[TYPES/announce] Call for papers: Special issue of JFP on PL for Big Data

[James Cheney]

       A Special Issue of the Journal of Functional Programming
                                  on
                  Programming Languages for Big Data
                     http://j.mp/PL-for-Big-Data

                           CALL FOR PAPERS

Ideas from programming languages play an important role in a range of
advanced applications of databases, in database system implementation,
distributed programming (MapReduce), streaming computation, and
high-performance (GPU/multicore) computation. This creative research
area is broadening into a subfield of data-centric computation.
Although the interaction of databases and programming has a long
history (the 15th biennial Database Programming Languages symposium
was held in 2015), there has been a recent renewal of and broadening
of interest in programming language techniques for dealing with data
from several quarters in the last few years, including workshops at
Microsoft Research (RADICAL 2010), ICFP (XLDI 2012), POPL (DDFP 2013,
DCM 2014) and a Dagstuhl Seminar on Programming Languages for Big Data
(December 2014).  To recognise and encourage the publication of mature
research contributions in this area, a special issue of the Journal of
Functional Programming (JFP) will be devoted to the same theme.

Full-length, archival-quality submissions are solicited on topics
including both theoretical and practical contributions to
functionally-inspired or declarative techniques for databases, data
analysis, or high-performance computation. Examples include, but are
not limited to:

  Data-Centric Programming Abstractions
    and Optimisations (Comprehensions, Monads);
  Emerging and Nontraditional Data Models;
  Language-Integrated Query Mechanisms;
  Language Support for Concurrency, Parallelism
    or Heterogeneous Computation;
  Probabilistic Programming and Machine Learning;
  Semantics and Verification of Data-Centric Systems;
  Type Systems for Data-Centric Programming;
  Language-Inspired Database System Implementation Techniques;
  Functionally-Inspired Translation
    Techniques (Continuations, Fusion)

Reports on applications of these techniques to real-world problems are
especially encouraged, as are submissions that relate ideas and
concepts from several of these topics, or bridge the gap between
theory and practice.

Contributors to recent events mentioned above are encouraged to
submit, but submission is open to everyone.  Papers will be reviewed
as regular JFP submissions, and acceptance in the special issue will
be based on both JFP's quality standards and relevance to the theme.
The special issue also welcomes high-quality survey and position
papers that would benefit a wide audience.

Authors are encouraged to indicate interest in submitting by April 1,
2016, to aid in identifying suitable reviewers.  The submission
deadline is May 1, 2016. The suggested submission length is 25-35
pages, excluding bibliography and appendices.  Shorter submissions are
encouraged; prospective authors of longer submissions should discuss
their plans with the special issue editors in advance.

Submissions that are based on previously-published conference or
workshop papers must clearly describe the relationship with the
initial publication, and must differ sufficiently that the author can
assign copyright to Cambridge University Press.  Prospective authors
are welcome to discuss such submissions with the editors to ensure
compliance with this policy.


Submissions should be sent through the JFP Manuscript Central system:

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cup/jfp_submit

For other submission details, please consult an issue of the Journal of
Functional Programming or see the Journal's web page at

http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_JFP

To contact the editors with questions about this special issue, please
use the following mail alias:

pl-for-big-data-jfp-special-issue at googlegroups.com

Guest Editors:

James Cheney
University of Edinburgh
School of Informatics
Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science
10 Crichton Street
Edinburgh EH8 9AB
Scotland

Torsten Grust
University of Tübingen
Department of Computer Science
Lehrstuhl für Datenbanksysteme
Sand 13
72076 Tübingen
Germany

Editor in Chief:

Jeremy Gibbons
University of Oxford
Department of Computer Science
Wolfson Building
Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3QD
United Kingdom



Schedule:

Apr 1 2016: expressions of interest
May 1 2016: submission deadline
Oct 1 2016: first round of reviews
Dec 1 2016: revision deadline
Feb 1 2017: second round of reviews
May 1 2017: final accepted versions due
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