From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B30DBB84 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:43:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-red.research.att.com (mail-red.research.att.com [192.20.225.110]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5FGh0xh020113 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:43:02 +0200 Received: from [172.24.78.42] (vpn-19.research.att.com [135.207.240.19]) by bigmail.research.att.com (8.13.3+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k5FGgtgH000510; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:42:55 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) To: haskell@haskell.org, erlang-questions@erlang.org, plt-scheme@slow.flux.utah.edu, caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Message-Id: <9E9E7B05-68CD-4016-8B98-843EBF942CFD@research.att.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-5-283888834 Cc: Andy Adams-Moran Subject: CUFP: Call for Contributions From: Kathleen Fisher Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:43:00 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 44918E14.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; co-located:01 icfp:01 matthias:01 felleisen:01 matthias:01 ccs:01 rjmh:01 co-located:01 icfp:01 felleisen:01 ccs:01 rjmh:01 2006:98 2006:98 ashley:98 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS, HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 --Apple-Mail-5-283888834 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed [ Apologies for multiple postings; please forward to potentially interested parties ] CUFP 2006 THE THIRD COMMERCIAL USERS OF FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP "Functional programming as a means, not an end" Portland, Oregon, USA September 21st 2006 Co-located with ICFP Functional languages have been under academic development for over 25 years, and are still proving to be very fertile ground for programming language research. Consequently, most of the development focus of these languages is driven by academic and theoretical questions. More recently, however, functional languages have been very successfully used in commercial, industrial, and government settings, as well as in the open-source community. In these settings, the advantages of functional languages have provided dramatic leverage. The goal of CUFP is to act as a voice for commercial users of functional programming languages and technology. It aims to help functional programming become increasingly viable as a technology for use in the commercial, industrial, governmental, and open-source space by providing a forum for FP professionals to share their experiences and ideas, whether business, management or engineering. It also aims to enable the formation and strengthening of relationships and alliances that further the commercial use of functional languages. Providing user feedback to language designers and implementors is not a primary goal of the workshop, though it will be welcome if it occurs. Program plans ------------- The meeting will last a full day, with a mix of invited and submitted presentations, plus discussion sessions. Topics will range over a wide area, including: * Case studies both of successful and unsuccessful uses of functional programming; * Business opportunities and risks from using functional languages; * Enablers for functional language use in a commercial setting; * Barriers to the adoption of functional languages, and * Mitigation strategies for overcoming limitations of FP. There will be no published proceedings, as the meeting is intended to be more a discussion forum than a technical interchange. See http://www.galois.com/cufp/ for more information, including last year's schedule and a report describing a previous CUFP workshop. This year's schedule will also be available there soon. Submissions ----------- Submissions by prospective speakers or suggestions for speakers are welcome! Just send an e-mail to kfisher at research.att.com with an outline of what you'd like to talk about or what you think your suggestee should give a talk about. Program Committee ----------------- Andy Adams-Moran. adams-moran at galois.com (Co-Chair) Mike Ashley. mashley at beckman.com Matthias Felleisen. matthias at ccs.neu.edu Kathleen Fisher. kfisher at research.att.com (Chair) Jim Grundy. jim_grundy at ichips.intel.com John Hughes. rjmh at cs.chalmers.se Stephen Weeks. sweeks at sweeks.com Ulf Wiger. ulf.wiger at ericsson.com --Apple-Mail-5-283888834 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
[ = Apologies for multiple postings; please forward to potentially = interested parties ]

=A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 CUFP 2006
=A0=A0 =A0 THE THIRD COMMERCIAL USERS OF FUNCTIONAL = PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP
=A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 "Functional programming as a means, not an = end"

=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Portland, Oregon, USA
=A0= =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 September 21st 2006
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= Co-located with = ICFP

Functional = languages have been under academic development for over 25 = years,
and are still = proving to be very fertile ground for programming = language
research. = Consequently, most of the development focus of these = languages
is driven by academic and theoretical questions. More recently, = however,
functional = languages have been very successfully used in = commercial,
industrial, and government settings, as well as in the = open-source community.
In these settings, the advantages of functional languages have = provided=A0
dramatic leverage.

The goal of CUFP is to act as a voice for commercial users of = functional
programming languages and technology. It aims to help functional = programming
become increasingly viable as a technology for use in the = commercial,
industrial, governmental, and open-source space by providing a = forum=A0
for FP professionals to share their experiences and ideas, = whether business,=A0
management or engineering. It also aims to enable the formation = and=A0
strengthening of relationships and alliances that further the = commercial=A0
use of functional languages. Providing user feedback to language = designers=A0
and implementors is not a primary goal of the workshop, though = it=A0
will be welcome if it occurs.


Program plans
-------------

The meeting will last a full day, with a mix = of invited and submitted
presentations, plus discussion sessions.

Topics will range over a wide area, = including:

=A0= =A0 * Case studies = both of successful and unsuccessful uses of
=A0 =A0 =A0 functional = programming;
=A0= =A0 * Business = opportunities and risks from using functional = languages;
=A0= =A0 * Enablers for = functional language use in a commercial setting;
=A0 =A0 * Barriers to the adoption of functional = languages, and
=A0= =A0 * Mitigation = strategies for overcoming limitations of FP.

There will be no published proceedings, as = the meeting is intended to be
more a discussion forum than a technical = interchange.=A0

See http://www.galois.com/cufp/ for = more information, including last year's
schedule and a report describing a previous = CUFP workshop. This year's schedule
will also be available there = soon.


Submissions
-----------

Submissions by prospective speakers or suggestions for speakers = are welcome!
Just send an e-mail to kfisher at research.att.com with an = outline of what you'd like
to talk about or what you think your suggestee should give a talk = about.


Program = Committee
-----------------
Andy Adams-Moran. adams-moran at galois.com = (Co-Chair)=A0
Mike Ashley. mashley at beckman.com=A0
Matthias Felleisen. matthias at = ccs.neu.edu=A0
Kathleen Fisher. kfisher at research.att.com = (Chair)
Jim Grundy. = jim_grundy at ichips.intel.com=A0
John Hughes. rjmh at = cs.chalmers.se=A0
Stephen Weeks. sweeks at sweeks.com=A0
Ulf Wiger. ulf.wiger at = ericsson.com=A0
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