Programming 2018 - International Conference on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming

The International Conference on the Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming is a new conference focused on programming topics including the experience of programming. We’ve named it ‹Programming› for short. ‹Programming› 2018 is the second edition of the conference. The first edition took place in Brussels in April 2017 Papers are welcome from any part of the programming research lifecycle, as are papers on programming practice and experience.
Journal Affiliated
Papers submitted to the affiliated journal are reviewed by referees chosen by the ‹Programming› Program Chair, who is an associate editor for the journal. Authors of accepted papers are invited to present at the conference as a requirement for publication.
Plain Language
Each paper must be accompanied by a plain-language abstract that presents the key points in the paper in a manner understandable by experienced practitioners and researchers in nearby disciplines.
Topics
Art: Aesthetics, coding style, programming for exploration and discovery, novelty seeking programs, programming in the arts and humanities, etc.
Science: Programming models, machine-learning for programming, individual and team methodology, productivity and effectiveness, conceptual discovery using code repositories (for example), automatic programming, error handling and tolerance, probabilistic programming, etc.
Engineering: Abstraction, modularity, visual and lively languages, coding tools, debugging tools, programming by example, modeling tools and techniques, specialized languages, dynamic techniques, static techniques, proof technology, testing technology, acceptability techniques, errors, security, distributed and parallel computing languages, probabilistic programming languages, user interfaces, user studies, productivity and methodologies in practice, software development, software engineering, etc.
Almost anything about programming is fair game, but in each case there should be a clear and direct relevance to the act and experience of programming. Essays reflecting on topics closely related to programming are likewise welcome.