Dear Colleagues,
Please note that the registration for the Midlands Graduate School is
now open. You can access the registration site either from the MGS
2025 site (https://tinyurl.com/MGS-2025), or directly from here:
https://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/faculty-of-engineering/...
Best wishes,
Andrei
On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM Andrei Popescu
Dear Colleagues,
This year's Midlands Graduate School in the Foundations of Computing Science will take place at the University of Sheffield. We have some great lecturers and topics. (Below you can also find information about fees. The registration site will open soon.)
Best wishes, Andrei
Midlands Graduate School 2025
7-11 April 2025, Sheffield, UK
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
- Four Lectures on Proof-Theoretic Semantics, David Pym
Introductory courses
- Category Theory, Thorsten Altenkirch - The Curry-Howard Correspondence, Anupam Das - Quantum Computing, Venanzio Capretta
Advanced courses
- Coalgebra, Paul Blain Levy - Linear Logic, Abhishek De and Charles Grellois - Modular Proofs in Isabelle/HOL, Chelsea Edmonds - Refinement Types in Haskell, Brandon Hewer
FEES AND REGISTRATION
The fees for MGS 25, which also cover catering (including coffee, pastries and lunch) during the day and optionally the conference dinner, are as follows.
- Academic participant: £300, plus an optional £30 dinner ticket for Wednesday evening. - Industry participant: £500, plus an optional £30 dinner ticket for Wednesday evening.
Registration will be open shortly.
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.