Ralf Hinze is Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern¿Landau (RPTU). His research is centered around the construction of provably correct software, with a particular emphasis on functional programming, algebra of programming, applied category theory, and persistent data structures. His goal is to develop theory, languages, and tools that simplify the construction of reliable software systems.
Prologue; 1. Category theory; 2. String diagrams; 3. Monads; 4. Adjunctions; 5. Putting it all together; Epilogue; Appendix. Notation; References; Index.