What is the difference between technical papers and Practitioner Reports?
Practitioner Reports are short papers describing particular development projects. They are especially valuable for communicating experiences at the “bleeding edge” of technology many attendees want to find out what it’s like to adopt a new language, use a new methodology, etc. The submission and review process is also very different for Practitioner Reports. These are solicited, reviewed, and shepherded with the goal of providing timely case studies and insights of interest to developers. In contrast, technical papers are reviewed with respect to more traditional criteria for advancing the state of the art. The Practitioner Report process is designed to help people who are still in the midst of the development projects they’re describing. • What kinds of papers would you like to see submitted? All kinds! Well, all kinds dealing with object-oriented systems, languages, and applications. OOPSLA is a very diverse conference. See the Technical Paper Submission Guidelines for details and hi
