[Chicago] Several items that may be of interest to group members

[Jonathan Tonkin]

Hello,

While this may not be directly related to group topics, here are several items that may be of interest to group members.

1.) (shortest first) The Chicago Chapter of the ACM is now on Facebook and Twitter.  Join our Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59120137059) or follow us on Twitter (username:  chicagoacm).

2.)  Next ACM Meeting: March 17, 2010 

A joint meeting with the Loyola University Computer Science Department

Speaker: Dean Wampler, Ph.D.

"Polyglot and Polyparadigm Programming"

Wednesday, Mar. 17, 2010, 6:30 pm
5:30 pm -6:30 pm (Social Hour)

Loyola University Water Tower Campus (Chicago/Michigan Area)
820 N. Michigan, Chicago IL 60611
Beane Ballroom (13th Floor, Lewis Towers)

Campus map: http://www.luc.edu/about/pdfs/wtc_may09.pdf 

Admission: Free (General Admission, No Reserved Seats)

Reservations:
To make a reservation, use this form:
(http://spreadsheets.google.com/a/chicagoacm.org/viewform?formkey=dElJS2Y1ZHBmS0hyYjUwOG0yS0YtVHc6MA)
or send an e-mail to greg at neumarke.net. 

About the Topic:

Is one language and one modularity "paradigm" right for your entire application? This talk argues that modern applications are easier to implement and evolve when they combine appropriately-chosen programming languages and paradigms. 

About the Speaker: 

Dean Wampler, Ph.D., is the co-author of "Programming Scala" (O'Reilly) and a software developer for DRW Holdings in Chicago. He writes about Polyglot Programming at polyglotprogramming.com and he speaks at conferences on this topic. This interest lead to the forthcoming special issue of IEEE Software on "Multiparadigm Programming" (Sept-Oct 2010), for which he is a guest editor. He is also the founder of the Chicago-Area Scala Enthusiasts. He created two open-source projects, Aquarium, an AOP library for Ruby, and Contract4J, a Design-by-Contract library for Java.

More details at: http://www.chicagoacm.org/


Thanks,

Jonathan Tonkin 



      
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