This video was recorded at Code Mesh LDN 18 http://bit.ly/2P7SPII Get involved in Code Sync's next conference http://bit.ly/2Mcm4aS --- ABSTRACT NONSENSE by Ju Gonçalves THIS TALK IN THREE WORDS: Monoids Effects Art TALK LEVEL: Intermediate / Advanced ABSTRACT Generative art programming requires many effectful computations, such as random number generation and image output. What if we applied category theory to model a declarative, purely functional way of programming artworks? In other words, what if we could generate abstract nonsense with abstract nonsense? Read the full abstract: http://codesync.global/speaker/ju-goncalves192/ --- THE SPEAKER - JU GONÇALVES Phd Student in Computer Science Ju Gonçalves is a young computer scientist based in Copenhagen. They can usually be seen working on their Ph.D. on Type Theory at Roskilde University or playing with Nintendo games on the streets of Copenhagen. They are a member of Programming, Logic and Intelligent Systems research group, and many interesting forums. For them, pokémons and bugs in programming language development have something in common, they gotta catch 'em all! More on Ju Gonçalves: http://codesync.global/speaker/ju-goncalves192/ --- CODE SYNC & CODE MESH LDN 18 Code Mesh LDN is powered by Code Sync. Code Mesh LDN 18 was sponsored by WhatsApp, Toyota Connected, Erlang Solutions, TEAMango, and aeternity. CODE SYNC Website: www.codesync.global Twitter: www.twitter.com/CodeMeshIO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CodeSyncGlobal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/code-sync/ Mail: info at codesync.global #CodeMesh #AlgorithmicArt #Art #CategoryTheory #FunctionalProgramming