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for organizers:<BR>The Advanced Functional Programming School,
2010.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">We
solicit plans for organizing the next Advanced Functional Programming School.
Since 1995 there have been six Schools on Advanced Functional Programming:
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
color=#0000ff>2008, LNCS 5832, Nijmegen, The
Netherlands</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="COLOR: windowtext"><A href=""><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
color=#0000ff>2004, LNCS 3622, Tartu, Estonia</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="COLOR: windowtext"><A href=""><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
color=#0000ff>2002, LNCS 2638, Oxford, UK</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="COLOR: windowtext"><A href=""><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
color=#0000ff>1998, LNCS 1608, Braga, Portugal</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1996,
LNCS 1129, Olympia, WA, USA <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1995,
LNCS 925, Baastad, Sweden <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: #306090; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
goals of this series of schools are<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Bring
computer scientists, in particular young researchers and programmers, up to
date with the latest AFP techniques. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Use
AFP techniques in "programming in the real world". <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Bridge
the gap between results presented at programming conferences and material from
introductory textbooks on functional programming. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: #306090; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
approach we take to achieve these goals in the schools
is<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In
depth lectures about AFP techniques, taught by experts in the field.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Lectures
are accompanied by practical problems to be solved by the students at the
school. The problems guide the students' learning to a great extent. This
implies that there has to be a lab at the school site. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Group
work is stimulated, especially because the practical problems will typically
be too large for a single person. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By
functional programming we mean programming in a style that emphasizes the
evaluation of expressions rather than the execution of
commands.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
lecture notes of the Advanced Functional Programming schools are published after
the school. The organizers are responsible for publishing the lecture notes.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Please
submit a proposal for organizing the next advanced functional programming
school.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: #306090; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Your
proposal should include<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">the
name of the organizers (preferably more than one) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a
programme: lecturers (a mix of young and bright, and old and wise lecturers is
preferred) and topics (keep in mind that lectures have to be about
"programming in the real world". Applications of functional programming are
very important for the school) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">the
approximate dates (preferably somewhere in 2010) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a
location <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a
budget, including an estimation of the registration and hotel costs per
participant.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
programme, dates, location and budget don't have to be completely fixed when you
submit your proposal, but there should be sufficient information to review your
proposal. Your proposal will be reviewed by the steering committee of the
Advanced Functional Programming Schools, consisting of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"><SPAN
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Peter
Achten (AFP6) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pedro
Henriques (AFP3) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Johan
Jeuring (AFP4, AFP5) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Simon
Peyton Jones (AFP4) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pieter
Koopman (AFP6) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Erik
Meijer (AFP2) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Rinus
Plasmeijer (Chairman, AFP6) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Tim
Sheard (AFP2) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Doaitse
Swierstra (AFP3, AFP6) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Tarmo
Uustalu (AFP5) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Varmo
Vene (AFP5) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></LI></UL>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><BR>Submit
your proposal to </SPAN><A href=""><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
color=#0000ff>rinus@cs.ru.nl</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
before <SPAN style="COLOR: #ff2222">December 15, 2009</SPAN>.<BR>Notification
January 9, 2010.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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