HOPL: Not an ordinary conference
The History of Programming Languages (HOPL) conference is the most paradoxical that SIGPLAN puts on: the hardest to publish in, yet an acceptance rate of almost 100%. This post is the story of HOPL IV (2020).
People of PL: Ron Garcia
People of PL is a series of interviews with PL researchers. In today’s post, John Wickerson chats with Ron Garcia, who is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia.
People of PL: Mike Hicks
People of PL is a series of interviews conducted in January 2020 of PL researchers. In today’s post, John Wickerson chats with Mike Hicks, who is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, and was former Chair of ACM SIGPLAN.
Virtual PLDI 2020
In this post, Alastair Donaldson, General Chair of PLDI, tells us about how the virtual conference will work, including ideas for recreating those “hallway conversations” that are so important at physical conferences. Registration for PLDI closes on June 5.
People of PL: Alexandra Silva
People of PL is a series of interviews conducted in January 2020 of PL researchers. In today’s post, John Wickerson chats with Alexandra Silva, who is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UCL.
From Programs to Deep Models – Part 3: Code Completion
This post discusses the task of automatic code completion through the application of deep learning methods.
Conferences in the Age of COVID-19
Online conferences are the new normal. Here’s how to make them shine.
More People of Programming Languages
Reprising the interviews of a diverse group of 10 programming languages researchers, the People of Language Design and Implementation, from 2019.
Synthesizing Neurosymbolic Programs
We discuss the emerging problem of automatically synthesizing neurosymbolic programs, or programs that blend together neural networks and high-level code.
People of Programming Languages
Jean Yang interviews 15 programming languages researchers about their work, methods, motivations, and history.
