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The Hillside Group is an educational nonprofit organization established in August 1993. The Hillside Group was formed to help software developers to consider and document common development and design problems in the form of patterns

Design pattern (computer science)

In software engineering, a design pattern is a general reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem within a given context in software design. A design pattern is not a finished design that can be transformed directly into code. It is a description or template for how to solve a problem that...

. The Hillside Group supports the patterns community through sponsorship of the Pattern Language of Programs (PLoP) conferences.

Activities

The Hillside Group sponsors the Pattern Languages of Programs conferences in various countries, including the U.S., Brazil, Norway, Germany, Australia, and Japan. The Hillside Group assisted in publishing the Pattern Languages of Program Design book series.

Patterns Library

The Hillside Patterns Library contains a comprehensive archive of patterns developed by the community, either directly or indirectly through the PLoP conferences.

Conferences

The Hillside Group sponsors the conferences listed. The conferences focus on writing patterns, workshops, and invited talks related to pattern development. Most of the conferences are held annually and encourage attendees to submit papers pre-conference for inclusion in the writer's workshops. The papers undergo a shepherding process, where they are analyzed and evolved before conference attendance.

PLoP: Pattern Languages of Programs
ChiliPLoP: Southwestern Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs http://www.hillside.net/chiliplop
EuroPLoP: European Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs http://www.hillside.net/europlop
AsianPLoP: Japanese Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs http://patterns-wg.fuka.info.waseda.ac.jp/asianplop/
SugarLoafPLoP: Latin American Conference on Pattern Languages of Programming http://hillside.net/conferences/sugarloaf-plop
VikingPLoP: Nordic Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs http://www.vikingplop.org/
ScrumPLoP: Conference on Pattern Languages of Scrum http://www.scrumplop.org/

The Hillside Group Board

The President of the The Hillside Group for 2009–2010 is Bob Hanmer of Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...

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The Hillside Group is led by a Board consisting of the President, Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer, two Directors, Secretary, two Editor in Chief, and four Members.

Current Board

Position	Name
President	Joseph Yoder (computer scientist) Joseph Yoder (computer scientist) Joseph W. Yoder is a founder and principal of The Refactory, Inc., a company focused on software architecture, design, implementation, consulting and mentoring on all facets of software development. Joseph is an international speaker and pattern author and longstanding member of The The Hillside...
Vice-President	[Ademar Aguiar]
Chief Operating Officer	Linda Rising Linda Rising Linda Rising is a U.S.-American author, lecturer, independent consultant and chief operating officer of The Hillside Group. Rising is credited as having played a major role in having “moved the pattern approach from design into corporate change.” She also contributed to the book 97 Things Every...
Treasurer	Ricardo Lopez Ricardo Lopez Ricardo “El Finito” López Nava is a retired Mexican boxer. As a professional, he defended the WBC Strawweight Championship a record 21 times. He also won the WBA and WBO championship of the same weight class. Lopez also won the IBF Light Flyweight Championship and defended it twice before retiring...
Directors	Richard P. Gabriel and Neil Harrison Neil Harrison Neil Harrison is a British member of The Beatles tribute band, The Bootleg Beatles, in which he plays John Lennon.-The Bootleg Beatles:Following the final show of the West End musical Beatlemania, which Harrison joined at the age of 28, Harrison formed The Bootleg Beatles with fellow cast members...
Secretary	Lise B. Hvatum
Editor in Chiefs	James Noble James Noble James Noble was the first U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Indiana.Noble was born near Berryville, Virginia and moved with his parents to Campbell County, Kentucky when he was 10... and Ralph Johnson
Members	Bob Hanmer, Robert Biddle, and Dirk Riehle
Emeritus Member	Grady Booch Grady Booch Grady Booch is an American software engineer. Booch is best known for developing the Unified Modeling Language with Ivar Jacobson and James Rumbaugh. Grady is recognized internationally for his innovative work in software architecture, software engineering, and collaborative development environments...

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