We invite you to attend the following talk: Adding Generics to The Java(tm) Programming Language Gilad Bracha Computational Theologist Sun Microsystems Abstract Generic types allow users to write programs that work uniformly over a family of types. Generic types make programs more robust and type-safe, and more readable, by eliminating the clutter of unnecessary casts. Typical uses are container classes such as collections, lists and stacks. Generic types will be incorporated into the Java(tm) programming language in the  upcoming 1.5 release. In this talk, we highlight key features of the generics extension and discuss tradeoffs between functionality, compatibility, and performance. Bio Gilad Bracha is a computational theologist at Sun Microsystems, co-author and maintainer of the Java Language Specification, and a researcher in the area of object-oriented programming languages. Prior to joining Sun, he worked on Strongtalk, the Animorphic Smalltalk System. He holds a B.Sc in Mathematics and Computer Science from Ben  Gurion University in Israel and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Utah. When: tuesday 20th of January at 17h15 Where: Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik (IWI), Universität Bern, Engehaldenstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Hörsaal 001 Travel instructions: http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Resources/Maps/