plus de renseignements, consultez http://seminaire.lrde.epita.fr/. Merci de bien vouloir diffuser cette information le plus largement possible. -- Resistance is futile. You will be jazzimilated. Didier Verna, didier(a)lrde.epita.fr, http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier EPITA / LRDE, 14-16 rue Voltaire Tel.+33 (0)1 44 08 01 85 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France Fax.+33 (0)1 53 14 59 22 didier(a)xemacs.org

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