Advanced functional programming

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Course code:INFOAFP
Credits:7.5 ECTS
Period:periode 2 (week 46 t/m 5, dwz 14-11-2011 t/m 3-2-2012; herkansing week 11)
Timeslot:B
Participants:up till now 21 subscriptions
Schedule:Note: from now on the schedule is to be found in Osiris
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college   di 9.00-10.454 BBL-071 Doaitse Swierstra
  
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Contents:

This course builds upon knowledge gained in the introductory courses on functional programming and languages and compilers. Using Haskell as our language of choice, we will look at several advanced functional programming techniques, patterns, libraries and tools. Many of the research projects inside the department make use of functional programming, and one goal of this course is to equip you with sufficient knowledge in order to participate in such projects. Here are a few topics that the course will most likely cover:

  • Development
    • Tools
    • Testing
    • Debugging
    • Profiling
  • Libraries
    • Data Structures
    • Interfacing to other programming languages
    • Monads, monad transformers, arrows and applicative functors
    • Embedded domain-specific languages
  • Language features and extensions
    • Multi-parameter type classes and functional dependencies
    • Type families
    • Kinds
    • Generalized Algebraic Data Types (GADTs)
    • Existential types
    • Higher-rank polymorphism

Typically we will read some papers from the recent literature and a number of classical papers.
Literature:

There are no required books for this course. The course will refer to research papers that are available through the internet and electronic libraries. The course web page will contain further details.

Course form:

Lectures and assignments.

The lectures cover the list of topics mentioned above and are often based on selected research papers. Participants are expected to read the material before the lectures.

Assignments will consist of theoretical questions about the material covered in lecturers and of related programming assignments. All participants are expected to complete the assignments.

The participants have to perform a (larger) programming task in a team of 2-4 students. The programming assignment will be explained in the beginning of the course. At the end a presentation has to be given about the project, and a short paper has to be written about the project.

The final exam is based on the topics of the lectures and assignments.

Exam form:Your final mark for this course will consist of:
  • marks for the assignments (20%)
  • overall score for the large programming task (40%)
  • written examination (40%)
The weighted average of the grades should be at least 5.5, but none of the grades may be smaller than 4.0. Not performing a certain task (such as not handing in an assignment) counts as 0.
Minimum effort to qualify for 2nd chance exam:In order to be admitted to the reseating of the exam the results achieved thus far should be >=4.
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