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

[Zach Beane]

Alex Plotnick <plotnick at cs.brandeis.edu> writes:

> 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!

Sounds great, see you then!

Zach