Call for Papers

We invite developers and researchers in the field of refactoring to submit presentations and demonstration proposals about practical refactoring tools.

Potential topics are those related to refactoring tools including, but not restricted to:

• refactoring engines
• improving the usability of existing refactoring engines
• tool performance
• efficient representation of source models
• program analyses for refactoring tools
• tools for detecting applied refactorings
• tools for suggesting refactorings (e.g., using code-smell detection)
• testing and verification of refactoring tools
• language-independent analysis frameworks and analytical representations
• language-independent transformation frameworks
• language-independent refactoring tools
• refactoring tools for non-OO languages (e.g., functional languages, MDE, legacy languages)
• composition and scripting of refactorings
• medium- and large-scale refactorings (e.g., package- or component-level)
• refactoring for concurrency and parallelism

Prospective participants in this workshop are encouraged to submit (i) 4-page position papers about new or emerging ideas, or (ii) 8-page full papers about prototypes that have preliminary results. We also encourage developers of widely used refactoring tools (e.g., Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ, Visual Studio) to submit a demonstration proposal about their systems, or present upcoming features.

Based on submissions, the schedule will include a mix of system demonstrations, short presentations, panel discussions and informal discussions. Proceedings will appear in the ACM Digital Library.

Submissions must be made in the ACM SIGPLAN 10 point format. Templates for Word and LaTeX are available at ACM SIGPLAN.

Submissions for WRT'12 will be handled through EasyChair. Papers are submitted through the EasyChair WRT'12 page. If you don't have an account, you can create one here.