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[eurolisp] [ELS 2009] Call for participation
by Marco Antoniotti 20 May '09

20 May '09

Apologies for multiple postings.... ************************************************************************ 2nd European Lisp Symposium (ELS 2009) Milan, Italy, May 27-29, 2009 Universita` degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca www.european-lisp-symposium.org ************************************************************************ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ********************** REGISTRATION IS OPEN AT www.european-lisp-symposium.org. Check out the updated program. Scope and Program Highlights: ***************************** The purpose of the European Lisp Symposium is to provide a forum for the discussion of all aspects of the design, implementation and application of any of the Lisp dialects. We encourage everyone interested in Lisp to participate. The European Lisp Symposium 2009 program includes presentations of high quality papers about novel research results, insights and lessons learned from practical applications, and educational perspectives, all involving Lisp dialects, including Common Lisp, Scheme, Emacs Lisp, AutoLisp, ISLISP, Dylan, Clojure, and so on. The European Lisp Symposium will feature the following highlights: - Scott McKay of ITA Software will talk about how Lisp use has evolved in his circannual industry work. - Mark Tarver of Lambda Associates will talk about Qi as a viral mutation of the Lisp DNA. - Mauro Pezze` of University of Milan-Bicocca will host a panel on Programmers' Productivity from a Software Engineering point of view. - Joao Pavao Martins and Ernesto Morgado of SISCOG will talk about the role of LISP in the success of SISCOG - Christophe Rhodes will give an unportable tutorial. - Michele Simionato will give a tutorial on Scheme module system and Scheme libraries portability issues across implementations. Social Events: ************** Friday 29th evening, Conference Banquet Saturday 30th morning, Guided tour to the "Futurismo" Exhibit in the center of Milan; 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the Futurism Manifesto; stretching it, the harbinger of Lisp 50 years later. Program Chair: ************** * Antonio Leitao, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Local Chair: ************ * Marco Antoniotti, DISCo, Universita`† Milano Bicocca, Italy Program committee: ****************** * Giuseppe Attardi, Universita` di Pisa , Italy * Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Irene Durand, Universite` Bordeaux 1, France * Marc Feeley, Universite` de Montreal, Canada * Ron Garret, Amalgamated Widgets Unlimited, USA * Gregor Kiczales, University of British Columbia, Canada * Scott McKay, ITA Software, Inc., USA * Peter Norvig, Google Inc., USA * Julian Padget, University of Bath, UK * Kent Pitman, HyperMeta, USA * Christian Queinnec, Universite` Pierre et Marie Curie, France * Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK * Robert Strandh, Universite` Bordeaux 1, France * Mark Tarver, Lambda Associates, UK * Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, France * JonL White, TheGingerIceCreamFactory of Palo Alto, USA * Taiichi Yuasa, Kyoto University, Japan Registration Fees: ****************** * Students EU100, regular EU220. Registration will include the proceedings, coffee breaks, the symposium dinner and other amenities. Accommodation is not included.

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[eurolisp] [CfPart] 6th European Lisp Workshop at ECOOP, July 6th 2009
by Didier Verna 19 May '09

19 May '09

Apologies for multiple reception. Please forward to any person you think might be interested. +------------------------------------------------------------+ | CALL FOR PARTICIPATION | | 6th European Lisp Workshop | | July 6, Genova, Italy - co-located with ECOOP 2009 | | http://elw.bknr.net/2009 | +------------------------------------------------------------+ Important Dates =============== ECOOP early registration deadline: May 20, 2009 ECOOP late registration deadline: July 03, 2009 6th European Lisp Workshop: July 06, 2009 Please note that registration must be done with ECOOP itself. There is a reduced registration fee for workshop-only attendance. The early registration deadline is in two days, so register now! See http://ecoop09.disi.unige.it/ for details. 2009 Special News ================= * Edi Weitz will give a keynote address on the use of his notorious open source libraries in commercial / industrial application. * The workshop is sponsored by ITA Software, Inc. Please visit them at http://www.itasoftware.com/ * This year, and for the first time, the workshop proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Overview ======== "...Please don't assume Lisp is only useful for Animation and Graphics, AI, Bio-informatics, B2B and E-Commerce, Data Mining, EDA/Semiconductor applications, Expert Systems, Finance, Intelligent Agents, Knowledge Management, Mechanical CAD, Modeling and Simulation, Natural Language, Optimization, Research, Risk Analysis, Scheduling, Telecom, and Web Authoring just because these are the only things they happened to list." -- Kent Pitman Lisp, one of the eldest computer languages still in use today, is gaining momentum again. The structure of Lisp makes it easy to extend the language or even to implement entirely new dialects without starting from scratch, making it the ideal candidate for writing Domain Specific Languages. Common Lisp, with the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS), was the first object-oriented programming language to receive an ANSI standard and retains the most complete and advanced object system of any programming language, while influencing many other object-oriented programming languages that followed. This workshop will address the near-future role of Lisp-based languages in research, industry and education. We solicit contributions that discuss the opportunities Lisp provides to capture and enhance the possibilities in software engineering. We want to promote lively discussion between researchers proposing new approaches and practitioners reporting on their experience with the strengths and limitations of current Lisp technologies. Programme ========= In addition to Edi Weitz's keynote address, the workshop will feature: - technical papers on tools to interface modelling in biology, an infrastructure for offline work in web applications and a denotational semantics for modelling the class relationships of CLOS and its MOP, - tutorials on filtered dispatch and SWCLOS, a semantic web processor. Please visit the workshop's website in the next few days for a more detailed description. Organizers ========== Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, Paris Charlotte Herzeel, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel Robert Strandh, LaBRI, University of Bordeaux I, France Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London Hans Hübner, Software Developer, Berlin -- European Lisp Symposium, May 2009: http://www.european-lisp-symposium.org European Lisp Workshop, July 2009: http://elw.bknr.net/2009 Scientific site: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier Music (Jazz) site: http://www.didierverna.com

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[eurolisp] International Summer School, Advances in Programming Languages
by Pascal Costanza 12 May '09

12 May '09

Please consider attending the Summer School described below. International Summer School on Advances in Programming Languages 25th-28th August, 2009 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~greg/ISS-AiPL Overview This four-day residential International Summer School on Advances in Programming Languages has a major theme of Concurrency, Distribution, and Multicore. Intended primarily for postgraduate research students, the School offers lectures and practical sessions on an engaging blend of cutting edge theoretical and practical techniques from international experts. The Summer School is supported by the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (http://www.sicsa.ac.uk/) , a Scottish Funding Council Research Pool. Participants from SICSA member institutions may attend at no cost. Confirmed Topics/Speakers · Static and dynamic languages , Prof Phillip Wadler, University of Edinburgh · Compiler technology for data-parallel languages, Dr Sven-Bodo Scholz, University of Hertfordshire · New applications of parametricity , Dr Janis Voigtlander, Technical University of Dresden · Automatic vectorising compilation, Dr Paul Cockshott, University of Glasgow · Foundational aspects of size analysis, Prof Marko van Eekeling/ Dr Olha Shakaravska, Radbout University Nijmegen · Context oriented programming , Dr Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel · Multi-core programming , Dr Phil Trinder, Heriot-Watt University · Multi-core compilation, Dr Alistair Donaldson, Codeplay Software Ltd · Principles and Applications of Refinement Types, Dr Andrew D. Gordon, Microsoft Research, Cambridge · Resource aware programming in Hume, Prof Greg Michaelson, Heriot-Watt University/ Prof Kevin Hammond, University of St Andrews · Haskell concurrency & parallelism, Dr Satnam Singh, Microsoft Research, Cambridge Location The Summer School is based at Heriot-Watt University's Riccarton campus, set in pleasant parkland to the west of Edinburgh, with easy access to the airport, city and central Scotland: (http://www.hw.ac.uk/welcome/directions.htm) The Summer School immediately precedes the 2009 International Conference on Functional Programming (http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gmh/icfp09.html) and takes place during the Edinburgh International Festival (http://www.eif.co.uk/ ) , and the associated Edinburgh Festival Fringe (http://www.edfringe.com/) and Edinburgh International Book Festival (http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/) . Steering Committee Prof Greg Michaelson, Heriot-Watt University (Convenor) (mailto:G.Michaelson@hw.ac.uk) Prof Kevin Hammond, University of St Andrews Dr Patricia Johann, University of Strathclyde Prof Phillip Wadler, University of Edinburgh Fee Full rate: £400; (free for SICSA students) Includes: four nights single room, en-suite accommodation with breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus coffee breaks and session materials. Day rate: £200; (free for SICSA students) Includes: lunch, coffee breaks, session materials Registration of interest If you are interested in attending the International Summer School, please complete the form available from: (http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~greg/ISS-AiPL/ISS-AiPL%20register.doc) or below, and return it to: <mailto: ISS-AiPL-register(a)macs.hw.ac.uk> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Summer School on Advances in Programming Languages 26th-29th August, 2009 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland Registration of interest Name: Address: Email: Phone: SICSA Uni: Yes / No Rate: Full / Day Accessibility requirements: Dietary requirements: Return to: <mailto: ISS-AiPL-register(a)macs.hw.ac.uk> -- ELS'09: http://www.european-lisp-symposium.org/ Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc@p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel Programming Technology Lab Artificial Intelligence Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

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[eurolisp] ELS 2009 in Milan, Italy: Call for Participation
by Marco Antoniotti 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

Apologies for multiple postings.... ************************************************************************ 2nd European Lisp Symposium (ELS 2009) Milan, Italy, May 27-29, 2009 Universita` degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca www.european-lisp-symposium.org ************************************************************************ CALL FOR PARTECIPATION ********************** REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN AT www.european-lisp-symposium.org. Take advantage of the early bird registration fee. Scope and Program Highlights: ***************************** The purpose of the European Lisp Symposium is to provide a forum for the discussion of all aspects of the design, implementation and application of any of the Lisp dialects. We encourage everyone interested in Lisp to participate. The European Lisp Symposium 2009 program includes presentations of high quality papers about novel research results, insights and lessons learned from practical applications, and educational perspectives, all involving Lisp dialects, including Common Lisp, Scheme, Emacs Lisp, AutoLisp, ISLISP, Dylan, Clojure, and so on. Kent Pitman will give the keynote address on Thursday, May 28. The presentations will be divided into two categories. * Original contributions. * Work in progress describing ongoing work that will be discussed in the form of a "writers' workshop". The writers' workshops will take place at the symposium in Milan on May 28, 2008. Social Events: ************** Friday 29th evening, Conference Banquet Saturday 30th morning, Guided tour to the "Futurismo" Exhibit in the center of Milan; 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the Futurism Manifesto; stretching it, the harbinger of Lisp 50 years later. Program Chair: ************** * Antonio Leitao, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Local Chair: ************ * Marco Antoniotti, DISCo, Universita`† Milano Bicocca, Italy Program committee: ****************** * Giuseppe Attardi, Universita`† di Pisa , Italy * Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Irene Durand, Universite` Bordeaux 1, France * Marc Feeley, Universit` de Montreal, Canada * Ron Garret, Amalgamated Widgets Unlimited, USA * Gregor Kiczales, University of British Columbia, Canada * Scott McKay, ITA Software, Inc., USA * Peter Norvig, Google Inc., USA * Julian Padget, University of Bath, UK * Kent Pitman, PTC, USA * Christian Queinnec, Universite` Pierre et Marie Curie, France * Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK * Robert Strandh, Universite` Bordeaux 1, France * Mark Tarver, Lambda Associates, UK * Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, France * JonL White, TheGingerIceCreamFactory of Palo Alto, USA * Taiichi Yuasa, Kyoto University, Japan Registration Fees: ****************** * Early registration before April 25, 2008: Students EU60, regular EU120. * Late registration before May 16, 2008: Students EU80, regular EU160. * Onsite registration: Students EU100, regular EU220. Registration will include the proceedings, coffee breaks, the symposium dinner and other amenities. Accommodation is not included.

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[eurolisp] DEADLINE EXTENSION: 6th European Lisp Workshop at ECOOP, July 6 2009
by Didier Verna 08 Apr '09

08 Apr '09

Dear colleagues, upon request from several potential contributors, we have postponed the submission deadline for the 6th European Lisp Workshop by two weeks. The new deadline is now April 22nd. +------------------------------------------------------------+ | CALL FOR PAPERS | | 6th European Lisp Workshop | | July 6, Genova, Italy - co-located with ECOOP 2009 | +------------------------------------------------------------+ Important Dates =============== Submission deadline: April 22, 2009 (EXTENDED) Notification of acceptance: May 08, 2009 ECOOP early registration deadline: May 20, 2009 6th European Lisp Workshop: July 06, 2009 Please note that registration must be done with ECOOP itself. For more information visit http://elw.bknr.net/2009 Contact: Didier Verna, didier(a)lrde.epita.fr 2009 Special News ================= This year, and for the first time, the workshop proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Also, the workshop will feature interactive tutorial/demo/coding sessions (see below). Overview ======== "...Please don't assume Lisp is only useful for Animation and Graphics, AI, Bio-informatics, B2B and E-Commerce, Data Mining, EDA/Semiconductor applications, Expert Systems, Finance, Intelligent Agents, Knowledge Management, Mechanical CAD, Modeling and Simulation, Natural Language, Optimization, Research, Risk Analysis, Scheduling, Telecom, and Web Authoring just because these are the only things they happened to list." -- Kent Pitman Lisp, one of the eldest computer languages still in use today, is gaining momentum again. The structure of Lisp makes it easy to extend the language or even to implement entirely new dialects without starting from scratch, making it the ideal candidate for writing Domain Specific Languages. Common Lisp, with the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS), was the first object-oriented programming language to receive an ANSI standard and retains the most complete and advanced object system of any programming language, while influencing many other object-oriented programming languages that followed. This workshop will address the near-future role of Lisp-based languages in research, industry and education. We solicit contributions that discuss the opportunities Lisp provides to capture and enhance the possibilities in software engineering. We want to promote lively discussion between researchers proposing new approaches and practitioners reporting on their experience with the strengths and limitations of current Lisp technologies. The workshop will have two components: there will be formal talks, and interactive turorial/demo/coding sessions. Papers ====== Formal presentations in the workshop should take between 20 minutes and half an hour; additional time will be given for questions and answers. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to): - Experience reports / Case studies - Educational approaches - Software Evolution - Development Aids - Persistent Systems - Dynamic Optimization - Implementation techniques - Hardware Support - Efficiency / Distribution / Parallel programming - Macro-, reflective-, meta- and/or rule-based development approaches - Protocol Meta-programming and Libraries - Context-Oriented, Domain-Oriented and Generative Programming Interactive Tutorial/Demo/Coding Sessions ========================================= Additionally, we invite less formal talks in the form of interactive tutorial/demo/coding sessions. The purpose of these sessions is to both demonstrate and receive feedback on any interesting Lisp system, either stable or under development. Being less formal than technical paper presentations, it is expected that these sessions be highly interactive. Submission Guidelines ===================== Potential contributors are encouraged to submit: - a long paper (around 10 pages) presenting scientific and/or empirical results about Lisp-based uses or new approaches for software engineering purposes, - a short essay (5 pages) defending a position about where research, practice or education based on Lisp should be heading in the near future, - a proposal for an interactive tutorial/demo/coding session (1-2 pages) describing the involved library or application, and the subject of the session. Papers (both long and short) should be formatted following the ACM SIGS guidelines (see http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and include ACM classification categories and terms (see http://www.acm.org/about/class/1998) Authors will later be required to sign an ACM copyright form. Submissions should be mailed as PDF to Didier Verna (didier(a)lrde.epita.fr) before the submission deadline. Organizers ========== Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, Paris Charlotte Herzeel, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel Robert Strandh, LaBRI, University of Bordeaux I, France Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London Hans Hübner, Software Developer, Berlin -- European Lisp Symposium, May 2009: http://www.european-lisp-symposium.org European Lisp Workshop, July 2009: http://elw.bknr.net/2009 Didier Verna <didier(a)lrde.epita.fr> @ LRDE: 01 44 08 01 85

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[eurolisp] Deadline extension: COP'09 at ECOOP'09
by Jorge Vallejos 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

(Apologies for multiple reception of this email) Due to numerous requests, the paper submission deadline has been extended to Friday 24th April 2009. =============================================================== International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming (COP'09) Co-located with the 23rd European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP'09) http://prog.vub.ac.be/cop09 OVERVIEW Context information plays an increasingly important role in our information centric world. Software systems must adapt to changing contexts over time, and must change even while they are running. Unfortunately, mainstream programming languages and development environments do not support this kind of dynamic change very well, leading developers to implement complex designs to anticipate various dimensions of variability. Context-oriented Programming (COP) directly supports variability depending on a wide range of dynamic attributes, making it possible to dispatch run-time behavior on any properties of the execution context. By now, several researchers have started to work on Context-oriented Programming and related ideas, and first implementations ranging from first prototypes to mature platform extensions used in commercial deployments have illustrated how multi-dimensional dispatch can indeed be supported effectively to achieve expressive run-time variation in behavior. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Interesting application domains and scenarios * Programming language abstractions for context-oriented programming (e.g. dynamic scoping, roles, traits, prototype-based extensions) * Configuration languages (e.g. feature description interpreters, transformational approaches) * Interaction between non-functional programming concerns and context- oriented programming (e.g. security, persistence, concurrency, distribution). * Modularization approaches for context-oriented programming (e.g. aspects, modules, layers, plugins). * Guidelines to include context-oriented programming in programs (e.g. best-practices, patterns) * Runtime support for context-oriented programming (e.g. reflection, dynamic binding) * Tool support SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Potential attendants are expected to submit either a paper of 4 (at most 6) pages in ACM format, presenting scientific and/or empirical results about uses of context-oriented programming or new approaches for software engineering purposes or a short essay of 2 (at most 3 pages) defending a position about where research on context-oriented programming should be heading in the near future. Submissions are required in electronic form. Please use the link below to submit your paper at the EasyChair conference system: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cop09atecoop09 Submissions will be selected by our selection committee. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM digital library. IMPORTANT DATES Wednesday 8th April, Paper submission Friday 8th May, Paper acceptance Tuesday 7th July, Workshop PROGRAM COMMITTEE Michael Haupt, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany Hidehiko Masuhara, University of Tokyo, Japan Kim Mens, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium Hans Schippers, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium Éric Tanter, University of Chile, Chile Eddy Truyen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (organizer) Richard P. Gabriel, IBM Research, United States (organizer) Robert Hirschfeld, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Germany (organizer) Jorge Vallejos, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (organizer) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Richard P. Gabriel, IBM Research, United States Robert Hirschfeld, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Germany Jorge Vallejos, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

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[eurolisp] ELS 2009 Registration open
by Marco Antoniotti 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Apologies for the multiple postings. ************************************************************************ 2nd European Lisp Symposium (ELS 2009) Milan, Italy, May 27-29, 2009 Universita` degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca www.european-lisp-symposium.org ************************************************************************ CALL FOR PARTECIPATION ********************** Registration is now open at www.european-lisp-symposium.org Scope and Program Highlights: ***************************** The purpose of the European Lisp Symposium is to provide a forum for the discussion of all aspects of the design, implementation and application of any of the Lisp dialects. We encourage everyone interested in Lisp to participate. The European Lisp Symposium 2009 program includes presentations of high quality papers about novel research results, insights and lessons learned from practical applications, and educational perspectives, all involving Lisp dialects, including Common Lisp, Scheme, Emacs Lisp, AutoLisp, ISLISP, Dylan, Clojure, and so on. Kent Pitman will give the keynote address on Thursday, May 28. The presentations will be divided into two categories. * Original contributions. * Work in progress describing ongoing work that will be discussed in the form of a "writers' workshop". The writers' workshops will take place at the symposium in Milan on May 28, 2008. Social Events: ************** Friday 29th evening, Conference Banquet Saturday 30th morning, Guided tour to the "Futurismo" Exhibit in the center of Milan; 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the Futurism Manifesto; stretching it, the harbinger of Lisp 50 years later. Program Chair: ************** * Antonio Leitao, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Local Chair: ************ * Marco Antoniotti, DISCo, Universita` Milano Bicocca, Italy Program committee: ****************** * Giuseppe Attardi, Universita` di Pisa , Italy * Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Irene Durand, Universite` Bordeaux 1, France * Marc Feeley, Universit` de Montreal, Canada * Ron Garret, Amalgamated Widgets Unlimited, USA * Gregor Kiczales, University of British Columbia, Canada * Scott McKay, ITA Software, Inc., USA * Peter Norvig, Google Inc., USA * Julian Padget, University of Bath, UK * Kent Pitman, PTC, USA * Christian Queinnec, Universite` Pierre et Marie Curie, France * Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK * Robert Strandh, Universite` Bordeaux 1, France * Mark Tarver, Lambda Associates, UK * Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, France * JonL White, TheGingerIceCreamFactory of Palo Alto, USA * Taiichi Yuasa, Kyoto University, Japan Registration Fees: ****************** * Early registration before April 25, 2008: Students EU60, regular EU120. * Late registration before May 16, 2008: Students EU80, regular EU160. * Onsite registration: Students EU100, regular EU220. Registration will include the proceedings, coffee breaks, the symposium dinner and other amenities. Accommodation is not included. -- Marco Antoniotti

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[eurolisp] Call for Presentations: Commercial Users of Functional Programming Workshop (CUFP) 2009
by Nick Levine 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Commercial Users of Functional Programming Workshop (CUFP) 2009 Functional Programming As a Means, Not an End Call for Presentations Sponsored by SIGPLAN Co-located with ICFP 2009 Edinburgh, Scotland, 4 September 2009 __________________________________________________________ Presentation proposals due 15 May 2009 http://cufp.galois.com/2009/call.html __________________________________________________________ Functional languages have been under academic development for over 25 years, and remain fertile ground for programming language research. Recently, however, developers in industrial, governmental, and open-source projects have begun to use functional programming successfully in practical applications. In these settings, functional programming has often provided dramatic leverage, including whole new ways of thinking about the original problem. The goal of the CUFP workshop is to act as a voice for these users of functional programming. The workshop supports the increasing viability of functional programming in the commercial, governmental, and open-source space by providing a forum for professionals to share their experiences and ideas, whether those ideas are related to business, management, or engineering. The workshop is also designed to enable the formation and reinforcement of relationships that further the commercial use of functional programming. Providing user feedback to language designers and implementors is not a primary goal of the workshop, though it will be welcome if it occurs. Speaking at CUFP If you use functional programming as a means, rather than as an end, we invite you to offer to give a talk at the workshop. Alternatively, if you know someone who would give a good talk, please nominate them! Talks are typically 25 minutes long, but can be shorter. They aim to inform participants about how functional programming played out in real-world applications, focusing especially on the re-usable lessons learned, or insights gained. Your talk does not need to be highly technical; for this audience, reflections on the commercial, management, or software engineering aspects are, if anything, more important. You do not need to submit a paper! If you are interested in offering a talk, or nominating someone to do so, send an e-mail to francesco(at)erlang-consulting(dot)com or jim(dot)d(dot)grundy(at)intel(dot)com by 15 May 2009 with a short description of what you'd like to talk about or what you think your nominee should give a talk about. Such descriptions should be about one page long. Program Plans CUFP 2009 will last a full day and feature a keynote presentation from Bryan O'Sullivan, co-author of Real World Haskell. The program will also include a mix of presentations and discussion sessions. Topics will range over a wide area, including: * Case studies 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 functional programming. There will be no published proceedings, as the meeting is intended to be more a discussion forum than a technical interchange. This will be the sixth CUFP, for more information - including reports from attendees of previous events and video of recent talks - see the workshop web site: http://cufp.galois.com/

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[eurolisp] 50th anniversary
by Thomas F. Burdick 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Wednesday, 4 March, will be the 50th anniversary of the publication of AIM-8, wherein McCarthy described the first running LISP implementation. Sounds like a birthday to me! There's no Paris/IDF users group that I'm aware of, so I'll ask here: any one interested in meeting up next Wed, or for a belated celebration on Friday the 6?

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[eurolisp] International Lisp Conference 2009
by Nick Levine 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

Register now! Early registration ends after March 1. THE INTERNATIONAL LISP CONFERENCE, 2009 Sunday, March 22 through Wednesday, March 23 The Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA. Presented by the Association of Lisp Users In cooperation with ACM SIGPLAN Featuring four invited speakers: * David Moon (co-founder of Symbolics, Inc.) Genuine, full-power, hygienic macro system for a language with syntax * Gerald Jay Sussman (MIT) Evolvability and Robust Design * Shriram Krishnamurthi (Brown) The Moby Scheme Compiler for Smartphones, or, Is That a Parenthesis in Your Pocket? * Olin Shivers (Northeastern) The Anatomy of a Loop: A Story of Scope and Control As well as: * Seven tutorials (no extra charge) * Fifteen technical papers * Seven demonstrations * Lightning talks (you can give you own; first-come, first-served) * An all-star panel on the future of Lisp * Debate: Are Macros a Menace? * Birds of a feather sessions, and other informal discussions * Banquet at the Hyatt-Regency, with special entertainment (no extra charge) Meet the top Lisp experts and practitioners in the world. Learn how to get the most out of Lisp. Find about about the latest developments from research and industry. The conference is a rare opportunity for face-to-face interaction, sharing knowledge and ideas with the experts of the worldwide Lisp community. Students are especially welcome. Everyone will have a great time! Here's where to find all the information: http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2009/ Sponsored by: * ITA Software, Inc. * Franz Inc. * LispWorks Limited * Clozure Associates LLC * Mathematical Systems, Inc. * Ravenbrook Limited General chair: Daniel L. Weinreb Program chair: Guy L. Steele Jr. For further information, please write to ilc09-program-committee at alu dot org. (Please redistribute this notice to whomever might be interested, and make copies of the conference poster and distribute them everywhere: http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2009/publicity)

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