Another in the series of recordings that I have done for INETA Live.
In this talk Chance Coble will introduce several features of F# and show the language's ability to express intelligent, and even predictive software. F# is a new language shipping with Visual Studio 2010 that is based on functional programming, a paradigm that has been largely a tool for academics and researchers until recent years. Changes in computing architectures, compiler optimization and the growing interest in concise and flexible software have catalyzed functional programming into the mainstream. Of particular interest is F#'s ability to facilitate more complex, smarter and technically rigorous software. This talk will be a fundamental introduction to F#, assuming no background in functional programming.
Chance Coble is Chief Scientist at Blacklight Solutions, LLC where he uses his skills in functional programming to solve real world problems for clients of all sizes. His interest in functional programming started with Haskell a decade ago and he has been developing F# solutions for enterprise problems over the last four years. He frequently writes and speaks on F# and applying functional programming in the real world. Over the past decade he has worked on bringing ideas from scientific research into enterprise development solutions, including state of the art technologies for the Iraqi police force, high performance predictive ad-targeting systems, pattern recognition in medical data, financial analysis and biometric systems.