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Sun 4 Nov
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09:00 - 10:00
Keynote: Ramanathan
REBLS
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Francisco Sant'Anna
Rio de Janeiro State University
09:00
15m
Day opening
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Guido Salvaneschi
TU Darmstadt
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Wolfgang De Meuter
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Francisco Sant'Anna
Rio de Janeiro State University
File Attached
09:15
45m
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Reacting to stream-based programming bugs
REBLS
K:
Murali Krishna Ramanathan
Uber
10:30 - 12:00
Embedded, IoT / Multitier, Distributed
REBLS
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Tetsuo Kamina
Oita University
10:30
22m
Talk
Where Do Events Come From? Reactive and Energy-Efficient Programming From The Ground Up
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Francisco Sant'Anna
Rio de Janeiro State University
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Alexandre Sztajnberg
Rio de Janeiro State University
File Attached
10:52
22m
Talk
Synthesizing Manually Verifiable Code for Statecharts
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Steven Smyth
Kiel University
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Christian Motika
Philotech Systementwicklung und Software GmbH
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Reinhard von Hanxleden
Kiel University
File Attached
11:15
22m
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RHEA: A Reactive, Heterogeneous, Extensible and Abstract Framework for Dataflow Programming
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Orestis Melkonian
University of Utrecht
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Angelos Charalambidis
NCSR "Demokritos''
File Attached
11:37
22m
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Reactive Chatbot Programming
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Guillaume Baudart
IBM Research
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Martin Hirzel
IBM Research
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Louis Mandel
IBM Research
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Avraham Shinnar
IBM Research
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Jerome Simeon
Clause
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13:30 - 15:00
Multitier, Distributed
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Louis Mandel
IBM Research
13:30
22m
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DISCOPAR: A Visual Reactive Programming Language for Generating Cloud-based Participatory Sensing Platforms
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Jesse Zaman
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Kennedy Kambona
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Wolfgang De Meuter
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
File Attached
13:52
22m
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Multitier Reactive Programming with ScalaLoci
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Pascal Weisenburger
Technische Universität Darmstadt
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Guido Salvaneschi
TU Darmstadt
File Attached
14:15
22m
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Distributing Thread-Safety for Reactive Programming
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Joscha Drechsler
Technische Universität Darmstadt
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Mira Mezini
TU Darmstadt
Pre-print
File Attached
14:37
22m
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Skitter: A DSL for Distributed Reactive Workflows
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Mathijs Saey
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Joeri De Koster
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Wolfgang De Meuter
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pre-print
File Attached
15:30 - 17:00
Visualization, Debugging, Programming
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Chair(s):
Antony Courtney
Facebook
15:30
22m
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Composable Higher-Order Reactors as the Basis for a Live Reactive Programming Environment
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Bjarno Oeyen
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Humberto Rodriguez Avila
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Sam Van den Vonder
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Wolfgang De Meuter
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
File Attached
15:52
22m
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Explicitly Comprehensible Functional Reactive Programming
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Steven Krouse
Media Attached
File Attached
16:15
22m
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A Reactive Language for Analyzing Cloud Logs
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Guillaume Baudart
IBM Research
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Louis Mandel
IBM Research
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Olivier Tardieu
IBM Research
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Mandana Vaziri
IBM Research
File Attached
16:37
22m
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Visualizing Reactive Execution History using Propagation Traces
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Takumi Hikosaka
Ritsumeikan University
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Tetsuo Kamina
Oita University
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Katsuhisa Maruyama
Ritsumeikan University
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Mon 5 Nov
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08:30 - 10:00
Meta for Types
META
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Elisa Gonzalez Boix
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
08:30
30m
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Code Generation for Higher Inductive Types
META
Paventhan Vivekanandan
Indiana University Bloomington
File Attached
09:00
30m
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Recognizing heterogeneous sequences by rational type expression
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Jim Newton
EPITA / LRDE https://www.lrde.epita.fr
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Didier Verna
EPITA / LRDE
DOI
09:30
30m
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Multiple Dispatch using Compile-Time Metaprogramming
META
Seyed Hossein Haeri
Université Catholique de Louvain
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Paul Keir
10:30 - 12:00
Keynote: Burmako & Tooling
META
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Chair(s):
Stefan Marr
University of Kent
10:30
60m
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SemanticDB: a common data model for Scala developer tools ⭐️
Keynote
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Eugene Burmako
Twitter, Inc.
DOI
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30m
Demonstration
Relit: Typed Literal Macros for Reason
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Cyrus Omar
University of Chicago
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Charles Chamberlain
University of Chicago
Link to publication
13:30 - 15:00
Keynote: Bonetta & Infrastructure
META
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Guido Chari
Czech Technical University, Czechia
13:30
60m
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GraalVM: Metaprogramming inside a Polyglot System ⭐️
Keynote
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Daniele Bonetta
Oracle Labs
DOI
14:30
30m
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Does It Make Sense to have Application-specific Code Conventions as a Complementary Approach to Code Annotations?
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Rodrigo Teixeira
INPE - National Institute for Space Research
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Eduardo Guerra
INPE - National Institute for Space Research
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Phyllipe Lima
INPE - National Institute for Space Research
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Paulo Meirelles
Federal University of São Paulo
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Fabio Kon
University of São Paulo
DOI
15:30 - 17:00
Keynote: Noble
META
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Stefan Marr
University of Kent
15:30
60m
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Through a Glass, Darkly ⭐️
Keynote
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James Noble
Victoria University of Wellington
DOI
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Day closing
Discussion and Closing
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Tue 6 Nov
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Keynote: Steele
SPLASH Keynotes
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SPLASH PLMW
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Barbara Ryder
Virginia Tech
08:45
15m
Welcome and Introduction
SPLASH PLMW
Barbara Ryder
Virginia Tech
File Attached
09:00
60m
Talk
50 Years of Programming and Language Design
KEYNOTE
SPLASH Keynotes
Guy L. Steele Jr.
Oracle Labs
File Attached
10:30 - 12:00
Mentoring Workshop
SPLASH PLMW
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Sarah Nadi
University of Alberta
10:30
30m
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The story of Arjun Guha, or: the arc of a research project
SPLASH PLMW
Shriram Krishnamurthi
Brown University, USA
11:00
30m
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From academia to industry and back again
SPLASH PLMW
Julia Rubin
University of British Columbia
File Attached
11:30
30m
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Work/Life Balance
SPLASH PLMW
Kathleen Fisher
Tufts University, USA
File Attached
13:00 - 14:00
Panel: Industry and Academia
SPLASH PLMW
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Sarah Nadi
University of Alberta
13:00
60m
Panel: Industrial and Academic Research
SPLASH PLMW
Kathleen Fisher
Tufts University, USA
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Mayur Naik
University of Pennsylvania
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Julia Rubin
University of British Columbia
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Frank Tip
Northeastern University
14:00 - 15:30
Mentoring Workshop
SPLASH PLMW
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Jonathan Bell
George Mason University
14:00
30m
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Navigating the process of doing a rewarding Ph.D.
SPLASH PLMW
Mayur Naik
University of Pennsylvania
14:30
30m
Talk
Interaction: the Key to Joining a Research Community
SPLASH PLMW
Kathi Fisler
Brown University
File Attached
15:00
30m
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Advice on your advisor
SPLASH PLMW
Marsha Chechik
University of Toronto
File Attached
16:00 - 21:00
Mentoring Workshop
SPLASH PLMW
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Cambridge
Chair(s):
Jonathan Bell
George Mason University
16:00
30m
Talk
How to Select Good Research Topics?
SPLASH PLMW
Frank Tip
Northeastern University
File Attached
16:30
60m
Panel of Recent Ph.Ds
SPLASH PLMW
Michael Carbin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Benjamin Lerner
Northeastern University
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Sarah Nadi
University of Alberta
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Shiyi Wei
The University of Texas at Dallas
17:30
15m
Discussion and Concluding Remarks
SPLASH PLMW
File Attached
18:00
3h
End-of-Workshop Dinner at The Brahmin American (All PLMW attendees, speakers, panelists and mentors are invited)
SPLASH PLMW
Sun 4 Nov
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REBLS
Keynote: Ramanathan
REBLS
Embedded, IoT / Multitier, Distributed
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Multitier, Distributed
REBLS
Visualization, Debugging, Programming
Mon 5 Nov
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Meta for Types
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Keynote: Burmako & Tooling
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Keynote: Bonetta & Infrastructure
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Keynote: Noble
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Keynote: Steele
SPLASH PLMW
Mentoring Workshop
SPLASH PLMW
Panel: Industry and Academia
SPLASH PLMW
Mentoring Workshop
SPLASH PLMW
Mentoring Workshop
Sun 4 Nov
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REBLS
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00 - 09:15
REBLS
Reacting to stream-based programming bugs
09:15 - 10:00
REBLS
Where Do Events Come From? Reactive and Energy-Efficient Programming Fr ...
10:30 - 10:52
REBLS
Synthesizing Manually Verifiable Code for Statecharts
10:52 - 11:15
REBLS
RHEA: A Reactive, Heterogeneous, Extensible and Abstract Framework for ...
11:15 - 11:37
REBLS
Reactive Chatbot Programming
11:37 - 12:00
REBLS
DISCOPAR: A Visual Reactive Programming Language for Generating Cloud-b ...
13:30 - 13:52
REBLS
Multitier Reactive Programming with ScalaLoci
13:52 - 14:15
REBLS
Distributing Thread-Safety for Reactive Programming
14:15 - 14:37
REBLS
Skitter: A DSL for Distributed Reactive Workflows
14:37 - 15:00
REBLS
Composable Higher-Order Reactors as the Basis for a Live Reactive Progr ...
15:30 - 15:52
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Explicitly Comprehensible Functional Reactive Programming
15:52 - 16:15
REBLS
A Reactive Language for Analyzing Cloud Logs
16:15 - 16:37
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Visualizing Reactive Execution History using Propagation Traces
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META
Code Generation for Higher Inductive Types
08:30 - 09:00
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Recognizing heterogeneous sequences by rational type expression
09:00 - 09:30
META
Multiple Dispatch using Compile-Time Metaprogramming
09:30 - 10:00
META
Keynote
SemanticDB: a common data model for Scala developer tools ⭐️
10:30 - 11:30
META
Relit: Typed Literal Macros for Reason
11:30 - 12:00
META
Keynote
GraalVM: Metaprogramming inside a Polyglot System ⭐️
13:30 - 14:30
META
Does It Make Sense to have Application-specific Code Conventions as a C ...
14:30 - 15:00
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Keynote
Through a Glass, Darkly ⭐️
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Welcome and Introduction
08:45 - 09:00
SPLASH Keynotes
KEYNOTE
50 Years of Programming and Language Design
09:00 - 10:00
SPLASH PLMW
The story of Arjun Guha, or: the arc of a research project
10:30 - 11:00
SPLASH PLMW
From academia to industry and back again
11:00 - 11:30
SPLASH PLMW
Work/Life Balance
11:30 - 12:00
SPLASH PLMW
Panel: Industrial and Academic Research
13:00 - 14:00
SPLASH PLMW
Navigating the process of doing a rewarding Ph.D.
14:00 - 14:30
SPLASH PLMW
Interaction: the Key to Joining a Research Community
14:30 - 15:00
SPLASH PLMW
Advice on your advisor
15:00 - 15:30
SPLASH PLMW
How to Select Good Research Topics?
16:00 - 16:30
SPLASH PLMW
Panel of Recent Ph.Ds
16:30 - 17:30
SPLASH PLMW
Discussion and Concluding Remarks
17:30 - 17:45
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End-of-Workshop Dinner at The Brahmin American (All PLMW attendees, spe ...
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