The Working Group consists of around 40 members, who meet every 10 months or so to discuss every aspect of functional programming. Our interests span Haskell, ML, Scheme, you name it, and range from type theory to garbage collection. Our meetings are informal and fun, without a fixed program or proceedings: an opportunity to discuss work in progress, and to start new collaborations.
Format
The meeting programme is decided dynamically, and slots are flexible to
allow discussions to run their course. Come prepared to speak for 20-30
minutes on your latest research. A punchy 30 minute talk that sparks a
30 minute discussion is appreciated much more than a one hour monologue.
We also welcome 5-minute talks, with a strict two slide limit: an excellent
way to introduce a problem.
Location
The next meeting will be held in Crans-Montana at the Grand-Hotel du Golf.
Crans Montana is one of Switzerland's big, world-famous ski resorts, occupying what is claimed to be the sunniest plateau in the Alps, facing south over the Rhône valley with a spectacular panorama of the Matterhorn and other peaks yawning beyond. There are 160 km of skiing slopes, which range in altitute from 1500m to 3000m. There are also many other activities, such as curling, ice-scating or cross-country skiing (tracks pass by the hotel).
Dates
The meeting begins with a reception on the evening of Sunday, January 26th,
and ends after lunch on Friday, the 31st.
Functional Programming
IFIP WG2.8
Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 2003
January 26, 2003 - January 31, 2003
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Talks If you would like to make a presentation please send an abstract to wg2.8@lampsun1.epfl.ch. We will select and schedule talks at a later stage. |
Registration
Please register before November 18, 2002.
The registration fee is CHF 500. Registration includes
lunch, coffee breaks and drinks each day as well as a banquet.
The hotel
will charge per night CHF 175 for a single room, or CHF 275 for a double room.
To register, please send an e-mail to
wg2.8@lampsun1.epfl.ch
and give your name, institution, and contact information. Please also provide
information about your arrival and departure date as well as the required
hotel room. Please do not contact the hotel directly as we will book
all required rooms together.
You can pay by bank transfer to the following account:
IFIP WG 2.8
You may also pay using a credit card directly in Crans-Montana when you
arrive.
Account No: 0243-386656.01L
Bank: UBS Lausanne, Switzerland
SWIFT Code: UBSWCHZH 10 A
IBAN Code: CH69 0024 3243 3866 5601L
Grand-Hotel du Golf
We will be meeting at the Grand-Hotel
du Golf in Crans-Montana,
located in the Valaisan Alps in
Switzerland. The hotel offers a heated indoor
pool and a fitness center with a sauna, solarium, etc. Furthermore, a mini-bus
service connects the hotel with the skiing areas.
Getting there
The closests airports to Crans-Montana are Geneva,
Milan, and
Zürich.
From all three airports you can take a train to Sierre (which also has the
name Siders), and then a bus
will drive you up to Montana. Train ride times are approximately 1h45
from Geneva, 2h45 from Milan and 3h45 from Zürich. For schedules see
the webpage of the Swiss Federal Railways.
In Sierre you can take a shuttle bus to the hotel; the stop is called
Scandia.
Activities
Similar to the
WG2.8
meeting in Are, we will have the sessions during
the mornings and evenings. The afternoons will be available for
outdoor activities and informal discussions.
