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Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science

School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh

Plotkin 80

Celebrating Gordon D. Plotkin's 80th birthday

Monday, 7 September 2026

LFCS, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

About

Join us to celebrate another decade of logic, semantics, programming language design, in appreciation of the journey with Gordon through the science of computation and mathematics. We will commemorate his achievements so far with a relaxed day of talks by friends, past students, and collaborators in his honour, with plenty of opportunities to reminisce and share our experience.

Events

This celebration launches a triple of events taking place in Edinburgh:

Plotkin 80

7 September 2026, Informatics Forum G.07

A symposium in honor of Gordon Plotkin's 80th birthday.

Confirmed speakers so far include:

(alphabetical order)

Samson Abramsky (University College London, University of Oxford)
Danel Ahman (University of Tartu)
Marcelo Fiore (University of Cambridge)
Philippa Gardner (Imperial College London)
Dominic Hughes (U.C. Berkeley)
David Pym (UCL & Institute of Philosophy, University of London)
Glynn Winskel (Queen Mary London, University of Cambridge)
Ningning Xie (University of Toronto, Google DeepMind)

LFCS 40

8 September 2026, Informatics Forum G.07

A symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science.

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Wadler 70

9 September 2026, Informatics Forum G.07

A symposium in honor of Phil Wadler's 70th birthday.

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Contact

For enquiries regarding the events, scheduling, or registration assistance, please reach out via email.

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LFCS

School of Informatics

University of Edinburgh

Informatics Forum

Edinburgh EH8 9AB

September 2026

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