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[Registration extended! Please register today. ] Call for Participation: Summer School on Language-Based Techniques for Integrating with the External World July 18-26, 2007 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon Registration Deadline: March 31 (NOW EXTENDED: April 30), 2007 Registration requests received after April 30 will be evaluated on a space-available basis http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/activities/summerschool/summer07/ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Program ------- This Summer School will cover current research in language-based techniques for integrating with the external world, ranging from foundational materials on principles, logic and type systems, advanced techniques, and applications of these ideas in practice. Material will be presented at a tutorial level that will help graduate students and researchers from academia or industry understand the critical issues and open problems confronting the field. The course is open to anyone interested. Prerequisites are an elementary knowledge of logic and mathematics that is usually covered in undergraduate classes on discrete mathematics. Some knowledge of programming languages at the level provided by an undergraduate survey course will also be expected. Our primary target group is PhD students. We also expect attendance by faculty members who would like to conduct research on this topic or introduce new courses at their universities. The program consists of more than thirty, 80 minute lectures presented by internationally recognized leaders in programming languages and security research. Topics include: Fault Tolerant Computing - David August, Princeton, with Frances Perry and George Reis Scalable Defect Detection - Manuvir Das, Microsoft Corporation, with Zhe Yang and Daniel Wang Typing Ad-hoc Data - Kathleen Fisher, AT&T Research Understanding Multilingual Software - Jeff Foster, University of Maryland Types for Safe C-Level Programming - Dan Grossman, University of Washington Statistical Debugging - Ben Liblit, University of Wisconsin-Madison XML and Web Application Programming - Anders Moller, University of Aarhus Programming Models for Distributed Computing - Yannis Smaragdakis, University of Oregon Web and Database Application Security - Zhendong Su, University of California, Davis Staged Programming - Walid Taha, Rice University Venue ----- The summer school will be held at the University of Oregon, located in the southern Willamette Valley city of Eugene, close to some of the world's most spectacular beaches, mountains, lakes and forests. On Sunday, July 22, students will have the option of participating in a group activity in Oregon's countryside. Registration ------------ The cost for registration is $300.00 (USD) for graduate students, and $450.00 (USD) for other participants. Registration must be paid upon acceptance to the summer school, and is non-refundable. There are a limited number of grants available to fund part of the cost of student participation. If you are a graduate student and want to apply for grant money to cover your expenses, please also include a statement of your needs with your registration. Additional information about the program, registration, venue, and housing options is available on the web site. Or, you may request more information by email. To register for the Summer School, send a CV that includes a short description of your educational background and one letter of reference, unless you have already been granted a Ph.D. Please include your name, address and current academic status. Send all registration materials to [EMAIL PROTECTED] All registration materials should be delivered to the program by March 31, 2007. Materials received after the closing date will be evaluated on a space available basis. Non U.S. citizens should begin immediately to obtain travel documents. Housing ------- The school will provide on-campus housing and meals. To share a room with another student attending the school, the cost is $490.00 (USD) per person. Housing rates are based on check-in Tuesday, July 17 and check-out before noon on Friday, July 27. Some single rooms may be available for an additional fee of $130.00 (USD). If you'd like a single room, please indicate your choice and we will try to accommodate you on a first-come/first-served basis. Organizers ---------- Organizing committee: Jeff Foster, Dan Grossman, and Zena Ariola