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'''The Advanced Programming Specialist Group (APSG)''' is a Specialist Group (SG) of the ''[[British Computer Society]]'' (BCS), the Chartered Institute for IT. For more information, please see [http://www.bcs.org.uk/siggroup/advprog]

The '''Advanced Programming Specialist Group''' ('''APSG''') is a Specialist Group (SG) of the ''[[British Computer Society]]'' (BCS). It held its first meeting, when it was referred to as "BCS Study Group No. 5", at Bishop's House, [[High Holborn]], [[London]] WC1, [[England]] on 17 December 1959.<ref name="heritage">{{cite web | url=http://www.bcs.org/category/14884 | title=Our Heritage | work=Advanced Programming Specialist Group | publisher=[[British Computer Society]] | accessdate=18 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709035141/https://www.bcs.org/category/14884 | archive-date=9 July 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It has met continuously in London since then, generally on the second Thursday of the months from October to May each year.<ref name="history">{{cite web | url=http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/meetings-1959-2009.pdf | title=List of past events | work=Advanced Programming Specialist Group | publisher=[[British Computer Society]] | accessdate=18 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204850/http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/meetings-1959-2009.pdf | archive-date=3 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

For over 50 years, this group has tracked leading edge programming and software technologies, and their application within a real world context. Unlike other specialist groups, Advanced Programming SG concentrates on the new ideas underlying recent developments and is not confined to particular programming languages, paradigms or development methodologies. Membership is open to all BCS members worldwide and events are also open to non-members

WeAPSG seekseeks to explore new developments in programming languages, runtime environments, programming tools, multicore processors, mobile platforms and end user interfaces which are important to today's real world applications.<ref Pleasename="aims">{{cite seeweb our| weburl=http://www.bcs.org/category/14883 site| fortitle=Our detailsAims of| currentwork=Advanced activitiesProgramming Specialist Group | publisher=[[British Computer Society]] | accessdate=18 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217074346/http://www.bcs.org/category/14883 | archive-date=17 December 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Past chairmen of the Group were Ewart Willey (first chairman 1959–1974), ProfessorProf. Peter King (1974–1980), Peter Prowse (1980–1982), and Professor EmeritusProf. John Florentin (1982–2010), Prof. Geoff Sharman (2010-2014), and Rob Packwood (2014-2016).<ref name="heritage" /> The current chairman is ProfessorProf GeoffAlgirdas Sharman (2011-)Pakštas.

The group held its first meeting, when it was referred to as "BCS Study Group No. 5", at Bishop's House, [[High Holborn]], [[London]] WC1, [[England]] on 17 December 1959. It has met continuously in London since then, generally on the second Thursday of the months from October to May each year.

Past chairmen of the Group were Ewart Willey (first chairman 1959–1974), Professor Peter King (1974–1980), Peter Prowse (1980–1982) and Professor Emeritus John Florentin (1982–2010). The current chairman is Professor Geoff Sharman (2011-).

From time to time, the Group has held joint meetings with other BCS Specialist Groups, including:

From time to time, the Group has heldholds joint meetings with other BCS SpecialistSGs Groupsand Branches, includingfor example:{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

* February 2013, with Enterprise Architecture SG, ''What is Enterprise Architecture?''

* January 2013, with Formal Aspects SG ([[BCS-FACS]]), ''Industrial Uses of Formal Methods''

* May 2010, with Fortran SG, ''Parallel Programming in Fortran with Coarrays''

* January 2010 with [[Computer Conservation Society]], ''The 50th Anniversary of the publication of the Algol 60 Report''

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* November 2005, with Formal Aspects SG ([[BCS-FACS]]), ''Separation Logic''

==References==

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== External links ==

* [http://www.bcs.org/siggroupsgroups/advprog Advanced Programming GroupAPSG website]

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