From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BAD0D7ED1A for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 21:03:12 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Am8CABD4s0+BCnQze2dsb2JhbABEqkIBiUkiAQEWJgUighciSwpaAX0JiAULmhWYJokJixMXCoRSYgOXC5I0gTs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,604,1330902000"; d="scan'208,217";a="144101528" Received: from amber.ccs.neu.edu ([129.10.116.51]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/AES256-SHA; 16 May 2012 21:03:11 +0200 Received: from zimbra.ccs.neu.edu ([129.10.116.59]) by amber.ccs.neu.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SUjV8-000544-9V for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:10 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.ccs.neu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40819F7401B for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:10 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.ccs.neu.edu Received: from zimbra.ccs.neu.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.ccs.neu.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Q0raHUOjG6y1 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cola.ccs.neu.edu (syrah.ccs.neu.edu [129.10.110.48]) by zimbra.ccs.neu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55568F5C004 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Amal Ahmed Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_303A66BD-60F1-4EF1-8EEC-630CB8270DAE" Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:02 -0400 Message-Id: <17F06043-6E5D-47E7-99AA-31FBA3489F81@ccs.neu.edu> To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) X-Validation-by: amal@ccs.neu.edu Subject: [Caml-list] HOPE 2012 (a new workshop co-located with ICFP): Call for Talk Proposals --Apple-Mail=_303A66BD-60F1-4EF1-8EEC-630CB8270DAE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 CALL FOR TALK PROPOSALS HOPE 2012 The 1st ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Higher-Order Programming with Effects September 9, 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark (the day before ICFP 2012) http://hope2012.mpi-sws.org HOPE is a *new workshop* that is intended to bring together researchers interested in the design, semantics, implementation, and verification of higher-order effectful programs. It will be *informal*, consisting of invited talks, contributed talks on work in progress, and open-ended discussion sessions. This 1st edition of HOPE is dedicated to John Reynolds, whose work is an inspiration to us all. --------------------- Goals of the Workshop --------------------- A recurring theme in many papers at ICFP, and in the research of many ICFP attendees, is the interaction of higher-order programming with various kinds of effects: storage effects, I/O, control effects, concurrency, etc. While effects are of critical importance in many applications, they also make it hard to build, maintain, and reason about one's code. Higher-order languages (both functional and object-oriented) provide a variety of abstraction mechanisms to help "tame" or "encapsulate" effects (e.g. monads, ADTs, ownership types, typestate, first-class events, transactions, Hoare Type Theory, session types, substructural and region-based type systems), and a number of different semantic models and verification technologies have been developed in order to codify and exploit the benefits of this encapsulation (e.g. bisimulations, step-indexed Kripke logical relations, higher-order separation logic, game semantics, various modal logics). But there remain many open problems, and the field is highly active. The goal of the HOPE workshop is to bring researchers from a variety of different backgrounds and perspectives together to exchange new and exciting ideas concerning the design, semantics, implementation, and verification of higher-order effectful programs. We want HOPE to be as informal and interactive as possible. The program will thus involve a combination of invited talks, contributed talks about work in progress, and open-ended discussion sessions. There will be no published proceedings, but participants will be invited to submit working documents, talk slides, etc. to be posted on this website. ----------------------- Call for Talk Proposals ----------------------- We solicit proposals for contributed talks. Proposals should be at most 2 pages, in either plain text or PDF format, and should specify how long a talk the speaker wishes to give. By default, contributed talks will be 30 minutes long, but proposals for shorter or longer talks will also be considered. Speakers may also submit supplementary material (e.g. a full paper, talk slides) if they desire, which PC members are free (but not expected) to read. We are interested in talks on all topics related to the interaction of higher-order programming and computational effects. Talks about work in progress are particularly encouraged. If you have any questions about the relevance of a particular topic, please contact the PC chairs at the address hope2012@mpi-sws.org. Deadline for talk proposals: June 8, 2012 (Friday) Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2012 (Sunday) Workshop: September 9, 2012 (Sunday) The submission website is now open: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dhope2012 --------------------- Workshop Organization --------------------- Program Co-Chairs: Amal Ahmed (Northeastern University) Derek Dreyer (MPI-SWS, Germany) =09 =09 Program Committee: Jim Laird (University of Bath) Rasmus M=F8gelberg (IT University of Copenhagen) Greg Morrisett (Harvard University) Aleks Nanevski (IMDEA Software Institute) David Naumann (Stevens Institute of Technology) Matthew Parkinson (Microsoft Research Cambridge) Fran=E7ois Pottier (INRIA Rocquencourt) Amr Sabry (Indiana University) Eijiro Sumii (Tohoku University) Nikhil Swamy (Microsoft Research Redmond) Nobuko Yoshida (Imperial College London)= --Apple-Mail=_303A66BD-60F1-4EF1-8EEC-630CB8270DAE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

   =                 CALL FOR TALK PROP= OSALS

          &n= bsp;            = ;    HOPE 2012

     &nb= sp;          The 1st ACM = SIGPLAN Workshop on
        &nbs= p;     Higher-Order Programming with Effects

          &nbs= p;           Copenha= gen, Denmark
          = ;         (the day before ICFP= 2012)

          &= nbsp;       http://hope2012.mpi-sws.org


HOPE is a *new wor= kshop* that is intended to bring together
researchers interested in the = design, semantics, implementation, and
verification of higher-order effe= ctful programs. It will be
*informal*, consisting of invited talks, cont= ributed talks on work in
progress, and open-ended discussion sessions.= This 1st edition of HOPE
is dedicated to John Reynolds, whose work is = an inspiration to us all.


---------------------
Goals of the= Workshop
---------------------

A recurring theme in many papers = at ICFP, and in the research of many
ICFP attendees, is the interaction = of higher-order programming with
various kinds of effects: storage effec= ts, I/O, control effects,
concurrency, etc. While effects are of critic= al importance in many
applications, they also make it hard to build, mai= ntain, and reason
about one's code. Higher-order languages (both functio= nal and
object-oriented) provide a variety of abstraction mechanisms to = help
"tame" or "encapsulate" effects (e.g. monads, ADTs, ownership types= ,
typestate, first-class events, transactions, Hoare Type Theory,=
ses= sion types, substructural and region-based type systems), and a
<= span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: monospace; ">number o= f different semantic models and verification technologies have
been deve= loped in order to codify and exploit the benefits of this
encapsulation = (e.g. bisimulations, step-indexed Kripke logical
relations, higher-order= separation logic, game semantics, various
modal logics). But there rema= in many open problems, and the field is
highly active.

The goal o= f the HOPE workshop is to bring researchers from a variety
of different = backgrounds and perspectives together to exchange new and
exciting ideas= concerning the design, semantics, implementation, and
verification of h= igher-order effectful programs.

We want HOPE to be as informal and i= nteractive as possible. The
program will thus involve a combination of i= nvited talks, contributed
talks about work in progress, and open-ended = discussion
sessions. There will be no published proceedings, but partici= pants
will be invited to submit working documents, talk slides, etc. to = beposted on this website.


-----------------------
Call f= or Talk Proposals
-----------------------

We solicit proposals fo= r contributed talks. Proposals should be at
most 2 pages, in either plai= n text or PDF format, and should specify
how long a talk the speaker wis= hes to give. By default, contributed
talks will be 30 minutes long, but = proposals for shorter or longer
talks will also be considered. Speakers = may also submit supplementary
material (e.g. a full paper, talk slides)= if they desire, which PC
members are free (but not expected) to read.<= /span><= br>We are interested in talks on all topics related to the interaction = ofhigher-order programming and computational effects. Talks about work<= /span><= br>
ab= out the relevance of a particular topic, please contact the PC
chairs at= the address hope2012@mpi-sws.= org.

Deadline for talk proposals:  June 8, 2012 (Friday)
=
Not= ification of acceptance:    July 1, 2012 (Sunday)

Workshop: &nbs= p;   = = = = Septemb= er 9, 2012 (Sunday)

The submission website is now open:

 = ;        http://www.easychair.org/conference= s/?conf=3Dhope2012


---------------------
Workshop Organ= ization
---------------------

Program Co-Chairs:

 Amal Ahmed (Nort= heastern University)
 Derek Dreyer (MPI-SWS, Germany)

Program Committee:
=
Jim Laird = (University of Bath)
 Rasmus M=F8gelberg (IT University of Copenhagen)
Greg Morriset= t (Harvard University)
 Aleks Nanevski (IMDEA Software Institute)
 David Naumann (Ste= vens Institute of Technology)
 Matthew Parkinson (Microsoft Research Cambridge)= =
Fra= n=E7ois Pottier (INRIA Rocquencourt)
 Amr Sabry (Indiana University)
<= span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: monospace; "> Eijiro Sumii (T= ohoku University)
 Nikhil Swamy (Microsoft Research Redmond)
 Nobuko Yoshida (Imper= ial College London)
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