Michal Slaski will be presenting the latest release of the Erlang Web.
The Erlang Web is an open source framework for the rapid prototyping and
development of applications based on HTTP protocols, giving the
developer better control of content management separating data, html
generation and glue and logic. During the talk Michal will discuss
concepts implemented in the framework, show results of stress tests and
present a short demo.

More information on the Erlang Web is available here:
http://www.erlang-web.org

The slides from the Erlang User Conference are here:
http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/presentations.html

This event starts at 18.30 on Tuesday the 20th of January in Erlang
Training and Consulting's meeting room. Attending is free, but to allow
us to plan, you have to register

http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/usergroup/erlanglondon/lugregister.html?\
event=Erlang+Web

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Francesco
--
http://www.erlang-consulting.com

We are thinking of Tuesday the 16th, early evening. Maybe at 18.30.

Francesco

Francesco Cesarini wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Michal Slaski, from our Krakow office will be in London next week. We
> officially launched our Erlang web platform this November, and presented
> it at the Erlang User Conference. In conjunction with the presentation,
> we also did a demo. If there is an interest, we can do a rerun next week
> and combine it with a little christmas get together. You can email me
> privately if interested.
>
> Slides are at http://erlang.se/euc/08/1100Slaski.pdf
> <http://erlang.se/euc/08/1100Slaski.pdf>
> To read more on the Erlang Web, visit http://www.erlang-web.org
> <http://www.erlang-web.org>
>
> Regards,
> Francesco
>
>

Hi all,

Michal Slaski, from our Krakow office will be in London next week. We
officially launched our Erlang web platform this November, and presented
it at the Erlang User Conference. In conjunction with the presentation,
we also did a demo. If there is an interest, we can do a rerun next week
and combine it with a little christmas get together. You can email me
privately if interested.

Slides are at http://erlang.se/euc/08/1100Slaski.pdf
To read more on the Erlang Web, visit http://www.erlang-web.org


Regards,
Francesco

Dear Erlang London Group,

I will be presenting my MSc Dissertation titled "Simulation based
research for observing High Availability, Reliability, Performance and
Scalability using Virtualization and Live Migration" at Erlang
Consulting London Offices on Tuesday, November 11.

I will talk about concurrent and distributed computing within the
aspect of terminal services, identify some problems and propose
solutions.

Then I will review and analyze the data I have collected about the
proposed solutions. The data was collected using a simulation that I
have developed for this dissertation using Erlang/OTP.

Further information can be found at:
http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#69

Best Regards,
Emir Taner

For those of you not making it to the user conference on the 13th but
still need your fix, read on! Emil Taner will be presenting his thesis
on the 11th of November at 18.30 in Erlang Training and Consulting's
London offices.

*Abstract*: Researching applicability of virtualization and live
migration over large distributed systems with the aim of providing near
zero downtime service to clients. Project involves developing using
Erlang/OTP, known for its robustness in concurrent and distributed
applications, to simulate, evaluate and analyse the impact of the
aforementioned concepts on large scale distributed systems on achieving
High Availability, Reliability, Performance and Scalability.

*About the speaker*
Emir is finishing his Master's Degree in Enterprise and Distributed
Systems Development in London's Brunel University. His study interests
include High Availability, Reliability, Performance and Scalability
using Virtualization and Live Migration. Impressed with Erlang's
capabilities for concurrent and distributed computing, he choose to
utilize the language for his MSc Dissertation. Previously, he worked in
Turkey for Yonca-Onuk JV, as a "Systems Administrator and Developer" and
was solely responsible for the IT infrastructure of the company. Emir
has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Anadolu
University, Turkey.

If plan on attending, please register in advance so we can prepare
accordingly and pass your details on to security. For more information
and to register, please follow this link:

http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#69

Regards,
Francesco
--
http://www.erlang-consulting.com

It is just at the doorstep of London and more presentations on Erlang would be
welcome!


********************************************************************************
*
*                   FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS -- EXTENDED DEADLINE!!
*                              CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
*
*                     20th International Symposium on the
*         Implementation and Application of Functional Languages
*                                IFL 2008
*                         10-12.Sept 2008, Hatfield UK
*
*                      http://events.sac-home.org/ifl2008/
*
********************************************************************************

UPDATED DEADLINES:

     * Submission for draft proceedings: NOW 1. Sept
     * Early Registration: NOW 2. Sept

Please note, that the draft proceedings do NOT require full papers; extended
abstracts will be considered too.

********************************************************************************

The aim of the IFL symposia is to bring together researchers actively engaged in
the implementation and application of functional and function-based programming
languages. They provide an open forum for researchers who wish to present and
discuss new ideas and concepts, work in progress, preliminary results, etc.
related primarily but not exclusively to the implementation and application of
functional languages. Formal proceedings are produced after the symposium, so
that authors can incorporate the feedback from discussions at the symposium in
their published papers.

Topics
======

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

     * language concepts
     * type checking
     * compilation techniques
     * (abstract) interpretation
     * generic programming techniques
     * automatic program generation
     * array processing
     * concurrent/parallel programming
     * concurrent/parallel program execution
     * functional programming on embedded systems
     * functional programming on multi-cores/ many-cores
     * heap management
     * runtime profiling
     * performance measurements
     * debugging and tracing
     * (abstract) machine architectures
     * verification
     * formal aspects
     * tools and programming techniques

Papers on applications or tools demonstrating the suitability of novel ideas in
any of the above areas and contributions on related theoretical work are also
welcomed. The change of the symposium name adding the term application,
introduced in 2004, is to reflect the broader scope IFL has gained over the
years.

Paper Submissions
=================

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit papers to be published in the draft
proceedings and to present them at the symposium. All contributions must be
written in English, conform to the Springer-Verlag LNCS series format and not
exceed 16 pages. The draft proceedings will appear as a Technical Report of the
School of Computer Science of the University of Hertfordshire.

Attendees of IFL 2008 will have the opportunity to submit a revised version of
their paper for post-symposium reviewing. As in previous years, we hope that
selected papers will be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS) Series.

The Peter Landin Prize
======================

Since 2002 every year the Peter Landin Prize of 150 GBP is awarded to the best
paper presented at the symposium, as selected by the program committee.


Important Dates
===============

     * Submission for draft proceedings: NOW 1. Sept.
     * Early Registration: NOW 2. Sept.
     * Symposium: 10-12. September
     * Submission for post-refereeing: 14. November
     * Notification of acceptance / rejection: 23. January 2009
     * Submission of a camera ready version: 20. February 2009


Contact
=======

For further details see <http://events.sac-home.org/ifl2008/> or contact
us by email: events <at> sac-home.org

Unfortunately, we have reached the room capacity for the Couch DB
presentation in London next Tuesday. We have closed the registration
page. If you are interested in attending, please send us an email and we
will put you on the waiting list, notifying you if anyone cancels.

We will be emailing everyone individually, but if you know you will not
make it on Tuesday, let us know ASAP so others on the waiting list can
attend.

Thanks,
Francesco

Hi All,

Great News! It looks like we have quite a  small crowd. But for logistic
reasons, we have moved the presentations to Tuesday, 26/08 at 18.30 and
NOT on Wednesday. I will be emailing everyone who contacted me
individually and adding the event to the calendar. If you still have not
emailed me, please register here:

http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#63


See you all on Tuesday (if not tonight).

Francesco

Vanni Torelli wrote:
> Ciao Francesco,
>
> Anch'io sarei molto interessato.
>
> Grazie,
> Vanni Torelli
>
> 2008/8/20 Francesco Cesarini <francesco@...
> <mailto:francesco@...>>
>
>     We have the opportunity of having Jan Lehnardt give us a Couch DB
>     presentation in London next Wednesday (27/8). If anyone is interested,
>     please email me directly. If we can gather a crowd of 10 people,
>     we will
>     go ahead with it in our offices on Brushfield Street.
>
>     Also, a reminder if you are planning to attend today's thesis
>     presentation on Model Based Testing in Erlang, please register.
>     The URL is:
>     http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#60
>     <http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#60>
>
>     Regards,
>     Francesco
>
>     Abstract: "This presentation takes a look at CouchDB from 10,000
>     ft. We
>     try not to lose you in technical details and paint the big picture
>     that
>     you need to understand CouchDB's strengths and weaknesses.
>     CouchDB is a document oriented database. It does not adhere to the
>     relational principles of traditional databases. You will learn
>     what that
>     means for your application design.
>
>     CouchDB's replication support solves the problems of high-traffic web
>     sites, distributed peer-to-peer, and offline applications all at the
>     same time. We show you what kind of applications you are able to build
>     with that.
>
>     However, CouchDB is no Silver Bullet and there are plenty of cases
>     where
>     it is a poor fit. You will learn to decide when it is a good fit for
>     your project and when you are better off with a traditional database."
>
>     ------------------------------------
>
>     Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>        (Yahoo! ID required)
>
>        mailto:erlang-london-fullfeatured@...
>     <mailto:erlang-london-fullfeatured@...>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> regards/saluti
> vanni dot torelli at gmail dot com
>

Hi Francesco,

   Yes please. - I'd be very interested in a Couch DB presentation next
Wednesday :)

Thanks and Regards,

Les Green.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Francesco Cesarini" <francesco@...>
To: <erlang-london@...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:48 PM
Subject: [erlang-london] Couch DB Presentation Anyone?


> We have the opportunity of having Jan Lehnardt give us a Couch DB
> presentation in London next Wednesday (27/8). If anyone is interested,
> please email me directly. If we can gather a crowd of 10 people, we will
> go ahead with it in our offices on Brushfield Street.
>
> Also, a reminder if you are planning to attend today's thesis
> presentation on Model Based Testing in Erlang, please register. The URL
> is:
> http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#60
>
> Regards,
> Francesco
>
> Abstract: "This presentation takes a look at CouchDB from 10,000 ft. We
> try not to lose you in technical details and paint the big picture that
> you need to understand CouchDB’s strengths and weaknesses.
> CouchDB is a document oriented database. It does not adhere to the
> relational principles of traditional databases. You will learn what that
> means for your application design.
>
> CouchDB’s replication support solves the problems of high-traffic web
> sites, distributed peer-to-peer, and offline applications all at the
> same time. We show you what kind of applications you are able to build
> with that.
>
> However, CouchDB is no Silver Bullet and there are plenty of cases where
> it is a poor fit. You will learn to decide when it is a good fit for
> your project and when you are better off with a traditional database."
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

We have the opportunity of having Jan Lehnardt give us a Couch DB
presentation in London next Wednesday (27/8). If anyone is interested,
please email me directly. If we can gather a crowd of 10 people, we will
go ahead with it in our offices on Brushfield Street.

Also, a reminder if you are planning to attend today's thesis
presentation on Model Based Testing in Erlang, please register. The URL is:
http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#60

Regards,
Francesco

Abstract: "This presentation takes a look at CouchDB from 10,000 ft. We
try not to lose you in technical details and paint the big picture that
you need to understand CouchDB’s strengths and weaknesses.
CouchDB is a document oriented database. It does not adhere to the
relational principles of traditional databases. You will learn what that
means for your application design.

CouchDB’s replication support solves the problems of high-traffic web
sites, distributed peer-to-peer, and offline applications all at the
same time. We show you what kind of applications you are able to build
with that.

However, CouchDB is no Silver Bullet and there are plenty of cases where
it is a poor fit. You will learn to decide when it is a good fit for
your project and when you are better off with a traditional database."

Hi All,

Hope you've had a great summer. It is now time to start looking for
speakers for the next User Group meetings. Any volunteers, please
contact me directly. Anything from thesis projects, open source
software development to fun ideas around Erlang is of interest.

Regards,
Francesco
--
http://www.erlang-consulting.com

Hi all,

the UK Smalltalk User Group will have his monthly meeting next
Wednesday, at the Counting House pub in Cornhill:

http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub1461.html

We'll have a preview of the Introduction to Smalltalk tutorial that I'll
be running at the European Smalltalk User Group conference in Amsterdam
later this month.

You're more than welcome to join us!

	 Ciao,

		 Giovanni

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See you there.

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Francesco Cesarini wrote:
> Jonas Boberg will he presenting his thesis at the next Erlang London
> User Group Meeting. This is also a sneak preview of his paper which
> has been accepted at the 2008 ACM SIGPLAN workshop in Victoria,
> Canada. He has studied the use of Quick Check and Model Based testing
> in the before and after scenario of two similar Erlang related
> projects, with interesting results. With Summer Vacations and busy
> schedules, the presentation will be on Wednesday  August 13th. It will
> start at 18.30 in Erlang Training and Consulting's London offices.
>
> Abstract: Current and future trends for software include increasingly
> complex requirements on interaction between systems. As a result, the
> difficulty of system testing increases. Model based testing is a test
> technique where test cases are generated
> from a model of the system. In this study we explore model-based
> testing on the system-level, starting from early development. We apply
> model-based testing to a sub-system of a message gateway product in
> order to improve early fault detection. The results are compared to
> another sub-system that is tested with hand-crafted test cases.
>
> Based on our experiences, we present a set of challenges and
> recommendations for system-level, model-based testing. Early results
> indicate that model-based testing, starting from early development,
> significantly increases the number of faults detected during system
> testing.
>
> Biography: Jonas Boberg has a Bachaleor's degree from the IT
> University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is passionate about model based
> testing and test driven development, having worked with it throughout
> his studies and internships. He works as a Quick Check consultant for
> Erlang Training and Consulting.
>
> This event is free, but to attend, you have to register following the
> link on our Events Page
> http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#60
>
> See you there!
> Francesco
> --
> http://www.erlang-consulting.com
>

Jonas Boberg will he presenting his thesis at the next Erlang London
User Group Meeting. This is also a sneak preview of his paper which has
been accepted at the 2008 ACM SIGPLAN workshop in Victoria, Canada. He
has studied the use of Quick Check and Model Based testing in the before
and after scenario of two similar Erlang related projects, with
interesting results. With Summer Vacations and busy schedules, the
presentation will be on Wednesday  August 13th. It will start at 18.30
in Erlang Training and Consulting's London offices.

Abstract: Current and future trends for software include increasingly
complex requirements on interaction between systems. As a result, the
difficulty of system testing increases. Model based testing is a test
technique where test cases are generated
from a model of the system. In this study we explore model-based testing
on the system-level, starting from early development. We apply
model-based testing to a sub-system of a message gateway product in
order to improve early fault detection. The results are compared to
another sub-system that is tested with hand-crafted test cases.

Based on our experiences, we present a set of challenges and
recommendations for system-level, model-based testing. Early results
indicate that model-based testing, starting from early development,
significantly increases the number of faults detected during system testing.

Biography: Jonas Boberg has a Bachaleor's degree from the IT University
of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is passionate about model based testing and
test driven development, having worked with it throughout his studies
and internships. He works as a Quick Check consultant for Erlang
Training and Consulting.

This event is free, but to attend, you have to register following the
link on our Events Page
http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#60

See you there!
Francesco
--
http://www.erlang-consulting.com

Hi Londoners,

if you can not make it to the Erlang eXchange, but are available on
Thursday evening, join us and meet all the other Erlangers for the User
Groups session and the Erlang Party. Doors for everyone open at 6pm. To
attend, register at
  http://skillsmatter.com/event/erlang/erlang-exchange-2008-ug-sessions

We will also be streaming the event. You can  find the stream on
www.erlang-exchange.com starting at 8.45 UK time. The Keynotes will
start at 9.15 on Thursday and Friday. If you register on Yaika.com, you
will be able to ask questions remotely via IM (And if you have a webcam,
we might be able to project your face on the screen).

We kept this announcement to the very last minute, as the service is in
beta mode we are unsure of what loads the servers can handle (We expect
500+ viewers across all the channels, but it has not been tested yet).
If all goes well, expect it to be a regular occurrence of all our user
group meetings and conferences. We are also taping the events and will
post the talks on the eXchange site.

Regards,
Francesco
--
http://www.erlang-consulting.com

Hi All,

The registration for the talk on Developments in Wrangler, the Erlang
Refactoring Tool this Wednesday is now open. In the event announcement,
follow the registration link:

http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#57

The talk will start at 18.30 pm and last about 30 minutes plus 10
minutes for a Q&A session. Following the talk, Karl Johansson will be
giving a 15 minute talk on his bachelor thesis project on revision
control and auditing of configuration management. How, by using Erlang,
we are able to keep track of configuration and revision control of other
(possibly Erlang) based systems.

We will be serving wine and snacks after the presentations.

See you there. If you can make it, please register so we know how many
people to expect.

Regards,
Francesco
--
http://www.erlang-consulting.com

Dear Erlang User,

As part of our involvement in the Protest Project consortium, an EU
funded research project on property based testing and test driven
development, we are compiling a survey on tools developed, supported and
maintained by the Erlang community. You can read more about it on the
Protest Project website (http://www.protest-project.eu).

We appreciate your time in helping us. The link to the survey is here:
http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=49wp7cnhy77u38q447214

If you prefer, you can be anonymous. We would appreciate a response by
Monday the 9th. Filling it in should not take longer than 5 minutes. Its
results will be presented at Erlang conferences and workshops and made
public on the protest website. If you have any queries, do not hesitate
to contact Tamas on tamas@....

Thank You,
Francesco and Tamas
--
http://www.erlang-consulting.com

Hi All,

The registration is in place for the Erlang UG meeting at 18.30 on
Wednesday the 21st of May. Visit
http://skillsmatter.com/event/erlang/erlang-ug-may-meeting to sign up.

The main talk will be on on Smarkets Erlang Web Framework (See
http://www.erlang-consulting.com/erlang/events.html#56) , but we  also
have Lennart Ohman from Sweden. Lennart is the inventor of the OTP
Erlang design patterns and has been around the Erlang community since
1992, initially working on a Master's thesis project at the Computer
Science Lab, where Erlang was invented, and later with Erlang Systems,
Ericson's Erlang training and consulting arm. He will give a quick talk
on why the OTP design patterns were invented, who the original target
users were, giving us an insight into the history of what ended up
becoming the middle-ware used in all major industrial Erlang projects.

See you on Wednesday,
Francesco
--
http://www.erlang-consulting.com