The Haskell Symposium

The Haskell Symposium is an annual symposium organized in affiliation with the International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP). The symposium is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) under the aegis of the ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN).

Scope

The purpose of the Haskell Symposium is to discuss experience with Haskell, and future developments for the language. The scope of the symposium includes all aspects of the design, semantics, theory, application, implementation, and teaching of Haskell.

Upcoming Haskell Symposium

The Haskell Symposium 2008 will take place on Thursday, September 25^th, and is co-located with ICFP 2008 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Past Haskell Workshops

Before 2008, the Haskell Symposium was known as the Haskell Workshop. The name change reflects the steady increase of influence of the Haskell Workshop on the wider community, as well as an increasing numbers of high quality submissions making the acceptance process highly competitive.

Steering Committee

Responsibilities

The main purpose of the Haskell Symposium Steering Committee is to provide continuity of the symposium and to offer help and advice to the current organizer(s) of the symposium.

• To provide continuity of the Haskell Symposium, serve the Haskell community, and maintain the functional vision and vigour of the symposium.
• To officially represent the Haskell Symposium with the sponsoring organization, ACM SIGPLAN, and consult with the SIGPLAN chair on matters of policy and planning.
• To appoint the Haskell Symposium Program Chair each year in consultation with the SIGPLAN Chair, and approve the Program Chair's choice of Program Committee.
• To provide help and guidance to the Haskell Symposium Program Chair in the overall technical organization of the symposium, as well with budget preparation and the cooperation with affiliated conferences and workshops.

Membership

1. The Haskell Symposium Steering Committee comprises the three previous Program Chairs, the current Haskell Symposium Chair, and three appointed Members-At-Large.
2. Each year, around the date of the Haskell Symposium, the Steering Committee, in consultation with the SIGPLAN Chair, appoints the Program Chair for the next Haskell Symposium. The steering committee additionally appoints a new Member-At-Large to succeed the currently longest serving Member-At-Large. The new Haskell Symposium Program Chair and the newly appointed Member-At-Large then join the Steering Committee, while the longest serving former Program Chair and Member-At-Large step down.
3. The chair of the Steering Committee is the longest serving former Program Chair.
4. Should there be vacancies within the Steering Committee, e.g. due to a member stepping down early, the Steering Committee appoints members to fill the vacancies and, if necessary, decides on the succession ordering.

Present Members

• Daan Leijen, Microsoft Research (Steering Committee Chair, HW Chair 2005, end of term 2008)
• Andres Löh, University of Bonn (HW Chair 2006, end of term 2009)
• Gabrielle Keller, University of New South Wales (HW Chair 2007, end of term 2010)
• Andy Gill, Galois, Inc. / University of Kansas (HW Chair 2008, end of term 2011)
• Manuel Chakravarty, University of New South Wales (Member-At-Large, end of term 2008)
• Doaitse Swierstra, Utrecht University (Member-At-Large, end of term 2009)
• Colin Runciman, University of York (Member-At-Large, end of term 2010)

Program Committee

The Program Committee is responsible for the technical content of the Haskell Symposium. The Haskell Symposium Program Chair, with the approval of the Steering Committee, appoints the Program Committee and leads its work.

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