<div dir="ltr"><p>Call for papers: Festschrift for Prof. Alan Mycroft</p>
<p><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dorchard.github.io/mycroftfest__;!!IBzWLUs!REipEjJ3LNuuE9c-CFVisCEFAYn913hGYBzibjUNIyL2bdTSkmN-BzHflmrnF70RVhsTyF2p6hn_zFPeJSiqA_nsT8Hiec3lloE$">https://dorchard.github.io/mycroftfest</a><br>
Submission deadline: 7th March 2024<br>
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<p>We solicit contributions to a festschrift celebrating the career and works of
Professor Alan Mycroft on the occasion of his retirement from the
University of Cambridge. The festschrift will be published as an issue of the Springer LNCS series.<br>
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<p>Alan is well-known for his many
pioneering contributions to programming language theory and
applications, both design and implementation, ranging from abstract
interpretation and static analysis; to compilation, optimization
techniques, and type systems; to parallel, concurrent
and dataflow programming, but also for his work as a co-founder of the
Raspberry Pi Foundation and as the co-creator of the Norcroft C
compiler. To those who have worked with Alan, he is renowned
for his unstoppable enthusiasm about any challenging problem related to
programming and computers, making him an inspiring teacher, mentor, and
collaborator.</p>
<p>To celebrate Alan's retirement, we solicit original contributions in all
areas of programming language research, including clever hacker tricks,
beautiful mathematical theories, practically useful programming
techniques, novel language design ideas, and visions for the future of
education and programming technology. Just as Alan does not fit any
pre-existing well-defined box, we invite contributions outside the
established boxes that cover a wide range of areas and use a wide range
of styles. The criteria are academic interest, novelty, scientific quality, and a
connection to Alan's own work. <br>
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<p>The festschrift follows a symposium held at the University of
Cambridge in December 2023 where a number of talks were contributed by
Alan's collaborators, colleagues, and former students. This call for
papers is an open call; you do not need to have had a talk at the
symposium or a paper in the informal proceedings of the symposium.
Please share with anyone you think would be interested or who has had a
connection with Alan and/or his work in the past.<br>
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<p>Any questions, please contact the festschrift editors Dominic Orchard
<<a href="mailto:d.a.orchard@kent.ac.uk">d.a.orchard@kent.ac.uk</a>>, Tomas Petricek
<<a href="mailto:tomas@tomasp.net">tomas@tomasp.net</a>>, Jeremy Singer
<<a href="mailto:jeremy.singer@glasgow.ac.uk">jeremy.singer@glasgow.ac.uk</a>>.<br>
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<p>Submission details: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dorchard.github.io/mycroftfest__;!!IBzWLUs!REipEjJ3LNuuE9c-CFVisCEFAYn913hGYBzibjUNIyL2bdTSkmN-BzHflmrnF70RVhsTyF2p6hn_zFPeJSiqA_nsT8Hiec3lloE$">https://dorchard.github.io/mycroftfest</a><br>
Deadline: 7th March 2024 (AoE)<br>
Notification: 28th June 2024 (approximately)</p></div>