ACM SIGPLAN SPLASH 2018 November 4-9, 2018 Boston, MA, USA http://2018.splashcon.org https://twitter.com/splashcon https://www.facebook.com/SPLASHCon/ The ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH) embraces all aspects of software construction, to make it the premier conference at the intersection of programming, languages, and software engineering. # Registration * 1 October 2018 (Early Deadline) <-- very soon! * Contact: info@splashcon.org * Register: https://2018.splashcon.org/attending/registration * Venue: https://2018.splashcon.org/venue/splash-2018-venue # What's Happening at SPLASH? ## Keynotes * Daniel Jackson A new modularity for software * Chris Granger Against the Current: What we Learned from Eve * Jenny Quillien Beauty is the Promise of Happiness * Barbara Liskov Distributed Abstractions * Felienne Hermans Explicit Direct Instruction in Programming Education * Kathi Fisler Programming Language Semantics through a Pedagogic Lens * Byron Cook Reasoning about Security of Amazon Web Services * Guy L. Steele Jr. (PLMW) 50 Years of Programming and Language Design * Saman Amarasinghe (GPCE) How to Make Sparse Fast * Martin Rinard (SLE) A New Approach for Software Correctness and Reliability ## Conference Program * https://2018.splashcon.org/program/program-splash-2018 ## SPLASH-I SPLASH-I is a series of research and industry talks, demos, and panels that address topics relevant to the SPLASH community. The SPLASH-I series is held in the afternoons of SPLASH. Talks are open to all attendees. * https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-SPLASH-I#program ## Research Tracks and Co-Located Conferences and Symposia * OOPSLA https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-OOPSLA * Onward! Essays https://2018.onward-conference.org/track/onward-2018-Onward-Essays#program * Onward! Papers https://2018.onward-conference.org/track/onward-2018-papers#program * GPCE - Generative Programming: Concepts and Experience https://conf.researchr.org/track/gpce-2018/gpce-2018#program * SLE - Software Language Engineering https://conf.researchr.org/track/sle-2018/papers#program * DLS - Dynamic Languages Symposium https://conf.researchr.org/track/dls-2018/dls-2018#program * SPLASH-E https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-SPLASH-E ## Workshops SPLASH 2018 is hosting 16 workshops this year. * AGERE! - Programming based on Actors, Agents, and Decentralized Control https://2018.splashcon.org/track/agere-2018-papers * AI-SEPS - Artificial Intelligence and Empirical Methods for Software Engineering and Parallel Computing Systems https://2018.splashcon.org/track/seps-2018-papers * BLOCKS+ https://2018.splashcon.org/track/blocks%2B-2018-papers * DSLDI - Domain-Specific Language Design and Implementation https://2018.splashcon.org/track/dsldi-2018-talks * GRACE https://2018.splashcon.org/track/grace-2018-papers * HILT - High Integrity Languages and Tools for Ensuring Cyber-Resilience in Critical Software-Intensive Systems https://2018.splashcon.org/track/hilt-2018-papers * LIVE https://2018.splashcon.org/track/live-2018-papers * META - Meta-Programming Techniques and Reflection https://2018.splashcon.org/track/meta-2018 * NJR - Normalized Java Resource https://2018.splashcon.org/track/njr-2018-papers * NOOL - New Object-Oriented Languages https://2018.splashcon.org/track/nool-2018-papers * OCAP - Object-Capability Languages, Systems, and Applications https://2018.splashcon.org/track/ocap-2018-papers * PLATEAU - Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools https://2018.splashcon.org/track/plateau-2018-papers * REBLS - Reactive and Event-based Languages & Systems https://2018.splashcon.org/track/rebls-2018-papers * SLEBoK - Software Language Engineering Body of Knowledge https://2018.splashcon.org/track/slebok-2018 * TURBO - Tutorial on Language Runtimes Built With Eclipse OMR https://2018.splashcon.org/track/turbo-2018-tutorial * VMIL - Virtual Machines and Language Implementations https://2018.splashcon.org/track/vmil-2018 ## Other Events * Doctoral Symposium https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-Doctoral-Symposium * PL Mentoring Workshop https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-PLMW * Posters https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-Posters * Student Research Competition https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-Student-Research-Competition