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The 2007 Haskell Hackathon, Hac 07

January 10-12, 2007

Oxford University Computing Laboratory

Group photo at Oxford and raw summary of activities

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

The room

http://urchin.earth.li/~ian/hackathon_room/

Reception should let you in through a door to your left. Stairs are left again. Go up one flight, then follow the corridor round to the right. The room is on your left.

Maps

http://urchin.earth.li/~ian/directions_comlab/
http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/sheet/maps/map.htm The bottom map is a reasonable one for the center. The train station is in A10, the bus station C10 and the lab E7

Accomodation

Cheeper end of the market:

The Backpackers Hostel, £14 per night
The Oxford YHA, £20.95 per night (an additional £3 for non-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 GFDLd, and copyright Diliff.

IRC channel

A Hackathon IRC channel has been set up. Visit:

   #haskell.hac07

on freenode.

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 '''Oxford University Computing Laboratory'''
+[[/Registration|Register]]
+[[/Attendees]]
+[[/GroupPhoto|Group photo at Oxford and raw summary of activities]]
 Following the success of the [http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Hackathon GHC] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon Hackathon]
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 compilers. To attend please [[/Registration|register]], and get ready to
 hack those lambdas!
+== Where ==
+Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, UK.
 == Important dates ==
+{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
+! Event
+! Date
+|-
+|Registration deadline
+|December 6th,  2006
+|-
+|Confirmation
+|December 10th, 2006
+|-
+|Hackathon
+|January 10-12, 2007
+|-
+|}
 '''10-12 January, 2007'''
@@ Line 40: / Line 65: @@
 == Logistics ==
+=== The room ===
+http://urchin.earth.li/~ian/hackathon_room/
+Reception should let you in through a door to your left. Stairs are left again. Go up one flight, then follow the corridor round to the right. The room is on your left.
+=== Maps ===
+* http://urchin.earth.li/~ian/directions_comlab/
+* http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/sheet/maps/map.htm The bottom map is a reasonable one for the center. The train station is in A10, the bus station C10 and the lab  E7
 === Accomodation ===
@@ Line 46: / Line 82: @@
 * http://www.oxford.gov.uk/tourism/where-to-stay.cfm
 * http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/venues.php?cat=hotel
+Cheeper end of the market:
+* The [http://www.hostels.co.uk/index.php?content=oxford.htm Backpackers Hostel], £14 per night
+* The [http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/hostelpages/836.html Oxford YHA], £20.95 per night (an additional £3 for non-YHA/HI members)
+Todo: list of local hotels within walking distance.
 === Travel ===
@@ Line 62: / Line 105: @@
 * 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 ===
@@ Line 93: / Line 141: @@
 [[/Projects|A list of projects]] people want to work on. Add your list!
-* porting libraries
-* new library/tool releases
-* compiler ports: want to get YHC running on your favourite machine?
-* new tools
-* infrastructure hacking: cabal, hackage
-* documentation
-* tutorials
-* bug squashing
-* feature implementations (walk the Trac list)
 Scheduling is flexible, feel free to drop in any time during the 3 days.
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 * Duncan Coutts
-* Ian Lynagh
+* [mailto:igloo@earth.li Ian Lynagh]
 * [http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons Don Stewart]
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Oxford_Skyline_Panorama_from_St_Mary%27s_Church_-_Oct_2006.jpg The Oxford background] is GFDLd, and copyright Diliff.
+== IRC channel ==
+A Hackathon [[IRC channel]] has been set up. Visit:
+    #haskell.hac07
+on freenode.
 [[Category:Community]]
+[[Category:Hackathon]]