Call for Papers - GPCE 2025

The ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts & Experiences (GPCE) is a programming languages conference focusing on techniques and tools for code generation, language implementation, and product-line development. This is the 24th edition of the conference.

Topics of Interest

GPCE seeks conceptual, theoretical, empirical, and technical contributions to its topics of interest, which include but are not limited to:

• program transformation, staging,
• macro systems, preprocessors,
• program synthesis,
• code-recommendation systems,
• domain-specific languages,
• generative language workbenches,
• language embedding, language design,
• domain engineering,
• software product lines, configurable software,
• feature interactions,
• applications and properties of code generation,
• language implementation,
• AI/ML techniques for generative programming,
• generative programming for AI/ML techniques,
• low code / no code approaches.

GPCE promotes cross-fertilization between programming languages and software development and among different styles of generative programming in its broadest sense. Authors are welcome to check with the PC chair whether their planned papers are in scope.

Paper Categories

GPCE solicits four kinds of submissions:

• Full Papers: Reporting original and unpublished results of research that contribute to scientific knowledge for any GPCE topic. Full paper submissions must not exceed 12 pages excluding the bibliography.

• Short Papers: Presenting unconventional ideas or new visions in any GPCE topics. Short papers do not always contain complete results as in the case of full papers, but can introduce new ideas to the community and get early feedback. Note that short papers are not intended to be position statements. Accepted short papers are included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Short paper submissions must not exceed 6 pages excluding the bibliography, and must have the text (Short Paper) appended to their titles.

• Tool Demonstrations: Presenting tools for any GPCE topic. Tools must be available for use and must not be purely commercial. Submissions must provide a tool description not exceeding 6 pages excluding bibliography and a separate demonstration outline including screenshots also not exceeding 6 pages. Tool demonstration submissions must have the text (Tool Demonstration) appended to their titles. If they are accepted, tool descriptions will be included in the proceedings. The demonstration outline will only be used to evaluate the planned demonstration.

• Generative Pearl: An elegant essay about generative programming. Examples include but are not limited to an interesting application of generative programming and an elegant presentation of a (new or old) data structure using generative programming. Accepted Generative Pearl papers are included in the proceedings and will be presented at the conference. Generative Pearl submissions must not exceed 12 pages excluding the bibliography, and must have the text (Generative Pearl) appended to their titles.

Paper Selection Criteria

The GPCE program committee will evaluate each submission according to the following selection criteria:

• Novelty: Papers must present new ideas or evidence and place them appropriately within the context established by previous research in the field.
• Significance: The results in the paper must have the potential to add to the state of the art or practice in significant ways.
• Evidence: The paper must present evidence supporting its claims. Examples of evidence include formalizations and proofs, implemented systems, experimental results, statistical analyses, and case studies.
• Clarity: The paper must present its contributions and results clearly.

Best Paper Award

Following the tradition, the GPCE program committee will select the best paper among accepted papers. The authors of the best paper will be given the best paper award at the conference.

Paper Submission

The submission page will be announced soon. The submission link is: https://gpce25.hotcrp.com/

All submissions must use the ACM SIGPLAN Conference Format “acmart”. Be sure to use the latest LaTeX templates and class files, the SIGPLAN sub-format, and 10-point font. Consult the sample-sigplan.tex template and use the document-class \documentclass[sigplan,anonymous,review]{acmart}.

Double-Blind Review Process

To increase fairness in reviewing, GPCE uses the double-blind review process:

• Author names, institutions, and acknowledgments should be omitted from submitted papers.
• References to the authors’ own work should be in the third person.

No other changes are necessary, and authors will not be penalized if reviewers are able to infer authors’ identities in implicit ways.

ACM Artifact Badges

Authors that want to apply for an ACM Artifact Badge are asked to add a brief paragraph in the ACKs section of their submission. The paragraph should indicate which ACM Badge is the submission aiming for and what is part of the artifact.

More information on ACM Artifact Badges: https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/artifact-review-and-badging-current

Important Dates (CEST)

• Conference: Thu 3 Jul 2025
• Early-registration deadline: Wed 28 May 2025
• Final Notification: Mon 19 May 2025
• Author Response: Mon 12 May 2025
• Review Notification: Fri 9 May 2025
• Paper Submission (Extended): Wed 9 Apr 2025
• Abstract Submission: Wed 26 Mar 2025

Committees

Organizing Committee

• Program Chair: Nada Amin (Harvard University, United States)
• General Co-Chair: Amir Shaikhha (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
• General Co-Chair: Sebastian Erdweg (JGU Mainz, Germany)
• General Co-Chair: Jeremy Yallop (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Program Committee

• Guillaume Allais (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)
• Zena M. Ariola (University of Oregon, United States)
• Kenichi Asai (Ochanomizu University, Japan)
• Parisa Ataei (Oregon State University)
• Casper Bach (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
• Walter Binder (USI Lugano, Switzerland)
• Sheng Chen (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
• Shigeru Chiba (University of Tokyo, Japan)
• Maryam Mehri Dehnavi (University of Toronto, Canada)
• Simon Fowler (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
• Robert Glück (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
• Elisa Gonzalez Boix (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
• Vojin Jovanovic (Oracle Labs, Switzerland)
• Yukiyoshi Kameyama (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
• Shoaib Kamil (Adobe Research)
• Julia Lawall (Inria, France)
• Ondřej Lhoták (University of Waterloo, Canada)
• Malte Lochau (University of Siegen)
• Geoffrey Mainland (Drexel University, United States)
• Judith Michael (University of Regensburg, Germany)
• Cyrus Omar (University of Michigan, United States)
• Klaus Ostermann (University of Tübingen, Germany)
• Lionel Parreaux (HKUST (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Hong Kong SAR China)
• Bernhard Rumpe (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
• Ulrik Pagh Schultz (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
• Sandro Stucki (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
• Ruby Tahboub (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain, United States)
• Eli Tilevich (Virginia Tech, United States)
• Philip Wadler (University of Edinburgh)
• Jeremy Yallop (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
• Vadim Zaytsev (University of Twente, Netherlands)
• L. Thomas van Binsbergen (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Tijs van der Storm (CWI & University of Groningen, Netherlands)

Steering Committee

• Coen De Roover (Steering Committee Chair, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
• Nada Amin (Harvard University, United States)
• Shigeru Chiba (University of Tokyo, Japan)
• Sebastian Erdweg (JGU Mainz, Germany)
• Yukiyoshi Kameyama (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
• Amir Shaikhha (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
• Thomas Thüm (Paderborn University, Germany)
• Eric Van Wyk (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States)