Difference between revisions of "Hac 2007"

Revision as of 12:21, 6 December 2006

The 2007 Haskell Hackathon, Hac 07

January 10-12, 2007

Oxford University Computing Laboratory

Following the success of the GHC Hackathon at ICFP, we are pleased to announce that the inaugural Haskell Hackathon! The event will be held over 3 days, January 10-12 2007, at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, in the UK.

The plan is to hack on Haskell infrastructure, tools, libraries and compilers. To attend please register, and get ready to hack those lambdas!

Where

Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, UK.

Important dates

Event	Date
Registration deadline	December 6th, 2006
Confirmation	December 10th, 2006
Hackathon	January 10-12, 2007

10-12 January, 2007

         January 2007

    Su  Mo  Tu  We  Th  Fr  Sa
         1   2   3   4   5   6
     7   8   9 [10__11__12] 13 
    14  15  16  17  18  19  20
    21  22  23  24  25  26  27
    28  29  30  31

From 10am until the code stops typechecking, at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK.

Registration

If you will be attending add your name to the Registration page. Numbers may be limited, depending on availablity of space.

Logistics

Accomodation

Cheeper end of the market:

The Backpackers Hostel, £14 per night
The Oxford YHA, £20.95 per night (with £3 discount for YHA/HI members)

Todo: list of local hotels within walking distance.

Travel

Oxford University Computing Laboratory

http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html

Oxford

Flying

London Heathrow (LHR) is the best airport.

Airport busses

London Heathrow (LHR): 80-100 mins http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/heathrow.html
London Gatwick (LGW): 120-150 mins http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/gatwick.html
Stansted (STN): >3 hours http://www.nationalexpress.com/

Food

Arranged locally.

Facilities

What to bring

Yourself
Laptop, wireless card, ethernet cable
Typechecker
Lambdas
Brain snacks

Before you arrive

Install darcs
Make sure you have an up to date Cabal
Get a darcs GHC, Yhc, Hugs installed

What we will bring

Wireless net access
Wired net access
Room to hack
Power points

What to hack on

A list of projects people want to work on. Add your list!

Scheduling is flexible, feel free to drop in any time during the 3 days.

Related events

PADL, Nice/France, January 14-15 2007
DAMP, Nice/France, January 16
TLDI, Nice/France, January 16
POPL, Nice/France, January 17-19 2007

Organisers

Duncan Coutts
Ian Lynagh
Don Stewart

The Oxford background is GPLd, and copyright Diliff.

IRC channel

A Hackathon IRC channel has been set up. Visit:

   #haskell.hac07

on freenode.

@@ Line 92: / Line 92: @@
 * London Heathrow (LHR) is the best airport.
+==== Airport busses ====
+* London Heathrow (LHR): 80-100 mins http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/heathrow.html
+* London Gatwick (LGW): 120-150 mins http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/gatwick.html
+* Stansted (STN): >3 hours http://www.nationalexpress.com/
 === Food ===