Let's talk about categories & How scheduler impacts programming
- Talk #1: Wiesław Popieralski "Programmer to programmer. Let's talk about categories."
Abstract:
Categories and their theory seem to be quite hermetic for most programmers. This talk explains the roots of the concept in a way that is suitable for everyone; it is NOT just for mathematicians. You only need to know some high school math! Just put a function, a set and the function composition into the magic caldron, say a spell, and get back functor, monad and arrow.
Bio:
Wieslaw has been a programmer for more than 20 years, starting from Pascal, Assembler, C, C++ (who remembers MFC or Qt?), through Java, Groovy, Javascript and ending up on Scala. He has a PhD in Computer Science and personally takes part in TopCoder matches from time to time, with no big successes to data except, possibly, for being the oldest contestant. His motto is "I'm never too old to try something new". Currently he is working on the Scala IDE and contributes to many other open source projects like scala, zinc, and even Scalameta.
- Talk #2: Tomasz Kowal "How the scheduler impacts programming in Erlang/OTP and Scala/Akka?"
Abstract:
Akka and the Erlang VM are very often compared due to their similarities. They're both based on an actor model with lightweight threads that communicate via message passing. However, the devil lies in the detail. We will discuss the main goals of scheduling, compare the history of the Erlang scheduler with a couple of dispatcher implementations, and we will see how it affects the way we program in Erlang and Akka.
Bio:
I am a graduate of AGH University of Science and Technology. I am functional programming enthusiast and have worked with Erlang since 2011. Currently, I am working on financial systems in Elixir at ClubCollect. In my free time, I play with electronics, fly robots, and play with the Elm programming language. I love talking about programming in general, so feel free to catch me and have a discussion about coding!
