Loyola CS faculty Drs. Läufer and Thiruvathukal to hold Scala workshop at SIGCSE 2013
The workshop entitled Using Scala Strategically Across the Undergraduate Curriculum, a joint submission by Dr. Mark Lewis from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and Drs. Läufer and Thiruvathukal from Loyola University Chicago, will be held at the SIGCSE 2013 symposium on computer science education.
Abstract: Various hybrid-paradigm languages, designed to balance compile-time error detection, conciseness, and performance, have emerged. Scala, e.g., is interoperable with Java and has become an early leader in adoption, especially in the start-up and open-source spaces.
Workshop participants experience Scala’s value as a teaching language in the CS curriculum through four lecture-lab modules: In CS1, the read-eval-print loop and simple, uniform syntax aid programming in the small. In CS2, higher-order methods allow concise, efficient manipulation of collections. Advanced topics include domain-specific languages, concurrency, web apps/services, and mobile apps.
Audience: CS educators who want to learn about Scala and its uses across the curriculum.
