First Workshop on Functional Programming
25 Jornadas Argentinas de Informatica e Investigacion Operativa
September 9 to 12 of 1996. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
http://www-lifia.info.unlp.edu.ar/ingles/jaiio-fp.htm
Functional Programming offers a number of benefits to programmers: fast
prototyping, short development times, code that is small, and easy to
modify, reason about and reuse. Recently there were new and important
advances in the area, in particular in the areas of applications and
development.
In South America, functional programming spread and grew mainly in the
academic environment. Several universities included it as an important
topic in undergraduate courses, and several groups emerged which are
interested in research and development in Functional Programming.
However, this discipline does not have the relevance it deserves, as
different groups grew up in isolation, without the interaction that
can enhance and integrate their experiences.
Goals
To promote spreading Functional Programming in academic and non-academic
environments; it will be considered of great interest the analysis of teaching
experiencies, in particular the use of this paradigm in learning basic
programming concepts.
Also, to promote the interaction of researchers, and the interchange of
knowledge and experiences between groups, aiming at the creation of a forum
to discuss and comunicate ideas, joint-projects and research lines.
Finally, to broadcast the use of Functional Programming in practical
applications and its posibilities as a software development tool.
Activities
Oral presentations and discussions will be divided in three main
subjects:
Education: the emphasis will be the analysis and discussion of
teaching experiences in undergraduate courses and in the use of
Functional Programming as a tool for learning basic programming
concepts.
Research: includes the presentation of original research or
development works, and also surveys or reports on recent results in
the field.
Application: emphasis will be put in descriptions of products
and tools where functional programming techno\-lo\-gy is included.
Call for contributions
There will be accepted contributions of two kinds:
- Original works, evaluated in the conditions and dates
established by the JAIIO Program Comitee, to be published
in the Proceedings.
Write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to obtain these conditions.
- Surveys, technical reports, analysis of teaching or
application experiences, research project proposals, etc.
Contributions of this kind, also in the form of extended
abstracts, will be selected by the workshop evaluation
comitee for oral presentation and possible publication,
electronicaly or by means of SADIO.
Deadline for these is June 1, 1996.
Evaluation Comitee
Delia Kesner, LRI, France
Sylvia Da Rosa, InCo, Universidad de la Rep\'ublica, Uruguay
Rosita Wachenchauzer, UBA, Argentina
Gabriel Baum, LIFIA, UNLP, Argentina
Maribel Fern\'andez Romero, Ecole Normale Paris, France
Ver\'onica Gaspes, University of Chalmers, Sweden
Organizing Comitee
Gabriel Baum, LIFIA, UNLP, Argentina, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rosita Wachenchauzer, UBA, Argentina
Pablo E. Martinez Lopez, LIFIA, UNLP, Argentina, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ricardo Medel, UNRC, Argentina, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Roman Garcia, LIFIA, UNLP, Argentina, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For more information, contact
SADIO, Sociedad Argentina de Informatica
Uruguay 252 2do. D, 1015, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54 (1) 371-5755
Tel/Fax: + 54 (1) 476-3950
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For specific information about the workshop on functional programming, contact
Roman Garcia (LIFIA-UNLP)
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
