Hi,<br><br>and about the registrations for this workshop? When starts?<br><br>Cheers. Christian.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Francesco Cesarini (Erlang Training and Consulting) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:francesco@erlang-consulting.com">francesco@erlang-consulting.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Commercial Users of Functional Programming Workshop (CUFP) 2009<br>
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Functional Programming As a Means, Not an End<br>
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Call for Presentations<br>
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Sponsored by SIGPLAN<br>
Co-located with ICFP 2008<br>
Edinburgh,Scotland, 4 September 2009<br>
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Presentation proposals due 15 May 2009<br>
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<a href="http://cufp.galois.com/2009/call.html" target="_blank">http://cufp.galois.com/2009/call.html</a> <<a href="http://cufp.functionalprogramming.com" target="_blank">http://cufp.functionalprogramming.com</a>><br>
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Functional languages have been under academic development for over 25<br>
years, and remain fertile ground for programming language research.<br>
Recently, however, developers in industrial, governmental, and open<br>
source projects have begun to use functional programming successfully<br>
in practical applications. In these settings, functional programming<br>
has often provided dramatic leverage, including whole new ways of<br>
thinking about the original problem.<br>
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The goal of the CUFP workshop is to act as a voice for these users of<br>
functional programming. The workshop supports the increasing viability<br>
of functional programming in the commercial, governmental, and<br>
open-source space by providing a forum for professionals to share<br>
their experiences and ideas, whether those ideas are related to<br>
business, management, or engineering. The workshop is also designed to<br>
enable the formation and reinforcement of relationships that further<br>
the commercial use of functional programming. Providing user feedback<br>
to language designers and implementors is not a primary goal of the<br>
workshop, though it will be welcome if it occurs.<br>
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Speaking at CUFP<br>
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If you use functional programming as a means, rather than as an end,<br>
we invite you to offer to give a talk at the workshop. Alternatively,<br>
if you know someone who would give a good talk, please nominate them!<br>
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Talks are typically 30-45 minutes long, but can be shorter. They aim<br>
to inform participants about how functional programming played out in<br>
real-world applications, focusing especially on the re-usable lessons<br>
learned, or insights gained. Your talk does not need to be highly<br>
technical; for this audience, reflections on the commercial,<br>
management, or software engineering aspects are, if anything, more<br>
important. You do not need to submit a paper!<br>
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If you are interested in offering a talk, or nominating someone to do<br>
so, send an e-mail to jim (dot) d (dot) grundy (at) intel (dot) com or<br>
francesco(at) erlang-consulting (dot) com by 2 June 2008 with a short<br>
description of what you'd like to talk about or what you think your<br>
nominee should give a talk about. Such descriptions should be about<br>
one page long.<br>
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Program Plans<br>
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CUFP 2008 will last a full day and feature an invited presentation<br>
from Bryan O'Sullivan, co-author of Real World Haskell. The program will<br>
also include a mix of presentations and discussion sessions. Topics<br>
will range over a wide area, including:<br>
* Case studies of successful and unsuccessful uses of functional<br>
programming;<br>
* Business opportunities and risks from using functional languages;<br>
* Enablers for functional language use in a commercial setting;<br>
* Barriers to the adoption of functional languages, and<br>
* Mitigation strategies for overcoming limitations of functional programming.<br>
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There will be no published proceedings, as the meeting is intended to<br>
be more a discussion forum than a technical interchange.<br>
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This will be the sixth CUFP, for more information - including reports<br>
from attendees of previous events - see the workshop web site:<br>
<a href="http://cufp.galois.com/" target="_blank">http://cufp.galois.com/</a> <<a href="http://cufp.functionalprogramming.com" target="_blank">http://cufp.functionalprogramming.com</a>><br>
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If you have any questions, let me know.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Francesco & Jim<br>
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