[TYPES/announce] Midlands Graduate School - registration now open!

[Graham Hutton]

Dear all,

Midlands Graduate School (MGS) registration is now open!  Eight
courses on dependently typed programming, category theory, lambda
calculus, denotational semantics, and more.  9-13 April 2018,
Nottingham, UK.  Spaces are limited, so early registration is
recommended.  Please share!  http://tinyurl.com/MGS18NOTT

Best wishes,

Graham Hutton and Henrik Nilsson

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*** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ***

Midlands Graduate School 2018

9-13 April 2018, Nottingham, UK

http://tinyurl.com/MGS18NOTT

BACKGROUND:

The Midlands Graduate School (MGS) in the Foundations of
Computing Science provides an intensive course of lectures
on the mathematical foundations of computing. The MGS has
been running since 1999, and is aimed at PhD students in
their first or second year of study, but the school is open
to everyone, and has increasingly seen participation from
industry. We welcome participants from all over the world!

COURSES:

Eight courses will be given. Participants usually take all
the introductory courses and choose additional options from
the advanced courses depending on their interests.

Invited course

- Type-Driven Development with Idris, Edwin Brady

Introductory courses

- Lambda Calculus, Venanzio Capretta
- Category Theory, Roy Crole
- Domain Theory and Denotational Semantics, Achim Jung

Advanced courses

- Univalent Foundations, Benedikt Ahrens
- Coalgebra, Alexander Kurz
- Separation Logic, Georg Struth
- Machine Learning, Michel Valstar

REGISTRATION:

Registration is £550 for student, academic and independent
participants, and £850 for industry participants.  The fee
includes 5 nights single en-suite accommodation (Sun-Thu),
lunch and coffee breaks, and the conference dinner.

The registration deadline is Friday 16th March.  Spaces are
limited, so please register early to secure your place.

SPONSORSHIP:

We offer a range of sponsorship opportunities for industry
(bronze, silver and gold), each with specific benefits.
Please see the website for further details.

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