User groups

From HaskellWiki


A range of Haskell User Groups are springing up all over.

Online communities

  • discord Haskell subchannel on Functional Programming channel

Reddit

Facebook Groups

User groups

Regular meetings in a particular geographical area. Great if you want to see and meet other Haskellers.


Africa

South Africa

Lambda Luminaries
Functional programming user group based in Centurion, Gauteng.

Asia

China

China Lisp User Group
China Lisp User Group (CLUG) is the earliest founded Lisp user group in China.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Functional Programming User Meetup Group

Iran

Haskell Iran Group
Telegram group that discuss about functional solutions, Haskell QA and meetups. To join, open this link: https://t.me/ifpc_group

Japan

Japan Haskell Users Group (Haskell-jp)
blog, slack, recipes, events (meetings) and more
Tokyo Society for the Application of Currying
Tokyo Haskell Meetup
Casual monthly meetings to help each other learn Haskell

Singapore

HASKELL.SG Meetup

Europe

Belgium

Ghent Functional Programming Group
The Ghent Functional Programming Group will be having its first meeting on April 1, 2010.
Leuven Haskell User Group
The Leuven Haskell User Group was launched on March 3, 2015 and meets every two weeks.

Czech Republic

Functional Programming Brno

Estonia

Tallinn Haskell User Group

Finland

Helsinki Haskell Users Group

France

Fr/Haskell
The Strasbourg HUG meets monthly in an informal setting. Level is very low and newbies are very welcome.

Germany

Curry Club Augsburg
http://curry-club-augsburg.de/
Berlin HUG
http://www.meetup.com/berlinhug/
Haskell in Frankfurt
Haskell in Leipzig
Hal, they have videos online.
Haskell in Munich
We had our first meeting on Thursday, 29th of September 2011. We are always looking forward to see new people. If you can make it to Munich, consider joing us!
Regensburg Haskell Meetup
We meet regularly once a month since 2014. Folks from the Munich and Nuremberg area frequently join.
Interest for User Groups in Germany

Greece

Haskell Greece Google group

Hungary

Budapest Haskell User Group
The Haskell User Group is a group of Haskell enthusiasts who are interested in sharing their knowledge and meeting people who share similar interests. We had our first meeting in September 2013.

Iceland

Reykjavik Haskell User Group Iceland
Currently recruiting members

Israel

IsraelHaskell User Group
Are getting organised.

Italy

HaskellITA
We had a first meeting in August 2008 and we now have an active online community.

Netherlands

Dutch HUG
The Dutch HUG used to meet monthly in an informal setting.

Norway

Osλo Haskell
Osλo Haskell is a group for Haskellers and people interested in Haskell and related languages in and around Oslo. We had our first meeting in March 2014.

Poland

Monadic Warsaw

We meet irregularly in Warsaw and have presentations in English and then talks over beer about anything of interest to functional programmers and enthusiasts, though Haskell topics appear more often than others. You are kindly welcome!

Russia

Russian community of Haskell-developers
Saint-Petersburg Haskell User Group
Moscow Haskell User Group
haskell-russian mailing list

Switzerland

Haskell User Group Zurich
We are meeting once a month to share knowledge of and experience with Haskell.
Geneva Haskell Group
We are a Haskell community in Geneva planning to meet up every week.

Turkey

Turkey Haskell Programmer's Group
Formed by Turkish Functional Programmers, the group began to communicate via an e-mail list opened by core.gen.tr. The first contribution is hlibev project by Aycan iRiCAN.
BILFP (Bilkent University Comp. Eng. Dept. Functional Programming Society) Turkey
Project aims to improve people's knowledge and encourage the use of functional programming languages — especially in Turkey. Group is open to functional-programming-related discussions and establishes related presentations at Bilkent University that are open to anybody.

UK

Manchester Lambda Lounge
We are an active community meeting monthly at the Madlab (Manchester Digital Laboratory) to talk about topics in functional programming.
Hoodlums - Haskell developer meetup
Meets monthly on the second Thursday of the month in Canary Wharf. It is a "Coding Dojo" format where we pick some interesting problem and solve it as a group.
London Haskell User Group
The main meetings are monthly on the last or fourth Thursday of the month. The group was revived in late 2012.
ed lambda (Edinburgh, UK)
For functional programming in general, founded by a Haskeller. First meeting will be September 13th 2010.
OxHUG - the Oxford Haskell Users Group
Meets every other week, currently at the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford. Discussion session followed by adjournment to a local tavern. Aimed at students, graduates, professionals and enthusiasts.
fp-southwales, the South Wales Functional Programming User Group
Starting up in late 2009, based out of Swansea University.

Ukraine

LtU-Kiev community
Irregular meetups, usually with prepared talks on Haskell and other FP topics.
Odessa Haskell User Group
Regular informal meetups (approximately once a month) in a pub or cafe

North America

Central

Austin Functional Programmers Group
See the discussion group for more.
Boulder Haskell Programmers
Boulder and Denver (Colorado) area Haskell Programmer Group. Meetings are focused on practical topics faced by working programmers. All experience levels are welcome.
Colorado Area Haskell Study Group
Chicago Haskell — First general meeting in December 2009. — Mailing List@ChicagoHaskell
Denver Area Haskell Users Group -- DenHUG had it's first meeting on 27 Feb 2010. Next meeting will be 3 Apr 2010.
Houston Haskell Users Group -- Meets the 1st Monday of every month at TxRx labs
St. Louis Lambda Lounge -- Meets the 1st Thursday of the month. Since Dec 2008, Lambda Lounge is a user group in St. Louis organized loosely around the idea of exploring dynamic and functional languages.
Nashville Haskell Users Group (NHUG) -- Meets 1st Tuesday of each month.

East Coast

Boston Haskell Users' Group.
Meets monthly.
New York Haskell Users Group
The NY Haskell Users Group is for all programmers either interested in or experienced with the Haskell programming language. Meets monthly.
New York Functional Programmers
Come and meet like-minded functional programmers in the New York area.
Haskell DC
Washington DC area Meetup for Haskell.
FringeDC Washington
Meetings about functional programming languages in Washington DC.
Atlanta Functional Programming Users Group
Meet other functional programmers in the Atlanta area. Join us and geek out!
Toronto Haskell User Group
Haskellers of Toronto, unite! We meet at Bento Miso on the second Wednesday of every month (check the event page to be sure; it's usually up-to-date). There is also a small organizational mailing list you can join to keep up to date.
Toronto Haskell Meetup
A beginner friendly place to learn about Haskell, ask questions, and meet friendly FP enthusiasts - you can find us on meetup.com
Haskellers Montreal Group.
Meets every 2 months on the first Wednesday of that month, currently at Centre Cloud.ca (previously known as RPM). Talks alternate from expert-level to more newcomer-oriented ones; and we organize through our website, a Google group and a meetup.com page.

West Coast

SoCal FP Group
San Diego Haskell User Group
a Haskell User Group for the San Diego and Tijuana region
The Bay Area Functional Programmers group
Meeting monthly in the San Francisco Bay area. See their blog for more details and news of upcoming meetings.
PDXfunc: Portland FP Group
Monthly meetings of the Portland, Oregon functional programming group. Meetings occur on the second Monday of each month at 7 pm, typically in Downtown/NW Portland.
Seattle Area Haskell Users' Group
Monthly get-togethers serving Seattle and the Eastside (see also Meetup.com for details)
Seattle: Northwest Functional Programming Interest Group
a Northwest Functional Programming Interest Group in Seattle.
Vancouver Haskell UnMeetup
Monthly interactive sessions, (+10) for joining

Oceania

Australia

FP-SYD, the Sydney (Australia) Functional Programming group
FP hackers in Sydney.
(FPU) Melbourne Functional Programming Union
The FPU is a collective of functional programming language enthusiasts, which has been in operation since 1998. We are based at the University of Melbourne, in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, but we are open to all members of the community. We meet on a regular basis for lively discussions on topics broadly associated with the declarative programming paradigm.
Brisbane Functional Programming Group (BFPG) (Meetup page)
A group for Functional Programming with Haskell, Scala and other languages.
Perth Functional Programmers Meetup
A group in Perth, WA for Functional Programming with Haskell, Scala and other languages.

South America

Bolivia

Comunidad Haskell San Simon (CHSS)
Haskell user group for Bolivia and spanish speaking community

Brazil

Grupo Brasileiro de Usuários de Haskell
Grupo criado para reunir os desenvolvedores e entusiastas que utilizam Haskell no Brasil

Ecuador

Quito Lambda
A monthly meetup about functional programming in Quito, Ecuador

Workshops/meet ups

Less regular, and move around. Usually have a few talks from invited speakers. See the Haskell homepage for a list of upcoming events.

Hackathons

Getting together to squash bugs and write new stuff. For a list of past and upcoming hackathons, see the Hackathon page.

Conferences

See the Haskell in research and Conferences page for academic workshops and conferences focusing on Haskell and related technology.