[boston-lisp] Boston Lisp Meeting 2013-04-10T18:30

[Alex Plotnick]

I'm pleased to announce that Professor Harry Mairson of Brandeis
University will be speaking on "Functional Geometry and the Traité
de Lutherie". Professor Mairson will discuss the use of functional
programming to describe the outlines of eighteenth-century stringed
instruments, as explained in the 2006 book by Luthier François Denis,
"Traité de Lutherie". The programming metaphor is entirely Euclidean,
incloving only straightedge and compass constructions, with few
(if any) numbers, and no Cartesian equations or grid. The goal is
to characterize common patterns in instrument design: not only the
abstraction of straightedge and compass constructions, but also of
higher-order components in the instrument design process.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, 10 April at 6:30 PM,
in the Star Conference room at MIT's Stata Center (MIT 32-D463;
<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32>). After the talk, we will adjourn
to Mary Chung's for dinner.

I look forward to seeing you all there!