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 ========================================================== *** 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. ========================================================== This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored where permitted by law.