Exploring Erlang, Elixir and Beyond: A Conversation with Professor Laura Castro

Exploring Erlang, Elixir and Beyond: A Conversation with Professor Laura Castro

Author: Rede Emílias de Podcasts March 18, 2024 Duration: 26:30

In this episode of the Professor Adolfo Neto podcast, join me, Adolfo, as we sit down with Laura Castro.

Laura is a distinguished professor at Universidade da Coruña (UDC), Spain, and the chair of Cátedra CICAS, a collaborative project aimed at advancing Open Science through Software. She is involved in the BEAM (Erlang and Elixir) community and is a member of the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation.

During our conversation, Laura shares her journey into Erlang and Elixir, her role at the University of A Coruña, and her involvement in the BEAM community and the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation. We also delve into the topic of gender diversity in computing and Laura's thoughts on knowledge sharing within the field.

A big thank you to Laura for sharing her expertise with us.

You can connect with Laura Castro at https://lauramcastro.github.io/.

Why on Earth would I test if I have to just "Let it crash"? Laura Castro on Property-Based Testing

https://youtu.be/6gu9EXRraG8?si=P1l3Z6XFohvpSj6f  

Mostly Erlang podcast https://mostlyerlang.wordpress.com

José Valim, Joe Armstrong and Robert Virding https://mostlyerlang.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/019-elixir-with-jose-valim/ 

José Valim and Bruce Tate https://mostlyerlang.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/elixir-tools/ 

Hello, Erlang! podcast https://helloerlang.github.io/

Introduction to Functional Programming https://github.com/adolfont/caes005-introduction-to-functional-programming 

Detecting Oxbow Code in Erlang Codebases with the Highest Degree of Certainty, by Fernando (Brujo) Benavides Rodríguez, Laura M. Castro https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.08699 

Code BEAM A Corunha https://www.codebeamcorunha.es/en

Join the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation https://bit.ly/3Sl8XTO .  Their site is ⁠https://bit.ly/3Jma95g .

ELXPRO is an Elixir course whose creator, Gustavo Oliveira, I had the pleasure of interviewing in a previous episode ( https://youtu.be/bTUVIXg3Z28  ). 

If you're curious and ready to take your Elixir skills to the next level, check out my affiliate link to ELXPRO https://go.hotmart.com/F73840549I

Your exploration not only opens doors to ELXPRO but also supports the future of this podcast.

Find me on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/adolfont/

Find this podcast on audio platforms at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/adolfont 

Find this podcast on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@elixiradolfont 



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