Tag Archives: programming

Hendrix teams at ACM ICPC

Posted on November 4, 2018 by

Today I took five students from Hendrix to Fort Smith to compete in the Mid-Central USA Regional of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). Both teams solved five out of ten problems, and finished second and fourth out of … Continue reading →

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Call for submissions: FARM 2018

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

I’m the general chair this year for the ACM SIGPLAN International Workshop on Functional Art, Music, Modelling and Design (better known as FARM), which will be colocated with ICFP this September in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The goal of the workshop … Continue reading →

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My new programming languages course

Posted on January 13, 2017 by

tl;dr: my new PL course is now finished, and all the course materials are freely available. Working through all the exercises should be a great option for anyone wishing to learn some basics of programming language design and implementation. Last … Continue reading →

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Towards a new programming languages course: ideas welcome!

Posted on May 23, 2016 by

tl;dr: This fall, I will be teaching an undergraduate PL course, with a focus on practical language design principles and tools. Feedback, questions, assignments you can share with me, etc. are all most welcome! This fall, I will be teaching … Continue reading →

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CCSC-Midsouth conference and programming contest

Posted on April 2, 2016 by

I’m in Memphis (again!) this weekend attending the 2016 CCSC Midsouth Regional Conference, which also has a student programming contest attached. I’m very proud of the two teams from Hendrix, who placed first and fifth out of 17 teams. This … Continue reading →

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In defense of drawing by coding

Posted on October 18, 2013 by

Just some half-baked thoughts in repsonse to Bret Victor’s talk, Drawing Dynamic Visualizations (along with his addendum here). As usual, it is a fun and inspiring talk, so if you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it; but I will … Continue reading →

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FARM 2013: call for demonstration proposals

Posted on July 8, 2013 by

Do you enjoy writing beautiful code to produce beautiful artifacts? Have something cool to show off at the intersection of functional programming and visual art, music, sound, modeling, visualization, or design? The deadline for submitting a paper has passed, but … Continue reading →

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