[pl-seminar] Fwd: Call for Participation: Midwest PL Summit and PurPL Fest

["Loris D'Antoni" <loris@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This year's Midwest PL Summit is at Purdue and is colocated with an exciting event.

I might not be able to attend due to teaching, but if students share a car together it could be a fun drive.

From: Milind Kulkarni <milind@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 18, 2019 at 4:25:18 AM PDT
To: mwpls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Milind Kulkarni <milind@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Call for Participation: Midwest PL Summit and PurPL Fest

(Apologies if you received this email more than once)

Hello fellow Midwest PLers! We are pleased to announce that the 5th Annual Midwest PL Summit (MWPLS) will be held at Purdue University on MondayÂSeptember 23rd, 2019.Â

We would love to see you there!

Thanks to the support of our generous sponsors (the departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering; and industry partners Facebook, Microsoft, and SambaNova), registration is free! We are accepting registrations until September 10, 2019

Please register to attend here:Âhttps://forms.gle/sYk9JzVLE6fX3uqB8

We are soliciting contributions in the form of lightning talks (~5 minutes), full talks (~25 minutes), and posters. If you are interested, please fill out the relevant information when registering. The deadline for talk/poster submissions is August 15, 2019.

Thanks to the support of our sponsors and the NSF, we are able to offer a limited number of grants to help defray the cost of student travel. If you are a student who would like to apply for this award, please indicate as such when registering. The deadline for travel grant applications is August 15, 2019.

We are also delighted to announce that co-located with MWPLS this year is PurPL Fest: PurPL has graduated to an official university center, and to celebrate, we are bringing in distinguished speakers from academia and industry to share their vision for the future of PL research. PurPL Fest is September 24th (the day after MWPLS).ÂAll MWPLS attendees are also invited to PurPL Fest! If you are interested in staying for PurPL Fest, please indicate as such when registering.

The website for MWPLS and PurPL Fest are here:Âhttps://purpl.cs.purdue.edu/kickoff.html

The website will be updated shortly with transportation information, venue information, as well as details about several area hotels where we have held blocks of rooms at discounted rates.

Summary of Key Dates:

Talk/poster abstract submission: August 15th

Travel grant applications: August 15th

Final registration deadline: September 10th

MWPLS: September 23rd

PurPL Fest: September 24th

We hope to see you all at Purdue in September!

Best,

The PurPL Team