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We exhibit confluent and effectively weakly normalizing (thus decidable) rewriting systems for th... more We exhibit confluent and effectively weakly normalizing (thus decidable) rewriting systems for the full equational theory underlying cartesian closed categories, and for polymorphic extensions of it. The-calculus extended with surjective pairing has been well-studied in the last two decades. It is not confluent in the untyped case, and confluent in the typed case.
We present a calculus to formalize and give costs to parallel computations over multidimensional ... more We present a calculus to formalize and give costs to parallel computations over multidimensional dense arrays. The calculus extends a simple distribution calculus (proposed in some previous work) with computation and data collection. We consider an SPMD programming model in which process interaction can take place using point-to-point as well as collective operations, much in the style of MPI.
In these notes, we sketch a recent application of the typed and type-free A-calculus to Proof The... more In these notes, we sketch a recent application of the typed and type-free A-calculus to Proof Theory and Category Theory. The proof is fairly incomplete and we refer the reader interested in the lengthy technical details to Bruce & DiCosmo & Longo [1990]. Our main purpose here is to hint a logical framework for the result below, in a rather preliminary and problematic form. The occasion is provided by the kind invitation to deliver a lecture at a meeting with such a stimulating title.
Writing parallel programs is not easy, and debugging them is usually a nightmare. To cope with th... more Writing parallel programs is not easy, and debugging them is usually a nightmare. To cope with these difficulties, a structured approach to parallel programsusing skeletons and template based compiler techniques has been developed overthe past years by several researchers, including the P3L group in Pisa.
We discuss the implementation of a minimalist parallel library in OCaml. The library provides par... more We discuss the implementation of a minimalist parallel library in OCaml. The library provides parallel map and fold (reduce) higher order functions and targets standard cache coherent shared memory multi-cores. Our Parmap. parmap and Parmap. parfold functions may be used to seamlessly replace OCaml List map and fold standard functions preserving their full functional semantics while achieving nearly optimal speedup on standard multi-core architectures.
The study of type isomorphisms for different λ-calculi started over twenty years ago, and a very ... more The study of type isomorphisms for different λ-calculi started over twenty years ago, and a very wide body of knowledge has been established, both in terms of results and in terms of techniques. A notable missing piece of the puzzle was the characterization of type isomorphisms in the presence of intersection types.
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Abstract The widespread adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) has lead to a freer and ... more Abstract The widespread adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) has lead to a freer and more agile marketplace where there is a higher number of components that can be used to build systems in many original and often unforeseen ways. One of the most prominent examples of complex systems built with FOSS components are GNU/Linux-based distributions.
Abstract. This work focuses on software reuse for languages equipped with a module system. To ret... more Abstract. This work focuses on software reuse for languages equipped with a module system. To retrieve modules from a library, it is quite reasonable W use module signatures as a search key, up to a suitable notion of signature isomorphism. We study a formal notion of isomorphism for module signatures, which naturally extends the notion of isomorphism for types in functional languages.
We introduce a very simple, yet powerful, distribution calculus aimed at describing different str... more We introduce a very simple, yet powerful, distribution calculus aimed at describing different strategies that can be used to distribute (ie, partition and replicate) multidimensional dense arrays over a set of processors, like what is done in the implementation of the P3L Map skeleton. We give a formal semantics, that allows to prove equations between distributions, and we show how to associate a cost to such distributions, allowing to choose between semantically equivalent distribution strategies.
Abstract Summary form only given. Free software has revolutionised the way software is designed, ... more Abstract Summary form only given. Free software has revolutionised the way software is designed, developed, distributed, marketed and maintained. It has made freely accessible an incredible amount of source code, and enabled code reuse at a level which nobody believed possible just ten years ago. Such a radical change carries with itself many new challenges, which are scientific, organisational and economic. In this talk we will review some of them, and highlight possible ways to tackle them.
Isomorphisms of types is a research topic in type theory that has valuable practical applications... more Isomorphisms of types is a research topic in type theory that has valuable practical applications both for programming language design and for more human-centred information retrieval in software libraries. In this book the author presents the theoretical aspects of this research.
We exhibit confluent and effectively weakly normalizing (thus decidable) rewriting systems for th... more We exhibit confluent and effectively weakly normalizing (thus decidable) rewriting systems for the full equational theory underlying cartesian closed categories, and for polymorphic extensions of it. The-calculus extended with surjective pairing has been well-studied in the last two decades. It is not confluent in the untyped case, and confluent in the typed case.
We present a calculus to formalize and give costs to parallel computations over multidimensional ... more We present a calculus to formalize and give costs to parallel computations over multidimensional dense arrays. The calculus extends a simple distribution calculus (proposed in some previous work) with computation and data collection. We consider an SPMD programming model in which process interaction can take place using point-to-point as well as collective operations, much in the style of MPI.
In these notes, we sketch a recent application of the typed and type-free A-calculus to Proof The... more In these notes, we sketch a recent application of the typed and type-free A-calculus to Proof Theory and Category Theory. The proof is fairly incomplete and we refer the reader interested in the lengthy technical details to Bruce & DiCosmo & Longo [1990]. Our main purpose here is to hint a logical framework for the result below, in a rather preliminary and problematic form. The occasion is provided by the kind invitation to deliver a lecture at a meeting with such a stimulating title.
Writing parallel programs is not easy, and debugging them is usually a nightmare. To cope with th... more Writing parallel programs is not easy, and debugging them is usually a nightmare. To cope with these difficulties, a structured approach to parallel programsusing skeletons and template based compiler techniques has been developed overthe past years by several researchers, including the P3L group in Pisa.
We discuss the implementation of a minimalist parallel library in OCaml. The library provides par... more We discuss the implementation of a minimalist parallel library in OCaml. The library provides parallel map and fold (reduce) higher order functions and targets standard cache coherent shared memory multi-cores. Our Parmap. parmap and Parmap. parfold functions may be used to seamlessly replace OCaml List map and fold standard functions preserving their full functional semantics while achieving nearly optimal speedup on standard multi-core architectures.
The study of type isomorphisms for different λ-calculi started over twenty years ago, and a very ... more The study of type isomorphisms for different λ-calculi started over twenty years ago, and a very wide body of knowledge has been established, both in terms of results and in terms of techniques. A notable missing piece of the puzzle was the characterization of type isomorphisms in the presence of intersection types.
\begin{titlepage}. %. % Logos to make the commission happy. %. \begin{minipage}[p]{7cm}. \begin{l... more \begin{titlepage}. %. % Logos to make the commission happy. %. \begin{minipage}[p]{7cm}. \begin{large}. \textcolor{mancoosi@lightblue}{. \begin{tabular}{l}. Specific Targeted Research Project\\. Contract no.214898\\.
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Abstract The widespread adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) has lead to a freer and ... more Abstract The widespread adoption of free and open source software (FOSS) has lead to a freer and more agile marketplace where there is a higher number of components that can be used to build systems in many original and often unforeseen ways. One of the most prominent examples of complex systems built with FOSS components are GNU/Linux-based distributions.
Abstract. This work focuses on software reuse for languages equipped with a module system. To ret... more Abstract. This work focuses on software reuse for languages equipped with a module system. To retrieve modules from a library, it is quite reasonable W use module signatures as a search key, up to a suitable notion of signature isomorphism. We study a formal notion of isomorphism for module signatures, which naturally extends the notion of isomorphism for types in functional languages.
We introduce a very simple, yet powerful, distribution calculus aimed at describing different str... more We introduce a very simple, yet powerful, distribution calculus aimed at describing different strategies that can be used to distribute (ie, partition and replicate) multidimensional dense arrays over a set of processors, like what is done in the implementation of the P3L Map skeleton. We give a formal semantics, that allows to prove equations between distributions, and we show how to associate a cost to such distributions, allowing to choose between semantically equivalent distribution strategies.
Abstract Summary form only given. Free software has revolutionised the way software is designed, ... more Abstract Summary form only given. Free software has revolutionised the way software is designed, developed, distributed, marketed and maintained. It has made freely accessible an incredible amount of source code, and enabled code reuse at a level which nobody believed possible just ten years ago. Such a radical change carries with itself many new challenges, which are scientific, organisational and economic. In this talk we will review some of them, and highlight possible ways to tackle them.
Isomorphisms of types is a research topic in type theory that has valuable practical applications... more Isomorphisms of types is a research topic in type theory that has valuable practical applications both for programming language design and for more human-centred information retrieval in software libraries. In this book the author presents the theoretical aspects of this research.