ACM SIGPLAN PLDI'99

1999 ACM SIGPLAN Conference on
Programming Language Design and Implementation

Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN in cooperation with ACM SIGSOFT

Atlanta, Georgia,  May 1-4, 1999

The ACM SIGPLAN 1999 Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI'99) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 1-4, 1999 as part of the Federated Computing Research Conference (FCRC'99) . ACM SIGSOFT is an in cooperation sponsor of PLDI'99.

PLDI'99 will feature conference papers, tutorials, an industrial panel, a student poster session, and a tutorial travel support program for faculty at schools with primarily minority and/or women populations. The 1998 ACM SIGPLAN Programming Language Achievement Award and the 1998 ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award will be presented at a joint reception with PPOPP'99 on Monday, May 3, 1999. PPOPP'99 registrants also are cordially invited to attend the PLDI'99 Industrial Panel from 4:00-5:00pm on Monday, May 3rd, 1999.

REGISTER ONLINE NOW for PLDI'99 and FCRC'99.
IMPORTANT: Hotel space during the week of the conference in Atlanta is limited, especially
on the night of Tuesday, May 4th.
Make your reservations early!


Conference Information

    Program

    The revised advance program for PLDI'99 now covers three full days, including FCRC'99 daily plenary speakers and the scheduling of the industrial panel within the technical program. Student authors are encouraged to consider applying for possible travel support from ACM SIGPLAN PAC .

    Tutorials

    There will be a two-track, one day tutorial program on May 1, 1999.

    PLDI'99 is proud to announce the availability of travel grants for faculty from colleges with high female and/or minority enrollment to attend the PLDI'99 tutorials and conference. These grants are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Compaq Research, and ACM SIGPLAN. The grants will cover travel and accommodation expenses up to $1000, plus the tutorial and conference registration. Click here for more information on the program and access to an application. Application deadline, March 31, 1999.

    Student Poster Session

    A student poster session is planned for Sunday night, May 2, 1999 during the FCRC'99 Gather from 6:00-7:30pm. The final program is now available.

    Participant application deadline, March 12, 1999. Student participants can seek travel support from ACM SIGPLAN PAC .

    Industrial Panel

    Finalized list of panelists and topics now available.


Affiliated Workshops

ACM SIGPLAN 1999 Workshop on Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES'99)

Workshop on Compiler Support for Systems Software (WCSSS'99)


FCRC'99 Plenary Speakers Announced

Sunday, May 2: Shafi Goldwasser, M.I.T.
Monday, May 3: John L. Hennessy, Stanford University
Tuesday, May 4: James Gray, Microsoft
Wednesday, May 5: Ken Kennedy, Rice University
Thursday, May 6: Charles Bennett, IBM Research


Conference Committee

General Chair
Barbara G. Ryder
Department of Comp. Science
Rutgers University
Hill Center, Busch Campus
Piscataway, NJ 08855
732-445-3699 (phone)
732-445-0537 (fax)
ryder@cs.rutgers.edu
Program Chair
Benjamin Zorn
Microsoft Research
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
425-703-6290(phone)
zorn@microsoft.com


Program Committee
Brad Calder, UC San Diego Peter Sestoft, KVL, Copenhagen
Christian Collberg, Univ. of Auckland Zhong Shao, Yale
Anton Ertl, TU Wien, Austria Harini Srinivasan, IBM Research
John Hughes, Chalmers Univ. of Technology Carol Thompson, Hewlett Packard
Kath Knobe, Compaq  Cambridge Research Lab Chau-Wen Tseng, U. Maryland
Bill Landi, Siemens Corporate Research David Wall, Transmeta
Rebecca Parsons, Univ. of Central Florida  


Tutorial Chair
Jennifer Anderson
Western Research Lab
Compaq Computer Corporation
250 University Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-617-3334(phone)
650-617-3374(fax)
jennifer@pa.dec.com
Poster Session Chair
Ulrich Kremer
Department of Comp. Science
Rutgers University
Hill Center, Busch Campus
Piscataway, NJ 08855
732-445-4974 (phone)
732-445-0537 (fax)
uli@cs.rutgers.edu
Industrial Panel Chair
Michael Burke
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
PO Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
914-784-7522
914-784-6576
burkem@watson.ibm.com

Last updated by Barbara Ryder at 6:00pm May 20, 1999.