Tech Talk: Introducing Well-Founded Recursion

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Galois is pleased to host the following tech talk. These talks are open to the interested public. Please join us!

titile:
Introducing Well-Founded Recursion (slides)
presenter:
Eric Mertens
time:
10:30am, Tuesday, 15 June 2010.
location:
Galois Inc.421 SW 6th Ave. Suite 300, Portland, OR, USA(3rd floor of the Commonwealth building)
abstract:
Implementing recursive functions can be tricky when you want to be certain that they eventually terminate. This talk introduces the concept of well-founded recursion as a tool for implementing recursive functions. It implements these concepts in the Agda programming language and demonstrates the technique by implementing a simple version of Quicksort.
bio:
Eric is a member of the technical staff at Galois, Inc., where he holds roles in software design and development for projects focusing on secure collaboration and secure network protocols. He specializes in Haskell programming and in leveraging Haskell’s unique type-system to improve various network and web-focused interfaces.