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SUMMARY:Fun with F#: Solving complex problems with simple code - Anton Sch
 waighofer (Microsoft Research)
DTSTART:20100701T100000Z
DTEND:20100701T110000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Fabien Petitcolas
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*: I'll give an introduction to F#\, a functional pro
 gramming language that is very well suited to express complex ideas and pr
 oblems. I'll start with the key ideas of functional programming\, and cont
 rast simple examples with traditional programming languages such as Matlab
  or C. In addition\, I will present two particular features of F# that mak
 e it very well suited for data intensive scientific computing: It is very 
 easy to do parallel programming\; and units of measure provide valuable sa
 nity checks for mathematical expressions.\n\n*Biography*: Anton Schwaighof
 er is working as an Applied Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge and
  Microsoft adCenter Redmond. His current area of focus is economic models 
 of auction marketplaces in online advertising. He is a computer scientist 
 by training\, but moved on to work in statistical machine learning for his
  PhD (TU Graz\, Austria). After working for some time on computational che
 mistry at the Intelligent Data Analysis group at a Fraunhofer Institute in
  Berlin\, he joined Microsoft Research in February 2008.
LOCATION:Large public lecture room\, Microsoft Research\, Roger Needham Bu
 ilding\, 7 J J Thomson Avenue\, Cambridge CB3 0FB
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