# TFP 2027 – Call for Papers
(https://trendsfp.github.io/2027/)

## Important Dates

Submission deadline (pre-symposium, full papers): Thu 3rd Dec 2026 (AOE)
Notification (pre-symposium, full papers): Thu 14th Jan 2027
Submission deadline (pre-symposium, draft papers): Thu 28th Jan 2027 (AOE)
Notification (pre-symposium, draft papers): Thu 4th Feb 2027
Submission deadline (post-symposium review): Thu 29th Apr 2027 (AOE)*
Notification (post-symposium submissions): Thu 10th Jun 2027*
TFPiE Workshop: Mon 12th Mar 2027
TFP Symposium: Sat 13th to Mon 15th Mar 2027

(* tentative)

The Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming (TFP) is an international
forum for researchers with interests in all aspects of functional programming,
taking a broad view of current and future trends in the area. It aspires to be
a lively environment for presenting the latest research results, and other
contributions.

This year, TFP will take place in-person in Kyoto, Japan, held by the Special
Interest Group on Programming and Programming Languages (SIG-PPL), Japan
Society for Software Science and Technology (JSSST). It is co-located with
the Trends in Functional Programming in Education (TFPIE) workshop, which will
take on the day before the main symposium.

Please be aware that TFP has several submission deadlines. The first, 3rd of
December, is for authors who wish to have their full paper reviewed prior to
the symposium. Papers that are accepted in this way must also be presented at
the symposium. The second, 28th January, is for authors who wish to present
their work or work-in-progress at the symposium first without submitting to
the full review process for publication. These authors can then take into
account feedback received at the symposium and submit a full paper for review
by the third deadline, Thu 29th Apr 2027 (AOE) (tentative).

## Scope

The symposium recognizes that new trends may arise through various routes. As
part of the Symposium’s focus on trends we therefore identify the following five
paper categories. High-quality submissions are solicited in any of these
categories:

* Research Papers: Leading-edge, previously unpublished research work
* Position Papers: On what new trends should or should not be
* Project Papers: Descriptions of recently started new projects
* Evaluation Papers: What lessons can be drawn from a finished project
* Overview Papers: Summarizing work with respect to a trendy subject

Papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted for publication to any
other forum. They may consider any aspect of functional programming: theoretical,
implementation-oriented, or experience-oriented. Applications of functional
programming techniques to other languages are also within the scope of the
symposium.

Topics suitable for the symposium include, but are not limited to:

* Functional programming and multicore/manycore computing
* Functional programming in the cloud
* High performance functional computing
* Extra-functional (behavioural) properties of functional programs
* Dependently typed functional programming
* Validation and verification of functional programs
* Debugging and profiling for functional languages
* Functional programming in different application areas:
security, mobility, telecommunications applications, embedded systems,
global computing, grids, etc.
* Interoperability with imperative programming languages
* Novel memory management techniques
* Program analysis and transformation techniques
* Empirical performance studies
* Abstract/virtual machines and compilers for functional languages
* (Embedded) domain specific languages
* New implementation strategies
* Any new emerging trend in the functional programming area

If you are in doubt on whether your paper is within the scope of TFP, please
contact the programme chairs, Alex Gerdes and Kazutaka Matsuda.

## Best Paper Awards

TFP awards two prizes for the best papers each year.

First, to reward excellent contributions, TFP awards a prize for the best overall
paper accepted for the post-conference formal proceedings.

Second, each year TFP also awards a prize for the best student paper. TFP
traditionally pays special attention to research students, acknowledging that
students are almost by definition part of new subject trends. A student paper is
one for which the authors state that the paper is mainly the work of students,
the students are the paper’s first authors, and a student would present the paper.

In both cases, it is the PC of TFP that awards the prize. In case the best paper
happens to be a student paper, then that paper will receive both prizes.

## Instructions to Authors

Submission is via EasyChair: (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tfp2027).

Authors of papers have the choice of having their contributions formally reviewed
either before or after the Symposium. Further, pre-symposium submissions may either
be full (earlier deadline) or draft papers (later deadline).

## Pre-symposium formal review

Papers to be formally reviewed before the symposium should be submitted before the
early deadline and will receive their reviews and notification of acceptance for
both presentation and publication before the symposium. A paper that has been
rejected for publication but accepted for presentation may be revised and resubmitted
for the post-symposium formal review.

## Post-symposium formal review

Draft papers will receive minimal reviews and notification of acceptance for
presentation at the symposium. Authors of draft papers will be invited to submit
revised papers based on the feedback received at the symposium. A post-symposium
refereeing process will then select a subset of these papers for formal publication.

## Paper categories

Draft papers and papers submitted for formal review are submitted as extended
abstracts (4 to 10 pages in length) or full papers (up to 20 pages). The submission
must clearly indicate which category it belongs to: research, position, project,
evaluation, or overview paper. It should also indicate which authors are research
students, and whether the main author(s) are students. A draft paper for which all
authors are students will receive additional feedback by one of the PC members
shortly after the symposium has taken place.

## Format

Papers must be written in English, and written using the LNCS style. For more
information about formatting please consult the Springer LNCS Guidelines web site
(https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).

## Organizing Committee

Alex Gerdes University of Gothenburg and Chalmers, SE Program Co-Chair
Kazutaka Matsuda Tohoku University, JP Program Co-Chair
SIG-PPL Coordination
Atsushi Igarashi Kyoto University, JP Local Arrangements Chair
Kota Mizushima nextbeat Co., Ltd Sponsorship Chair
Casper Bach University of South Denmark, DK General Chair
Peter Achten Radboud University Nijmegen, NL Publicity Chair
Marco T. Morazán Seton Hall University, US Steering Committee Chair

## Programme Committee
(TBA)