14-18 Apr 2019
Birmingham, England
Midlands Graduate School 2019 14-18 April 2019, Birmingham, UK http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/mgs2019/ 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 - Adventures in Property Based Testing, John Hughes Introductory courses - Lambda Calculus, Venanzio Capretta - Category Theory, Thorsten Altenkirch - Univalent Type Theory in Agda, Martín Escardó Advanced courses - Calculating programs, Jennifer Hackett - Type Refinement Systems, Noam Zeilberger - Synthesis of Reactive Systems, Rayna Dimitrova - Monoidal Categories, Higher Categories, Jamie Vicary REGISTRATION: Registration is £220 for student, academic and independent participants, and £420 for industry participants. Accommodation is not included; please see the conference webpage for advice. The registration deadline is ** Sunday, 31 March **. Spaces are limited, so please register early to secure your place. SPONSORSHIP: We offer a range of sponsorship opportunities for industry (bronze, silver, gold and platinum), each with specific benefits. Please see the website for further details. -- [LOGIC] mailing list http://www.dvmlg.de/mailingliste.html Archive: http://www.illc.uva.nl/LogicList/ provided by a collaboration of the DVMLG, the Maths Departments in Bonn and Hamburg, and the ILLC at the Universiteit van Amsterdam