Call
for organizers:
The Advanced Functional Programming School,
2010.
http://www.cs.uu.nl/~johanj/afp/
We
solicit plans for organizing the next Advanced Functional Programming School.
Since 1995 there have been six Schools on Advanced Functional Programming:
- 2008, LNCS 5832, Nijmegen, The
Netherlands
- 2004, LNCS 3622, Tartu, Estonia
- 2002, LNCS 2638, Oxford, UK
- 1998, LNCS 1608, Braga, Portugal
- 1996,
LNCS 1129, Olympia, WA, USA
- 1995,
LNCS 925, Baastad, Sweden
The
goals of this series of schools are
- Bring
computer scientists, in particular young researchers and programmers, up to
date with the latest AFP techniques.
- Use
AFP techniques in "programming in the real world".
- Bridge
the gap between results presented at programming conferences and material from
introductory textbooks on functional programming.
The
approach we take to achieve these goals in the schools
is
- In
depth lectures about AFP techniques, taught by experts in the field.
- Lectures
are accompanied by practical problems to be solved by the students at the
school. The problems guide the students' learning to a great extent. This
implies that there has to be a lab at the school site.
- Group
work is stimulated, especially because the practical problems will typically
be too large for a single person.
By
functional programming we mean programming in a style that emphasizes the
evaluation of expressions rather than the execution of
commands.
The
lecture notes of the Advanced Functional Programming schools are published after
the school. The organizers are responsible for publishing the lecture notes.
Please
submit a proposal for organizing the next advanced functional programming
school.
Your
proposal should include
- the
name of the organizers (preferably more than one)
- a
programme: lecturers (a mix of young and bright, and old and wise lecturers is
preferred) and topics (keep in mind that lectures have to be about
"programming in the real world". Applications of functional programming are
very important for the school)
- the
approximate dates (preferably somewhere in 2010)
- a
location
- a
budget, including an estimation of the registration and hotel costs per
participant.
The
programme, dates, location and budget don't have to be completely fixed when you
submit your proposal, but there should be sufficient information to review your
proposal. Your proposal will be reviewed by the steering committee of the
Advanced Functional Programming Schools, consisting of
·
Peter
Achten (AFP6)
- Pedro
Henriques (AFP3)
- Johan
Jeuring (AFP4, AFP5)
- Simon
Peyton Jones (AFP4)
- Pieter
Koopman (AFP6)
- Erik
Meijer (AFP2)
- Rinus
Plasmeijer (Chairman, AFP6)
- Tim
Sheard (AFP2)
- Doaitse
Swierstra (AFP3, AFP6)
- Tarmo
Uustalu (AFP5)
- Varmo
Vene (AFP5)
Submit
your proposal to rinus@cs.ru.nl
before December 15, 2009.
Notification
January 9, 2010.