2003 Scheme Workshop - Call for Participation

[ No doubt, I will be going to this. -d ]

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Subject: 2003 Scheme Workshop - Call for Participation
Date: 13 Oct 2003 12:55:03 -0700
From: mflatt-sDh8Nw2yj/[email protected] (Matthew Flatt)


                        2003 Scheme Workshop
                         Friday, November 7
                       Northeastern University
                        Boston, Massachusetts

                   http://scheme2003.flux.utah.edu/

        >>> Registration is now open at the above web address <<<


 * Registration is free.

 * Accepted papers are listed below and on the web site.

 * In addition to paper presentations, the workshop will include
   invited demos of Scheme-based systems (to be announced).

 * A substantial portion of the workshop will be devoted to discussion
   on the future of Scheme (i.e., standardization).

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 Purpose
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The purpose of the 2003 Scheme Workshop is to discuss experience with
and future developments of the Scheme programming language ---
including the future of Scheme standardization --- as well as general
aspects of computer science loosely centered on the general theme of
Scheme.

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 Accepted papers, in no particular order
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 PLoT Scheme
   Alexander Friedman and Jamie Raymond

 PICBIT: A Scheme System for the PIC Microcontroller
   Marc Feeley and Danny Dube

 From Python to PLT Scheme
   Philippe Meunier, Daniel Silva

 Dot-Scheme: A PLT Scheme FFI for the .NET framework
   Pedro Pinto

 How to Add Threads to a Sequential Language Without Getting Tangled Up
   Martin Gasbichler, Eric Knauel, Michael Sperber, and Richard Kelsey

 Unwind-protect in portable Scheme
   Dorai Sitaram

 Well-Shaped Macros
   Ryan Culpepper, and Matthias Felleisen

 Porting Scheme Programs
   Dorai Sitaram

 Enabling Complex UI In Web Applications With send/suspend/dispatch
   Peter Walton Hopkins

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 Invited Demos
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To be announced

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 Scheme Standardization
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Agenda to appear

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 Organizers
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Program committee:

    Robert Bruce Findler (University of Chicago)
    Matthew Flatt (University of Utah)
    Erick Gallesio (University of Nice)
    Tim Hickey (Brandeis University)
    Mario Latendresse (FNMOC)
    Jeffrey Mark Siskind (Purdue University)
    Mitchell Wand (Northeastern University)

Steering committee:

    William D. Clinger (Northeastern University)
    Marc Feeley (University of Montreal)
    Matthias Felleisen (Northeastern University)
    Dan Friedman (Indiana University)
    Christian Queinnec (University Paris 6)
    Manuel Serrano (INRIA)
    Olin Shivers (Georgia Institute of Technology)
    Mitchell Wand (Northeastern University)