====== 6th SaC Developers' Conference (DevCon-6) ======

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===== Programme =====

The programme of this year's SaC Developers' Conference can be found below. Please note that coffee breaks and time for discussions are implicit. Therefore, please allow at least 1/4 of your scheduled time for discussion.


^ Time           ^ Name              ^ Title                                                                                     |   |
| 4/6/2007       |                   |                                                                                           |   |
|                |                   |                                                                                           |   |
| 13:00 - 14:30  | Kai Trojahner     | The Untyped Array Calculus --- Its Syntax and Semantics                                   |   |
| 14:30 - 16:00  | Kai Trojahner     | The Typed Array Calculus                                                                  |   |
| 16:00 - 17:00  | Clemens Grelck    | What's the Problem with Multi-Threading?                                                  |   |
| 17:00 - 18:00  | Sven-Bodo Scholz  | Side-Effects in With-Loops -- the Unleashing and the Taming of the Non-Determinism Beast  |   |
| 5/6/2007       |                   |                                                                                           |   |
|                |                   |                                                                                           |   |
| 9:00 - 10:30   | Sven-Bodo Scholz  | How Lazy Should Efficient Array Programming Be?                                           |   |
| 10:30 - 12:00  | Clemens Grelck    | A Lazy Array Semantics for SAC and some Notes on Implementation                           |   |
| 12:00 - 13:00  | Frank Penczek     | A Multi-Threaded Runtime System for S-Net                                                 |   |
|                |                   | Lunch                                                                                     |   |
| 14:00 - 16:00  | Florian Büther    | Idea, Use and Implementation of Symbolic Array Attributes in sac2c                        |   |
| 16:00 - 18:00  | Stephan Herhut    | Record Types -- Typed Records                                                             |   |
| 6/6/2007       |                   |                                                                                           |   |
|                |                   |                                                                                           |   |
| 9:00 - 9:30    | Sven-Bodo Scholz  | Cutting the Crap: a Proposal for Re-Designing the Primitive Operations                    |   |
| 9:30 - 10:00   | Stephan Herhut    | SAC4C: On Binding C and SAC                                                               |   |
| 10:00 - 11:00  | Robert Bernecky   | Whither SAC or Wither SAC?                                                                |   |
| 11:00 - 11:30  | Kai Trojahner     | Image Registration Using SAC                                                              |   |
| 11:30 - 12:30  | Walter Fil        | »Niche Array Languages« and Their Success and Failure in Business Today                   |   |
| 12:30 - 13:00  |                   | Farewell                                                                                  |   |

===== List of Participants =====

| Robert Bernecky          | University of Toronto                    | Canada          |
| Florian Büther           | University of Lübeck                     | Germany         |
| Walter Fil               | Future Perfect Ltd.                      | Switzerland     |
| Torben Gerhards          | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel  | Germany         |
| Clemens Grelck           | University of Hertfordshire              | United Kingdom  |
| Stephan Herhut           | University of Hertfordshire              | United Kingdom  |
| Frank Penczek            | University of Lübeck                     | Germany         |
| Robert Piper             | University of Hertfordshire              | United Kingdom  |
| Sven-Bodo Scholz         | University of Hertfordshire              | United Kingdom  |
| Alex Shafarenko          | University of Hertfordshire              | United Kingdom  |
| Kai Trojahner            | University of Lübeck                     | Germany         |
| Carlos Huertas Villegas  | University of Baja California            | Mexico          |

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===== Registration =====

Please note that the SaC Developers' Conference is an invitation-only workshop. If you have not been invited but wish to participate, please do contact this year's workshop chair Stephan Herhut.
Accommodation

Conference Hertfordshire offers Bed & Breakfast, conveniently located on the //de Havilland// campus. From there, the workshop location can be reached in 5 minutes using a frequent and free shuttle-bus service. The University B'n'B is now fully booked.

Travelodge Hatfield Central offers budget en-suite rooms starting at 39£ a night. It is located close to //de Havilland// Campus.

Premier Travel Inn Hatfield offers rooms starting at 49£. Being a bit further towards the town centre, it is still only a short travel from the workshop location.

===== Directions =====

All meetings take place in room D102, College Lane Campus. For further directions, see the campus map and the general travel directions for the University of Hertfordshire.