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+title: University of Strathclyde hosts successful SPLV'24
+published: 2024-08-21
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+
+From the 29th July to 2nd August 2024,
+the fifth edition of the
+[Scottish Programming Languages & Verification Summer School](https://spli.scot/splv/2024-strathclyde/)
+(SPLV 2024)
+was organised by the
+[MSP Group](https://msp.cis.strath.ac.uk/)
+of the
+[University of Strathclyde](https://strath.ac.uk/).
+
+With 58 attendees from around the world,
+(including Scotland, England, the EU, and USA)
+students had the ability to engage with topics across programming languages and verification research.
+
+The core courses for SPLV 2024 were
+
+  + Category Theory by [Chris Heunen](https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/cheunen/)
+  + Type Theory by [Conor Mc Bride](https://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/conor.mcbride/)
+
+The invited course was:
+
+  + Introduction to Separation Logic by [Jean-Marie Madiot](https://madiot.fr/)
+
+The specialised courses were:
+
+  + Type Theory & Implicit Complexity by [Bob Atkey](https://bentnib.org/)
+  + Mechanization of Binders by [Kathrin Stark](https://www.k-stark.de/)
+  + Category Theory for Semantics by [Vikraman Choudhury](https://vikraman.org/)
+  + Protocol Verification by [Andrés Goens](https://goens.org/)
+  + Effects and Handlers by [Sam Lindley](https://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/slindley/)
+  + Applied Category Theory by [Jules Hedges](https://julesh.com/)
+
+SPLV is not just about learning; there were plenty of social acitivies as well.
+Monday night saw an informal 'Pizza & Drinks' reception held at the University, and the school dinner was held at a local resturant on the Tuesday.
+The excursion was on Wednesday afternoon where participants had the opportunity to explore Pollok Country Park, and come face-to-face with a menagerie of wildlife that included Highland Coos!
+
+Finally, SPLV 2024 could not have been realised without the help of the sponsors:
+
+  + Gold Sponsor: [Quantinuum](https://www.quantinuum.com/)
+  + Bronze: [Tweag](https://tweag.io/) and [Well-Typed](https://www.well-typed.com/).
+
+[SICSA](https://www.sicsa.ac.uk/)
+played an important role in supporting the attendance of students from SICSA-affiliated Universities.