[Haskell-cafe] Master's thesis project at Philips Research

[Robert van Herk]

At Philips Research (Eindhoven, The Netherlands), we have a Haskell
master-thesis project in the context of interactive toys. We are developing
a platform for serious toys and games. In this project, we add advanced
interactivity based on wireless sensors to traditional toy designs. This
can be used to create a whole range of new, revolutionary, exciting toys
and games.

One of the design goals is that it will be easy for a non-technical person
to write applications for the toys and games. For this we are developing a
programming language. In this context, we are looking for a student. The
project would encompass be the following:

- Design and finetune a grammer for this language
- Create a parser and compiler for this language
- Implement an interpreter to run the compiled code on embedded hardware

Some design goals are:
- The language should cover the functionality needed to elegantly program
the required set of applications
- The language should be easily understandable for a non-technical person

We are looking for somebody who:
- is a master student in Computer Science
- has knowledge of language design and compiler design
- can write code that runs well on constrained hardware
- is a good “team-player”
- can express himself well in English

Of course, affinity with story designing or toy designing is advantageous.

Please contact me by e-mail if you are interested!

Regards,
Robert

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Robert van Herk
Research Scientist, IT Group, Philips Research

High Tech Capus 37 (WY) 7.40
Eindhoven
The Netherlands
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