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'''Hac5: The 5th Haskell Hackathon'''
  
'''Hac5: The 5th Haskell Hackathon'''
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Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
  
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
   
 
== About ==
  
== About ==
   
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[[Image:Hac5.jpg|right|480px|thumb|Group photo of [[/Attendees/Photo|almost all attendees]], taken by Thomas Davie.]]
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The Haskell Hackathon is a collaborative coding festival with a simple focus: build and improve Haskell libraries, tools, and infrastructure. Of course, we have fun doing it, too!
  
   
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The Haskell Hackathon is an international, grassroots collaborative coding festival with a simple focus: build and improve Haskell libraries, tools, and infrastructure. Of course, we have fun doing it, too!
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The 5th Haskell Hackathon will be held from April 17 to 19, 2009, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_(city) city of Utrecht] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands Netherlands]. This year's event is being organized by members of the [http://www.cs.uu.nl/ Department of Information and Computing Sciences] at [http://www.uu.nl/ Utrecht University] and by associates of [http://tupil.com/ Tupil].
  
   
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The 5th Haskell Hackathon was held from April 17 to 19, 2009, in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_(city) city of Utrecht] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands Netherlands]. The event was organized by members of the [http://www.cs.uu.nl/ Department of Information and Computing Sciences] at [http://www.uu.nl/ Utrecht University] and by associates of [http://tupil.com/ Tupil].
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== News ==
  
   
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The [http://dutchhug.nl/ Dutch HUG] was founded on the last day of the event.
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* 2009-02-11: The date has been picked.
  
   
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* [[/Attendees|All participants]], including a [[/Attendees/Photo|group photo]]!
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== Projects ==
  
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* [[/Projects|Projects]] that were worked on
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* Mailing list: [http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/hackathon hackathon@haskell.org]
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* IRC: visit #haskell-hac5 in Freenode.
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* Very nice [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=100786831801514107226.0004627927d6898c55d28&ll=52.098386,5.13525&spn=0.016082,0.037594&t=h&z=15 GMap] with all locations of interest
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* [[/Old_information|Old information]] with practical information: location, travelling, accomodation, etc.
   
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== Blogosphere coverage ==
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Check out the possible [[/Projects|projects]] that you might work on or add your own.
  
   
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* [http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23hac5 Live Twitter feed]
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== Registration ==
  
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* Tupil on their [http://blog.tupil.com/running-happstack-applications-with-fastcgi/ happstack-fastcgi bridge]
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* Christophe Poucet on [http://cpoucet.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/flattening-datamap/ adaptive containers]
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If you will be attending, please [[/Register|register]].
  
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* Lots of pictures by Martijn van Steenbergen ([http://martijn.van.steenbergen.nl/journal/2009/04/17/hac5-friday/ Friday], [http://martijn.van.steenbergen.nl/journal/2009/04/19/hac5-saturday/ Saturday], [http://martijn.van.steenbergen.nl/journal/2009/04/21/hac5—sunday/ Sunday])
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The number of attendees may be limited, depending on availability of space or other resources.
  
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* [http://tom.lokhorst.eu/hac5/ Video clips] by Tom Lokhorst:
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYCP5_uNHW8 Compilation video]
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== Attendees ==
  
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2_OlPbs7dw Announcement of the UHC]
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** [http://vimeo.com/4258084 Vacuum + adaptive containers demo]
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See [[/Attendees|who else is attending]]. If you've already registered, please add yourself to the list.
  
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_03bcTMrRHo Clips from LHC demo]
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Yp2CO4jiw Clips from Leksah demo]
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== When ==
  
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* Posts by [http://ro-che.blogspot.com/search/label/hac5 Roman Cheplyaka], including some photos
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* darcs [http://blog.darcs.net/2009/04/darcs-hacking-sprint-2-report.html hacking sprint #2] report
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* April 17-19 2009
  
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mydyingdreams/sets/72157617317253036/detail/ Some more photos] by Remi Turk
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If sufficiently many participants are already around on April 16
  
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or are still around on April 20, a small symposium and/or an excursion
  
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== Location ==
  
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[[Image:BBL.jpg|thumb|The building's facade]]
  
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[http://www.cs.uu.nl/docs/reach/bbl.php Buys Ballot Laboratorium (BBL)] at [http://www.uu.nl/EN/whowhatwhere/Pages/default.aspx Utrecht University]
  
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=== Getting there ===
  
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==== Air ====
  
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* Schiphol
  
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*:[http://www.schiphol.nl/Homepage/Homepage.htm Schiphol Airport] (AMS) is the main airport of the Netherlands. There is a train station right underneath the airport, and every 15min there is a direct train to Utrecht.
  
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* Eindhoven
  
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*:The [http://www.eindhovenairport.com/ airport in Eindhoven] (EIN) is cheaper than Schiphol, so many low-cost airlines fly there. There is a bus terminal outside the airport which will take you to Eindhoven station.
  
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** General information
  
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**:[http://ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers NS] is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. You can buy tickets on machines at the station (you can also [http://webdemo.ns.nl/webdemo.e2000/ practice this online]). Maestro Debit cards are usually accepted and credit cards should work too, but in practice I've seen many people having trouble with this.
  
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**:If you pay with cash you have to go the counter, where you'll be charged extra for the ticket.
  
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** From Schiphol, trains depart to Utrecht every 15min. The ticket price is €7,80 (second class, full-fare, one-way). The trip takes about 30min.
  
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** From Eindhoven Airport, first you have to take bus 401 to Eindhoven station. There is a ticket machine inside the bus but you will need (Euro) coins to pay. Then from Eindhoven station you can take the train to Utrecht. There are trains every 15min to Utrecht Centraal. The ticket price is €12,80 (second class, full-fare, one-way). The trip takes about 50min.
  
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* Arriving at Utrecht Central
  
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*:Outside the train station in Utrecht is the main bus station. From there you can take buses number 11, 12 or 12S to the University. The trip takes about 20min and takes 3 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strippenkaart 'strippen'].
  
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*:From Hoek van Holland you can take the train to Rotterdam (Centraal), and from there to Utrecht. The train station is located just next to the pier. The trip takes about 1h20 and costs €13.30 (second class, full-fare, one-way). You don't need to buy any ticket in Rotterdam, you can just buy a ticket from Hoek van Holland to Utrecht.
  
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==== Local transportation ====
  
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** To travel by bus, tramway or metro in the Netherlands, you're advised to buy your ticket in advance. This ticket is called a 'strippenkaart'. Strippenkaarten of 15 or 45 strips are available for €7.30 and €21.60 respectively, and one trip on the bus within a city (including all transfers within 60 minutes) is usually 2 or 3 strips of the card. Most places within the city center of Utrecht are one zone away from the zone where Utrecht University is located, hence you use 3 strippen for this trip.
  
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** Typically you enter the bus through the front door and tell the driver where you want to go. He then stamps the appropriate number of stripes from your strippenkaart. However, in some cases the bus driver might open all the doors and assume people will stamp the tickets themselves (this will typically happen for buses 11 and 12 during rush hour). You can then use the yellow (or nowadays grey) stamp machines inside the bus or at the station just before you depart.
  
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** Buying tickets on the bus is far more expensive. You can get these multiple-strip-/zone-tickets-card(s) in many places, including bus stations, post offices, cigar/magazine shops and some supermarkets (at the service desk or from a vending machine). You can use it also for multiple-party travel for yourself and other persons at the same time. You can read more about the strippenkaart in the [http://www.vbn-bv.nl/ovinfo/algemeen_en.asp?vPaginaID=140 ov-info website].
  
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** Biking is a very convenient way of traveling inside a city in the Netherlands. In particular, the way from Utrecht central station to the University is mostly through separate bike lanes and takes about 20 minutes. You can rent a bike from one of 3 bike parking areas at the station. The daily fee is €6.50 and you have to pay a deposit of €60 and show proof of identity (either driver's license or passport). (Note that these are not "OV-fiets"---those require a yearly subscription.) These places are open from 5am to 2am, every day of the week.
  
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** Make sure to obey traffic lights for bikes as being fined for not doing so is very common. You should also have your front and rear lights on when biking during nighttime (a rented bike will most probably have these in working condition). Also be careful where you park your bike and always lock it securely, since bike theft is very common in the Netherlands.
  
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=== Accommodation ===
  
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It's not always easy to find loads of choice in accommodation in Utrecht. In particular, the Hackathon weekend coincides with a [http://www.recordplanet.nl/index.php?page=platenbeurs-2009 record fair]. So you should try to make your room reservation as soon as possible.
  
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We have inquired a few places regarding availability for the period from the 16th to the 20th of April. The results (as from 25 February 2009) are summarized below:
  
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| [http://www.nh-hotels.com NH Utrecht]
  
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| style="background:green" | Yes
  
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| Availability depends on the night. Some nights only more expensive rooms are available.
  
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| €103&ndash;€160
  
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| [http://www.maliehotel.nl Malie Hotel]
  
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| [http://www.apollohotelsresorts.com/utrecht/ Apollo Utrecht]
  
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| [http://www.parkplaza.com/utrechtnl Park Plaza Utrecht]
  
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| [http://www.strowis.nl Strowis hostel]
  
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| [http://www.hostelutrecht.nl/ B&B Utrecht]
  
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| [http://www.littlesiam.nl/ Little Siam]
  
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| [http://www.valk.com/pages/?ID=3376&propertyCode=BIL Hotel Valk De Biltsche Hoek]
  
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| [http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-2113-mercure-hotel-utrecht-bunnik/index.shtml Mercure Bunnik]
  
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== Previous Haskell Hackathons ==
  
== Previous Haskell Hackathons ==
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* [[Hac4|Hac 4 (2008)- Gothenburg]]
  
* [[Hac4|Hac 4 (2008)- Gothenburg]]
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* [[Hac_2007|Hac 2007 - Oxford]]
  
* [[Hac_2007|Hac 2007 - Oxford]]
 
* [http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Hackathon Hac 2006 - Portland]
  
* [http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Hackathon Hac 2006 - Portland]
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=== Organisers ===
  
   
 
The organisers for Hac5 are:
  
The organisers for Hac5 are:

Latest revision as of 11:13, 4 July 2010

Hac 05 Logo

Hac5: The 5th Haskell Hackathon

April 17-19, 2009 Utrecht, The Netherlands

Sponsored by: 

     Galois.jpg      Research bL.png        Tupil-logo-wb.png

Galois, Microsoft Research and Tupil. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

About

Group photo of almost all attendees, taken by Thomas Davie.

The Haskell Hackathon is an international, grassroots collaborative coding festival with a simple focus: build and improve Haskell libraries, tools, and infrastructure. Of course, we have fun doing it, too!

The 5th Haskell Hackathon was held from April 17 to 19, 2009, in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. The event was organized by members of the Department of Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht University and by associates of Tupil.

The Dutch HUG was founded on the last day of the event.

Blogosphere coverage

Previous Haskell Hackathons

See also the general Hackathon page.

Organization

The organisers for Hac5 are:

  • Andres Löh
  • José Pedro Magalhães
  • Sean Leather
  • Eelco Lempsink
  • Chris Eidhof
  • more
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