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SUMMARY:Diffuse Programming - Manuel Serrano - Inria Sophia-Antipolis
DTSTART:20100602T100000Z
DTEND:20100602T110000Z
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CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* Every day\, electronic equipments become cheaper a
 nd smaller than the day before. At the same time\, computer networks cover
  larger and larger areas of the planet. Combining these two technological 
 improvements is giving birth to new application fields that we call `Diffu
 se Computing`. However developing the innovative applications made possibl
 e by this new infrastructure is currently challenging. First\, because the
 y are new and yet difficult to imagine. Second\, because from a computer s
 cientist perspective\, suitable tools are lacking. To help face this probl
 em\, we have conceived the HOP programming language whose syntax and seman
 tics are specially crafted for programming distributed diffuse application
 s. HOP is built on top of standard Web technologies\, which it uses as the
  components of a virtual machine. This provides HOP with several assets su
 ch as portability\, availability\, and versatility. Albeit crafted for the
  web and compatible most technologies\, HOP is also a functional language 
 belonging to the Lisp family. The language and its semantics will be detai
 led in this presentation. It`s implementation will be sketched and the pro
 gramming style it fosters presented. \n
LOCATION:Lecture-room large (126 seats) Microsoft Research Ltd\, Roger Nee
 dham Building\, 7 J J Thomson Avenue (Off Madingley Road)\, CB3 0FB
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