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[eurolisp] [CfP] European Lisp Workshop'07 - news
by Pascal Costanza 17 May '07

17 May '07

+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4th European Lisp Workshop | | July 30 - Berlin, Germany - co-located with ECOOP 2007 | | Supported by Clozure Associates - http://clozure.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Important Dates Submission deadline (papers & breakout groups): May 31, 2007 Notification of acceptance: June 8, 2007 ECOOP early registration deadline: June 15, 2007 For more information visit http://lisp-ecoop07.bknr.net/ Contact: Pascal Costanza, pc(a)p-cos.net ********** ** News ** ********** + The submission deadline for papers, essays and breakout group proposals has been extended to May 31. + Alexander Repenning will be giving a keynote presentation about "Antiobjects: Mapping Game AI to Massively Parallel Architectures using Collaborative Diffusion". Modern game consoles offer enormous computational power at very low cost but are difficult to program in a way to make full use of their parallel architectures. The notion of antiobjects is a computational metaphor useful to conceptualize and solve hard problems by swapping computational foreground and background. Putting computation into antiobjects can substantially simplify hard problems in Artificial Intelligence and simulations. Moreover, the mapping of computation from a small number of objects to a much larger number of typically homogenous antiobjects can by employed to parallelize computation in ways that it can be executed on parallel architectures such as GPUs and multi-core CPUs with very little overhead. Alexander Repenning is a computer science professor at the University of Colorado, is currently visiting the University of Lugano, and is the founder of AgentSheets Inc. Repenning’s research interests include education, end-user programmable agents, and artificial intelligence. He has worked in research and development at Asea Brown Boveri, Xerox PARC, Apple Computer, and Hewlett Packard. Organizers ********** Pascal Costanza, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Theo D'Hondt, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Hans Huebner, Software Developer, Berlin Arthur Lemmens, Independent Consultant, Amsterdam Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London Overview ******** "...Please don't assume Lisp is only useful for Animation and Graphics, AI, Bioinformatics, 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 is one of the oldest computer languages still in use today. In the decades of its existence, Lisp has been a fruitful basis for language design experiments as well as the preferred implementation language for applications in diverse fields. The structure of Lisp makes it easy to extend the language or even to implement entirely new dialects without starting from scratch. 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. It is clear that Lisp is gaining momentum: there is a steadily growing interest in Lisp itself, with numerous user groups in existence worldwide, and in Lisp's metaprogramming notions which are being transferred to other languages, as for example in Aspect-Oriented Programming, support for Domain-Specific Languages, and so on. This workshop will address the near-future role of Lisp-based languages in research, industry and education. We solicit papers and suggestions for breakout groups 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 formally-presented talks, and for breakout groups discussing or working on particular topics. Additionally, there will be opportunities for short, informal talks and demonstrations on experience reports, underappreciated results, software under development, or other topics of interest. Papers ****** Formal presentations in the workshop should take between 20 minutes and half an hour; additional time will be given for questions and answers. We encourage that papers be published on the website in order to provide background information in advance. Suggested Topics New language features or abstractions Experience reports or case studies Protocol Metaprogramming and Libraries Educational approaches Software Evolution Development Aids Persistent Systems Dynamic Optimization Implementation techniques Innovative Applications Hardware Support for Lisp systems Macro-, reflective-, meta- and/or rule-based development approaches Aspect-Oriented, Domain-Oriented and Generative Programming Breakout Groups *************** The workshop will provide for the opportunity to meet face to face and work on focused topics. We will organize these breakout groups and provide for rooms and infrastructure. Suggested Topics for Breakout Groups Lisp Infrastructure Development and Distribution Language Features (e.g. Predicate Dispatching) Environments for creating web applications Brainstorming sessions for new or existing open source projects Persistence Systems Compiler technology Lisp on bare metal / Lisp hardware / Lisp operating systems Compare and enhance curricula for computer science education Submission Guidelines ********************* Potential attendees are encouraged to submit either of the following: * a long paper (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 a breakout group (1-2 pages) describing the theme, an agenda and/or expected results. Submissions should be mailed as PDF to Pascal Costanza (pc(a)p-cos.net) before the submission deadline. -- Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc@p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

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03 May '07

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[eurolisp] [ANN] Sicily Evolution of Language Summer School
by Pascal Costanza 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

The following announcement is interesting for Common Lisp users, because the atelier on Computational Construction Grammar is completely based on Common Lisp environments. Here is the full announcement: Date: 14-Jul-2007 - 19-Jul-2007 Organisers: Vittorio Loreto and Luc Steels An exciting summerschool is being organised this summer in Erice, Sicily. The school focuses on recent research in modeling language evolution using computational, robotic, and mathematical approaches. The main school (http://pil.phys.uniroma1.it/erice2007/index.html) brings together about 30 lecturers, with linguists including: Ben Bergen, Bill Croft, Bruno Galantucci, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Jean-Marie Hombert, Jim Hurford, Laura Michaelis, Bill Wang. There is a specialised atelier (http://www.csl.sony.fr/erice2007/) on using Computational Construction Grammar for modeling language evolution with exercises and hands-on experience. Interested participants should email as soon as possible to tagora2007(a)csl.sony.fr and check out the websites. Cheers, Pascal -- Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc@p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

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[eurolisp] [CfP] Dyla 2007
by Pascal Costanza 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

************************************************************************ ** Call for Papers Dyla 2007: 3rd Workshop on Dynamic Languages and Applications July 31, 2007, Berlin (Collocated with ECOOP 2007) http://dyla2007.unibe.ch ************************************************************************ ** Objective ========= The goal of this workshop is to act as a forum where we can discuss new advances in the conception, implementation and application of object-oriented languages that radically diverge from the statically typed class-based reflectionless doctrine. The goal of the workshop is to discuss new as well as older "forgotten" languages and features in this context. Topics of interest include, but are certainly not limited to: - agents, actors, active object, distribution, concurrency and mobility - delegation, prototypes, mixins - first-class closures, continuations, environments - reflection and meta-programming - (dynamic) aspects for dynamic languages - higher-order objects & messages - ... other exotic dynamic features which you would categorize as OO - multi-paradigm & static/dynamic-marriages - (concurrent/distributed/mobile/aspect) virtual machines - optimisation of dynamic languages - automated reasoning about dynamic languages - "regular" syntactic schemes (cf. S-expressions, Smalltalk, Self) - Smalltalk, Python, Ruby, Scheme, Lisp, Self, ABCL, Prolog, ... - ... any topic relevant in applying and/or supporting dynamic languages. We solicit high-quality submissions on research results and/or experience. Submitted papers must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere. Submissions should not exceed 10 pages, LNCS format (www.springer.com/lncs) Submission ========== Prospective attendees are requested to submit a position paper or an essay (max 10 pages, references included) on a topic relevant to the workshop to Alexandre Bergel (Alexandre.Bergel(a)cs.tcd.ie) Submissions are demanded to be in .pdf format and should arrive before May 13, 2007. A selection of the best papers will be made, which will require an extension for an inclusion in a special issue in Electronic Communications of the EASST (eceasst.cs.tu-berlin.de). For this purpose, a new deadline will be set after the workshop. Moreover, Springer publishes a Workshop-Reader (as in the case of previous ECOOPs) which appears after the Conference and which contains Workshop-Reports (written by the organizers) and not the position papers submitted by the participants. Important dates =============== Submission due: May 13, 2007 Notification of Authors: May 31, 2007 ECOOP'07 Early Registration Date: June 15th. Workshop: July 31, 2007 Organisers ========== Alexandre Bergel Wolfgang De Meuter Stéphane Ducasse Oscar Nierstrasz Roel Wuyts Program committee ================= Alexandre Bergel (LERO & Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Johan Brichau (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) Pascal Costanza (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Wolfgang De Meuter (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Stéphane Ducasse (University of Annecy, France) Erik Ernst (University of Aarhus, Denmark) Robert Hirschfeld (Hasso-Plattner-Institut, University of Potsdam, Germany) Oscar Nierstrasz (University of Bern, Switzerland) Matthew Flatt (University of Utah, USA) Dave Thomas (Bedarra Research Labs, Canada) Laurence Tratt (King's College London, UK) Roel Wuyts (IMEC & Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) -- Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc@p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

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[eurolisp] [CfP] European Lisp Workshop '07
by Pascal Costanza 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4th European Lisp Workshop | | July 30 - Berlin, Germany - co-located with ECOOP 2007 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Important Dates Submission deadline (papers & breakout groups): May 13, 2007 Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2007 ECOOP early registration deadline: June 15, 2007 For more information visit http://lisp-ecoop07.bknr.net/ Contact: Pascal Costanza, pc(a)p-cos.net Organizers ********** Pascal Costanza, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Theo D'Hondt, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Hans Huebner, Software Developer, Berlin Arthur Lemmens, Independent Consultant, Amsterdam Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London Overview ******** "...Please don't assume Lisp is only useful for Animation and Graphics, AI, Bioinformatics, 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 is one of the oldest computer languages still in use today. In the decades of its existence, Lisp has been a fruitful basis for language design experiments as well as the preferred implementation language for applications in diverse fields. The structure of Lisp makes it easy to extend the language or even to implement entirely new dialects without starting from scratch. 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. It is clear that Lisp is gaining momentum: there is a steadily growing interest in Lisp itself, with numerous user groups in existence worldwide, and in Lisp's metaprogramming notions which are being transferred to other languages, as for example in Aspect-Oriented Programming, support for Domain-Specific Languages, and so on. This workshop will address the near-future role of Lisp-based languages in research, industry and education. We solicit papers and suggestions for breakout groups 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 formally-presented talks, and for breakout groups discussing or working on particular topics. Additionally, there will be opportunities for short, informal talks and demonstrations on experience reports, underappreciated results, software under development, or other topics of interest. Papers ****** Formal presentations in the workshop should take between 20 minutes and half an hour; additional time will be given for questions and answers. We encourage that papers be published on the website in order to provide background information in advance. Suggested Topics New language features or abstractions Experience reports or case studies Protocol Metaprogramming and Libraries Educational approaches Software Evolution Development Aids Persistent Systems Dynamic Optimization Implementation techniques Innovative Applications Hardware Support for Lisp systems Macro-, reflective-, meta- and/or rule-based development approaches Aspect-Oriented, Domain-Oriented and Generative Programming Breakout Groups *************** The workshop will provide for the opportunity to meet face to face and work on focused topics. We will organize these breakout groups and provide for rooms and infrastructure. Suggested Topics for Breakout Groups Lisp Infrastructure Development and Distribution Language Features (e.g. Predicate Dispatching) Environments for creating web applications Brainstorming sessions for new or existing open source projects Persistence Systems Compiler technology Lisp on bare metal / Lisp hardware / Lisp operating systems Compare and enhance curricula for computer science education Submission Guidelines ********************* Potential attendees are encouraged to submit either of the following: * a long paper (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 a breakout group (1-2 pages) describing the theme, an agenda and/or expected results. Submissions should be mailed as PDF to Pascal Costanza (pc(a)p-cos.net) before the submission deadline. -- Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc@p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

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[eurolisp] [CfP] Dynamic Languages Symposium 2007
by Pascal Costanza 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

************************************************************************ * * * Dynamic Languages Symposium 2007 * * at ooPSLA 2007 - http://www.oopsla.org * * * * Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 22, 2007 * * * * http://www.swa.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/dls07/ * * * ************************************************************************ Important dates: **************** * Submission of papers: June 1, 2007 *hard deadline* * Author notification: June 30, 2007 * Final versions due: July 7, 2007 * DLS 2007: October 22, 2007 * OOPSLA 2007: October 21-25, 2007 Scope: ****** The Dynamic Languages Symposium (DLS) at OOPSLA 2007 in Montreal, Canada, is a forum for discussion of dynamic languages, their implementation and application. While mature dynamic languages including Smalltalk, Lisp, Scheme, Self, and Prolog continue to grow and inspire new converts, a new generation of dynamic scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, PHP, and JavaScript are successful in a wide range of applications. DLS provides a place for researchers and practitioners to come together and share their knowledge, experience, and ideas for future research and development. DLS 2007 invites high quality papers reporting original research, innovative contributions or experience related to dynamic languages, their implementation and application. Accepted Papers will be published in the OOPSLA conference companion and the ACM Digital Library. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: ************************************************* * Innovative language features and implementation techniques * Development and platform support, tools * Interesting applications * Domain-oriented programming * Very late binding, dynamic composition, and runtime adaptation * Reflection and meta-programming * Software evolution * Language symbiosis and multi-paradigm languages * Dynamic optimization * Hardware support * Experience reports and case studies * Educational approaches and perspectives * Object-oriented, aspect-oriented, and context-oriented programming Submissions and proceedings *************************** We invite original contributions that neither have been published previously nor are under review by other refereed events or publications. Research papers should describe work that advances the current state of the art. Experience papers should be of broad interest and should describe insights gained from substantive practical applications. The program committee will evaluate each contributed paper based on its relevance, significance, clarity, and originality. Papers are to be submitted electronically at http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/dls2007/ in PDF format. Submissions must not exceed 12 pages and need to use the ACM format, templates for which can be found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Program chairs: *************** * Pascal Costanza, Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Robert Hirschfeld, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, University of Potsdam, Germany Program committee: ****************** * Gilad Bracha, Cadence Design Systems, USA * Johan Brichau, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium * William Clinger, Northeastern University, USA * William Cook, University of Texas at Austin, USA * Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Stephane Ducasse, Universite de Savoie, France * Brian Foote, Industrial Logic, USA * Robert Hirschfeld, Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam, Germany * Jeremy Hylton, Google, USA * Shriram Krishnamurthi, Brown University, USA * Michele Lanza, University of Lugano, Switzerland * Michael Leuschel, Universitaet Duesseldorf, Germany * Henry Lieberman, MIT Media Laboratory, USA * Martin von Loewis, Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam, Germany * Philippe Mougin, OCTO Technology, France * Oscar Nierstrasz, University of Berne, Switzerland * Kent Pitman, PTC, USA * Ian Piumarta, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA * Nathanael Schaerli, Google, Switzerland * Anton van Straaten, AppSolutions.com, USA * Dave Thomas, Bedarra Research Labs, Canada * Dave Ungar, USA * Allen Wirfs-Brock, Microsoft, USA * Roel Wuyts, IMEC & Unversite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium -- Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc@p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

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[eurolisp] ILC'07 news
by Pascal Costanza 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Here are some news about the International Lisp Conference '07: + The list of accepted papers and speakers together with a conference schedule is now available at http://www.international-lisp- conference.org/2007/schedule An exact time table is not available yet, but we expect the conference to start at 8:30 am and end at 6 pm on the weekdays. + See more information about the accepted papers (authors and abstracts) at http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/speakers + Note that early registration ends in about a week, so hurry to get the discount of 20% on conference fees. See http://www.international- lisp-conference.org/2007/registration for more details on registration. Cheers, Pascal -- Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc@p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

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[eurolisp] Call for Participation: ILC'07
by Pascal Costanza 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Call for Participation | | | | INTERNATIONAL LISP CONFERENCE 2007 | | | | http://www.international-lisp-conference.org | | | | Clare College, Cambridge, England - April 1-4, 2007 | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ In cooperation with ACM SIGPLAN Sponsored by The Association of Lisp Users General Information: The Association of Lisp Users is pleased to announce the 2007 International Lisp Conference will be held in Cambridge, England at Clare College from April 1st to 4th, 2007. This year's program consists of tutorials at beginners' and advanced levels, prominent invited speakers from the Lisp and Scheme communities, an excellent technical session, tours of Central Cambridge, Anglesey Abbey and Ely, and a quintessential English experience: a traditional dinner served in the college's Great Hall. The advance registration deadline is March 11th. The ILC'07 programming contest is also still running until March 3rd. For more details, see http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/contest Schedule: http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/schedule Saturday, March 31st Optional tour of Cambridge http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/tours#city Sunday, April 1st Tutorials and workshops http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/tutorials - Ernst van Waning, Extended Tutorial: Common Lisp in One Day - Pascal Costanza, Context-oriented Programming in Common Lisp - Richard Brooksby, Improve your Lisp using the Memory Pool System - Duane Rettig, Optimizing and Debugging Programs in Allegro CL Monday, April 2nd Invited presentations http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/speakers - Christian Queinnec, Teaching CS to undergraduates at UPMC - Michael Sperber, It's All about Being Right: Lessons from the R6RS Process - Herbert Stoyan, Lisp: Themes and History Presentations of accepted papers Tuesday, April 3rd Invited presentations - Jans Aasman, Scalable Lisp Applications - Ralf Moeller, Building a Commercial OWL Reasoner with Lisp - Manuel Serrano, HOP: An Environment for Developing Web 2.0 Applications Presentations of accepted papers Annual meeting of the Association of Lisp Users Conference banquet Wednesday, April 4th Invited presentations - Richard Jones, Dynamic Memory Management - John Mallery, Lisp/CL-HTTP Presentations of accepted papers Thursday, April 5th Optional tour of Anglesey Abbey and Ely http://www.international-lisp-conference.org/2007/tours#ely Conference Registration: Conference registration is now open. Simply visit http://international-lisp-conference.org/2007/registration The advance registration deadline is March 11th. You can get further discounts as an ACM/SIGPLAN and/or ALU member. Registration includes: access to all events, morning and afternoon teas / coffees, self-service lunch, banquet (Tuesday April 3rd), proceedings and hopefully a conference t-shirt. Accomodation is available in Clare College's "Memorial Court". http://international-lisp-conference.org/2007/venue#accomodation Credit cards and PayPal are accepted, as are cheques (sterling or US dollars) and international bank transfers. Organizing Committee: Co-Chairs: Carl Shapiro (SRI International) Pascal Costanza (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Members: Rusty Johnson (ALU) Peter Lindahl (ALU) Program Chair: JonL White (The Ginger Ice Cream Factory / ALU) Contact: ilc07-program-committee at alu.org Local chair: Nick Levine (Ravenbrook / ALU) General correspondence: ilc07-organizing-committee at alu.org Mailing Lists: General conference announcements are made on a very occasional basis to the low-volume mailing list ilc07-announce. http://www.alu.org/mailman/listinfo/ilc07-announce If you're thinking of participating in ILC 2007, you should either join this list or take an occasional look at the archives. http://www.alu.org/pipermail/ilc07-announce -- Pascal Costanza, mailto:pc@p-cos.net, http://p-cos.net Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Programming Technology Lab Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium

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[eurolisp] ILC 2007 in Cambridge
by Christian Ruediger Bahls 08 Feb '07

08 Feb '07

while finishing the last pages of the second draft of my diploma thesis i thought: well, there are less then 2 month' left till the ILC in Cambridge, so perhaps now would be the time to arrange everything, book a flight, arrange for accomodation, pay the fees ... only there is a little problem: i have absolutely no spare money to spend. yes. i know i should get myself a decent job. i will do that right after i finish my diploma thesis (which is about support vector classification and schould be ready by the end of next week). still that doesn't bring me any closer to visiting the ILC (which isn't held in Europe that often) so i want to make a proposition: I solve your problem in return for you solving mine. .. as an example i would offer to implement: Sequentiell Minimal Optimization for SVM(by Platt) [with the improved Heuristics by Keerthi et.al.], or the Nearest Point Algorithm(proposed by Keerthi) in a language of your choice(Common Lisp, Ocaml, C, C++, ..). perhaps you have a farm and need a hand for two weeks i could drive your tractor and clean the stables[1] or maybe you are a philantrophic and would like to contribute an Interior Point algorithm for Linear or Quadratic Programming to the Common Lisp community (GPL, LLGPL, BSD, ..) .. i would implement that for you. if any of the above matches you, please do not hesitate to contact me. for anybody interested enough: i will set up a page at http://sky.math.uni-rostock.de/christian_wants_to_be_at_the_ILC/ to keep you updated thank you very much for taking the time to read this post yours christian bahls maths student university of rostock rostock, germany [1] it might be that you think this was a joke, while it wasn't -- "Feel free" - 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX ProMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail?ac=OM.GX.GX003K11711T4781a

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