Call for Papers CLaPF'99 3rd Latin-American Conference on Functional Programming http://www.di.ufpe.br/~clapf99 March 7-9, 1999 Recife, Brazil (jointly with the Working Meeting of IFIP Working Group 2.8) The 3rd Latin-American Conference on Functional Programming will be held in Recife, Brazil, from March 7th to 9th 1999. Previous events were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 14th, 1996 and La Plata, Argentina from October 3rd to 4th 1997. The 3rd Latin-American Conference on Functional Programming will also make up the first two days of the Working Meeting of IFIP Working Group 2.8, which will continue until the 12th March. Some authors may be invited to join the rest of IFIP Working Group meeting. Contributions in all areas related to functional programming are invited. Topics include (not exclusive): lambda calculi, type theory, education, language design and implementation, semantics and program transformation. As on previous occasions, strong emphasis will be placed on real world applications of functional programming. Submission: Original full papers or extended abstracts that have not been published or submitted elsewhere. Submissions exceeding 12 pages of Springer Verlag LNCS page format run the risk of being rejected regardless of their merit. Papers may be submitted in English, Portuguese or Spanish. Only papers in English will appear in the printed version of the proceedings and will be presented orally at the conference. Papers in Portuguese or Spanish will appear in the electronically published version of the proceedings and will be presented as posters. All papers will be refereed by the programme committee, and will be judged based on their significance, technical merit, and relevance to the conference. Important dates Deadline for submissions: October, 1st 1998 Notification of acceptance: November, 1st 1998 Camera ready copy due: December, 1st 1998 Programme Committee: Gabriel Baum Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina Roberto Bigonha Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Brasil Gustavo Betarte Universidad de la Republica; Uruguay Javier Blanco Universidad de Cordoba; Argentina Sylvia da Rosa Universidad de la Republica; Uruguay John Hughes University of Goteborg; Sweden Robert Harper Carnegie Mellon University; USA Fritz Henglein DIKU; Denmark Alberto Pardo Universidad de la Republica; Uruguay Alejandro Rios Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires; Argentina John Launchbury Oregon Graduate Institute; USA F. Mario Martins Universidade do Minho em Braga; Portugal Pablo Martmnez Lspez Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina Greg Morrisett Cornell University; USA Hermano Moura Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brazil Rishiyur Nikhil Compaq Cambridge Research Laboratory; USA Andri Santos Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brazil. Sirgio Schneider Universidade Federal de Uberlbndia; Brazil Alvaro Tasistro Universidad de la Republica; Uruguay Simon Thompson The University of Kent at Canterbury; England Rosita Wachenchauzer Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires; Argentina Philip Wadler Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies; USA Local Arrangements: Hermes A.L. Camelo Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil) Ricardo M. Lima Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil) Carlos Alexandre Melo Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil) F. Vieira de Souza Universidade Federal do Piaui (Brazil) Additional information can be obtained from CLAPF'99 web page (http://www.di.ufpe.br/~clapf99) or directly from the Programme Chairman: Prof. Rafael Lins E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Departamento de Informatica Tel/FAX: +55-81-4536633 Univ.Federal de Pernambuco +55-81-2718430 50.740-540 - Recife - PE BRAZIL