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The '''BAA''' (British APL Association) was founded in 1984 to promote the APL family of interactive array-programming languages derived from [[Ken Iverson]]’s [[mathematical notation|Iverson notation]]. As a group, it organises regular events around the UK and encourages participation from as many people as possible.  
The '''British APL Association''' ('''BAA'''; infrequently '''BAPLA''') is a [[user group]] founded in 1984 in England to promote APL, and the publisher of Vector journal. It is funded by its sustaining members, which include corporate users and the APL [[vendors]] [[APL2000]], [[Dyalog Ltd.]], [[Kx Systems]], and MicroAPL.
 
The BAA was a Specialist Group of the [[wikipedia:British Computer Society|British Computer Society]] from its early years (possibly beginning after [[APL86]]<ref>Anthony Camacho. [http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10500330 "BAA Annual General Meeting 2010"]. Vector journal volume 24 issue 4. 2010-12.</ref>) until it left in response to increasing requirements made by the BCS in 2008.<ref>Paul Grosvenor. [http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10011900 "Changes at the BAA" (pdf)]. Vector journal volume 23 issue 4. 2008-09.</ref>


== Activities ==
== Activities ==
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=== Vector journal ===
=== Vector journal ===


From 1985 until 2016, BAA published 25 volumes of a journal with submitted articles on array programming, which took over from [[APL Quote Quad]] as being the de-facto leading publishing channel for APL-related materials. BAA has lately switched to electronic publishing.
In 1984, BAA publised the first issues of Vector journal, which gradually took the place of [[APL Quote Quad]] as the de-facto leading publishing channel for APL content. The journal featured submitted articles on array programming including [[J]] and [[K]], as well as news from APL and other array language vendors. Beginning in 2005, with volume 21 issue 4, the journal was issued online as well as in print, and some prior articles have also been made available online.<ref>Stephen Taylor. [http://archive.vector.org.uk/art10009870 "Editorial: Discover, Learn, Profit"]. Vector journal volume 21 issue 4. 2005-09.</ref> It was published quarterly until 2004, when late and sometimes skipped issues began to interrupt its formerly regular schedule. Releases slowed more significantly after 2008, and in 2016, following the completion of volume 26, the journal moved entirely to online publishing. So far a single issue has been published this way, in 2019.


=== BAPLA 09 ===
=== BAPLA 09 ===
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=== Webinar ===
=== Webinar ===
In response to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, BAA has arranged this series of [[Wikipedia:webcast|webcast]]s to replace their regular monthly symposium.<ref>BAA. [https://britishaplassociation.org/webinar-schedule-2020/ Webinar Schedule for 2020].</ref>
In response to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, BAA is arranging a series of [[Wikipedia:webcast|webcast]]s to replace their regular monthly symposium.<ref>BAA. [https://britishaplassociation.org/webinar-schedule-2020/ Webinar Schedule for 2020].</ref>


The Webinars, which are held using [[Wikipedia:Zoom (software)|Zoom]], consist of half an hour of social interaction, followed by a single presentation of about an hour, and a Q&A session. The sessions are recorded and subsequently published on YouTube.
The Webinars, are held using [[Wikipedia:Zoom (software)|Zoom]], and consist of half an hour of social interaction, followed by a single presentation of about an hour, and a Q&A session. The sessions are recorded with subsequent publication on YouTube. Some webinars are so called ''open sessions'' which are more similar to the monthly symposium, in being informal meetings where APLers discuss and present whatever they feel like, with no particular subject decided on beforehand.


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! No. !! Date !! Presenter(s) !! Title
! No. !! Date !! Presenter(s) !! Title
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| 1 || Apr 9th 2020 || [[Richard Park]], [[Dyalog]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbB4uxbG1ec Molecular Dynamics-in-APL]
| 1 || Apr 9th 2020 || [[Richard Park]], [[Dyalog Ltd.|Dyalog]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbB4uxbG1ec Molecular Dynamics-in-APL]
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| 2 || Apr 23rd 2020 || MJH Software Services || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wvrn8vtazA Introducing qWC Alpha 0.4]
| 2 || Apr 23rd 2020 || MJH Software Services || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wvrn8vtazA Introducing qWC Alpha 0.4]
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| 3 || May 7th 2020 || [[Adám Brudzewsky]], [[Dyalog]] || [https://dyalog.tv/Webinar/?v=OeOpdGF1bnc Meet the new APL Wiki]
| 3 || May 7th 2020 || [[Adám Brudzewsky]], [[Dyalog Ltd.|Dyalog]] || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qygPslrXnM Meet the new APL Wiki]
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| 4 || May 21st 2020 || [[Phil Last]] || Acre source-code manager update
| 4 || May 21st 2020 || [[Phil Last]] || Acre source-code manager update
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| 6 || Jun 18th 2020 || [[Bob Armstrong]] || CoSy : The Shortest Path from the Chip to the Math
| 6 || Jun 18th 2020 || [[Bob Armstrong]] || CoSy : The Shortest Path from the Chip to the Math
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| 7 || Jul 2nd 2020 || TBA || TBA
| 7 || Jul 2nd 2020 || [[Adám Brudzewsky]] || aplcart.info turns 1
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| colspan=4 align=center | summer break
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| rowspan=2 | 8 || rowspan=2 | Aug 13th 2020 || John Jacob || BAA websites: New features
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| Ellis Morgan || An APL recreation
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| 9 || Aug 27th 2020 || colspan=2 | Open Session
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| 10 || Sep 10th 2020 || colspan=2 | Open session
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| 11 || Sep 24th 2020 || Ray Cannon || | Using SVG from Dyalog APL for animated visualisation
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| 12 || Oct 8th 2020 || Ray Polivka || | Seats in the House of Representatives
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|}


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