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Subject:    [Haskell] CUFP 2013: Call for Presentations
From:       Simon Marlow <marlowsd () gmail ! com>
Date:       2013-03-19 4:09:20
Message-ID: 5147E4F0.6060909 () gmail ! com
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This CFP and the form for submitting presentation proposals can be found =

at:  http://cufp.org/2013cfp

          Commercial Users of Functional Programming 2013
                    Sponsored by SIGPLAN
                         CUFP 2013
                Co-located with ICFP 2013
                Boston, MA, United States
                        Sep 22-24
      Talk Proposal Submission Deadline: 29 June 2013

The annual CUFP workshop is a place where people can see how others are =

using functional programming to solve real world problems; where =

practitioners meet and collaborate; where language designers and users =

can share ideas about the future of their favorite language; and where =

one can learn practical techniques and approaches for putting functional =

programming to work.
Giving a CUFP Talk

If you have experience using functional languages in a practical =

setting, we invite you to submit a proposal to give a talk at the =

workshop. We are looking for both experience reports and in-depth =

technical talks.

Experience reports are typically 25 minutes long (but negotiable), and =

aim to inform participants about how functional programming plays out in =

real-world applications, focusing especially on lessons learned and =

insights gained. Experience reports don't need to be highly technical; =

reflections on the commercial, management, or software engineering =

aspects are, if anything, more important.

Technical talks are also 25 minutes long (also negotiable), and should =

focus on teaching the audience something about a particular technique or =

methodology, from the point of view of someone who has seen it play out =

in practice. These talks could cover anything from techniques for =

building functional concurrent applications, to managing dynamic =

reconfigurations, to design recipes for using types effectively in =

large-scale applications. While these talks will often be based on a =

particular language, they should be accessible to a broad range of =

programmers.

If you are interested in offering a talk, or nominating someone to do =

so, please fill in the form at the end of this page by 29 June 2013.

There will be a short scribes report of the presentations and =

discussions but not of the details of individual talks, as the meeting =

is intended to be more a discussion forum than a technical interchange. =

You do not need to submit a paper, just a proposal for your talk! Note =

that we will need all presenters to register for the CUFP workshop and =

travel to Boston at their own expense.
Program Committee

     Marius Eriksen (Twitter, Inc), co-chair
     Mike Sperber (Active Group), co-chair
     Mary Sheeran (Chalmers)
     Andres L=F6h (Well-Typed)
     Thomas Gazagnaire (OCamlPro)
     Steve Vinoski (Basho)
     Jorge Ortiz (Foursquare, Inc.)
     Blake Matheny (Tumblr, Inc.)
     Simon Marlow (Facebook, Inc.)

More information

For more information on CUFP, including videos of presentations from =

previous years, take a look at the CUFP website at http://cufp.org. Note =

that presenters, like other attendees, will need to register for the =

event. Presentations will be video taped and presenters will be expected =

to sign an ACM copyright release form. Acceptance and rejection letters =

will be sent out by July 16th.

Guidance on giving a great CUFP talk

Focus on the interesting bits: Think about what will distinguish your =

talk, and what will engage the audience, and focus there. There are a =

number of places to look for those interesting bits.

     Setting: FP is pretty well established in some areas, including =

formal verification, financial processing and server-side web-services. =

An unusual setting can be a source of interest. If you're deploying =

FP-based mobile UIs or building servers on oil rigs, then the challenges =

of that scenario are worth focusing on. Did FP help or hinder in =

adapting to the setting?

     Technology: The CUFP audience is hungry to learn about how FP =

techniques work in practice. What design patterns have you applied, and =

to what areas? Did you use functional reactive programming for user =

interfaces, or DSLs for playing chess, or fault-tolerant actors for =

large scale geological data processing? Teach us something about the =

techniques you used, and why we should consider using them ourselves.

     Getting things done: How did you deal with large software =

development in the absence of a myriad of pre-existing support that are =

often expected in larger commercial environments (IDEs, coverage tools, =

debuggers, profilers) and without larger, proven bodies of libraries? =

Did you hit any brick walls that required support from the community?

     Don't just be a cheerleader: It's easy to write a rah-rah talk =

about how well FP worked for you, but CUFP is more interesting when the =

talks also spend time on what doesn't work. Even when the results were =

all great, you should spend more time on the challenges along the way =

than on the parts that went smoothly.

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