MASPLAS 2004: Welcome to Seton Hall University
The Mid-Atlantic Student Workshop on Programming Languages and
Systems is a one-day annual workshop that provides students with the
opportunity to present their research. Graduate and undergraduate students
are encouraged to both present and attend. Students working on a research
project are strongly encouraged to submit an article or poster to be
considered for inclusion in the workshop. Articles will appear in both the
workshop's printed proceedings and the workshop's
electronic proceedings.
For additional information, please select any of the links on the left.
The Keynote Address will be delivered by Dr.
Chris Okasaki,
US Military Academy at West Point, on: "Change is Bad: The Joy
of Immutability"
Abstract: Immutable data structures are
common in functional programming languages, but rare in mainstream
languages such as C or C++. However, even there they are starting to gain
acceptance. For example, the default String type in Java is
immutable. In this talk, I will explore why you might want to use
immutable data structures in such languages, and how to go about doing so.
Papers and posters are solicited on any topic related to programming
languages and systems. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following
topics:
 | Implementation of Language Features |
| Compiler Construction and Optimization Techniques |
| Interaction Between Compilers and Architectures |
| Program Analysis |
| Program Semantics and Program Verification |
| Storage Management Techniques |
| Languages and Compilers for Parallel Programming |
| Design of Programming Languages |
| Abstract Machine Architectures |
| Runtime Profiling and Performance Measurements |
| Debugging and Tracing |
| Type Checking |
| Teaching Programming Techniques |
