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Details of Grant
 
EPSRC Reference: EP/E009069/1
Title: Copy of Copy of Symposium in Honour of Gordon Plotkin
Principal Investigator: Dr AK Simpson
Other Investigators:
Dr J Bradfield Professor MP Fourman
Researcher Co-investigator:
Project Partner:
Department: Lab. for Foundations of Computer Science
Organisation: University of Edinburgh
Scheme: Standard Research
Starts: 01 September 2006 Ends: 31 December 2006 Value (£): 8,630
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Fundamentals of Computing
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
Related Grants:
Panel History:  
Summary
Professor Gordon Plotkin FRS is one of the UK's foreomost computer scientists. He has

made seminal contributions to the semantics of programming languages (both

denotational and operational), he conceived the idea of a "logical framework" and

developed the first example of one, and he has made other important contributions in

computational learning theory, theorem proving, and recently systems biology.

In September 2006, Gordon Plotkin celebrates his 60th birthday. To mark the event,

a symposium in his honour will be held in Edinburgh. This research proposal seeks

EPSRC support for the scientific aspects of the symposium.

We request:

1. Funding for two overseas invited speakers (Professor Dana Scott and

Professor Eugenio Moggi).

2. Support for attendance by 16 UK-based PhD students.

3. Support for certain infrastructure costs associated with the event.

Final Report Summary
Professor Gordon Plotkin FRS is one of the UK's foreomost computer scientists. He has

made seminal contributions to the semantics of programming languages (both

denotational and operational), he conceived the idea of a "logical framework" and

developed the first example of one, and he has made other important contributions in

computational learning theory, theorem proving, and recently systems biology.

In September 2006, Gordon Plotkin celebrated his 60th birthday. To mark the event,

a symposium in his honour was held in Edinburgh. This research grant

supported the following scientific aspects of the symposium.

1. Funding for invited speakers who required it.

2. Support for attendance by UK-based PhD students.

3. Support for certain infrastructure costs associated with the event.

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