Call for Papers Workshop on Generic Programming June 18th 1998, Marstrand, Sweden (In Conjunction with Mathematics of Program Construction Conference) http://www.cse.ogi.edu/PacSoft/conf/wgp/ Generic programming is about making programs more adaptable by making them more general. A generic program embodies some sort of polymorphism; ordinary programs are obtained from it by suitably instantiating its parameters. The parameters may be other programs, types or type constructors, or even programming paradigms. Generic programming techniques have always been of interest, both to practitioners and theoreticians, but to date have rarely been a specific focus of research. Recent developments in functional and object-oriented programming lead the organizers of this workshop to believe that there is sufficient interest to warrant the organisation of a one-day workshop on the theme of generic programming. The workshop will be on June 18th, 1998, following on from the Mathematics of Program Construction conference. The goal of the workshop is to inventorise the full diversity of research activities in the area of generic programming, both theoretical and applied, by attracting as wide a spectrum of participants as possible to the workshop. The results of the workshop will be published in the form of a detailed summary of all presentations, prepared by the organizers and made available on internet. We cordially invite all those with an active interest in this important new area to submit a short position paper on their work to Roland Backhouse (rolandb@win.tue.nl). The position paper should outline your current research activities in this area and include references to published papers and/or web links to technical reports where more information can be found. The recommended length is approximately three pages. The deadline for submission is 16th February, 1998. Notification of acceptance will be on or before 15th March, 1998. The organizers are as follows: Roland Backhouse (Cochair), Netherlands Tim Sheard (Cochair), USA Robin Cockett, Canada Barry Jay, Australia Johan Jeuring, Sweden Karl Lieberherr, USA Oege de Moor, UK Bernhard Moeller, Germany Jose Oliveira, Portugal Fritz Ruehr, USA For further details on the Mathematics of Program Construction and this workshop please consult: http://www.md.chalmers.se/Conf/MPC98/