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Mon 23 Oct
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08:30 - 10:00
Introduction and Keynote
PLATEAU
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Regency D
08:30
30m
Day opening
Welcome and Introduction
PLATEAU
09:00
60m
Talk
PLATEAU Keynote: Usability Design Space in Programming by Examples
PLATEAU
Sumit Gulwani
Microsoft Research
10:30 - 12:00
Tools and Environments
PLATEAU
at
Regency D
Chair(s):
Gustavo Soares
Microsoft
10:30
20m
Talk
The Uses of Interactive Explorers for Web APIs
PLATEAU
John Daughtry
Google, Inc.
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Andrew Macvean
Google, Inc.
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Luke Church
Pre-print
10:50
20m
Talk
One λ at a time: What do we know about presenting human-friendly output from program analysis tools?
PLATEAU
Titus Barik
Microsoft
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Chris Parnin
NCSU
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Emerson Murphy-Hill
North Carolina State University
Pre-print
11:10
20m
Talk
What's the Effect of Projectional Editors for Creating Words For Unknown Languages? A Controlled Experiment
PLATEAU
Niklas Hollmann
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Thorben Roßenbeck
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Mark Kunze
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Liron Türk
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Stefan Hanenberg
University of Duisburg-Essen
Pre-print
11:30
20m
Talk
Development of a Web Platform for Code Peer-Testing
PLATEAU
Manuel Maarek
Heriot-Watt University
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Léon McGregor
Heriot-Watt University
Pre-print
13:30 - 15:00
Language, DSL, and Feature Design
PLATEAU
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Regency D
Chair(s):
Joshua Sunshine
Carnegie Mellon University
13:30
20m
Talk
A User Study to Inform the Design of the Obsidian Blockchain DSL
PLATEAU
Celeste Barnaby
Wesleyan University
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Michael Coblenz
Carnegie Mellon University
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Tyler Etzel
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Eliezer Kanal
Carnegie Mellon University
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Joshua Sunshine
Carnegie Mellon University
,
Brad A. Myers
Carnegie Mellon University
,
Jonathan Aldrich
Carnegie Mellon University
Pre-print
13:50
15m
Talk
Programming Robot Manipulators with Tangible Blocks
PLATEAU
Yasaman Sefidgar
University of Washington
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Maya Cakmak
University of Washington
Pre-print
14:05
20m
Talk
Preliminary Analysis of REST API Style Guidelines
PLATEAU
Lauren Murphy
University of Michigan
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Tosin Alliyu
Haverford College
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Mary Beth Kery
Carnegie Mellon University
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Brad A. Myers
Carnegie Mellon University
Pre-print
14:25
20m
Talk
Sympathy for the Devil: Reified Collection of Runtime Errors
PLATEAU
Tommaso Dal Sasso
Università della Svizzera Italiana
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Andrei Chiş
feenk, Switzerland
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Andrea Mocci
Universita della Svizzera italiana (USI)
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Tudor Gîrba
CompuGroup Medical Schweiz AG
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Michele Lanza
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
Pre-print
14:45
15m
Talk
Preventing Babel: Rectifying the Trend of Programming Language Divergence
PLATEAU
Alon Amid
UC Berkeley
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Borivoje Nikolic
UC Berkeley
Pre-print
15:30 - 17:00
Insights into Programmer Thought Processes and Experience
PLATEAU
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Regency D
Chair(s):
Sarah E. Chasins
University of California, Berkeley
15:30
20m
Talk
Lost in Space and Time? Quantifying the Size of Unit Test Execution Histories
PLATEAU
Mohammad reza
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Matthias Hauswirth
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
Pre-print
15:50
15m
Talk
Modeling Programming Problem Solving Through Interactive Worked Examples
PLATEAU
Dastyni Loksa
University of Washington
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Amy Ko
University of Washington
Pre-print
16:05
20m
Talk
OpenMP or Pthreads: Which is Better for Beginners?
PLATEAU
Pedro Bruel
University of São Paulo
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Paulo Meirelles
University of São Paulo and University of Brasília
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Raphael Cobe
São Paulo State University
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Alfredo Goldman
University of São Paulo
Pre-print
16:25
20m
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Can Some Programming Languages Be Considered Harmful?
PLATEAU
Sabine Janssens
StressLabo
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Ulrik Pagh Schultz
University of Southern Denmark
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Vadim Zaytsev
Raincode Labs, Belgium
Pre-print
16:45
20m
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Preliminary Analysis of Contestant Performance for a Code Hunt Contest
PLATEAU
Adrian Clark
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Jonathan Wells
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Angello Astorga
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Andrew Xie
Independent
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Jalen Coleman-Lands
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Tao Xie
Pre-print
Tue 24 Oct
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08:30 - 10:00
Spring
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Regency D
08:30
50m
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Keynote: User Interfaces for Live Programming
LIVE
Jun Kato
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
09:20
20m
Talk
Reifying Programming
LIVE
Jonathan Edwards
Pre-print
Media Attached
09:40
20m
Talk
Live Programming as Gradual Abstraction
LIVE
Sean McDirmid
Independent
Pre-print
Media Attached
10:30 - 12:00
Summer
LIVE
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Regency D
10:30
50m
Talk
Keynote: Becoming Alive, Growing Up
LIVE
Luke Church
11:20
20m
Talk
Toward a Live Stepper for Typed Expressions with Holes
LIVE
Cyrus Omar
Carnegie Mellon University
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Ian Voysey
Carnegie Mellon University
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Matthew Hammer
University of Colorado, Boulder
Pre-print
11:40
20m
Talk
Whatever You Say, Happens: Live Creation of VR/AR Experiences
LIVE
Mike Johnston
Moatboat
Pre-print
Media Attached
13:30 - 15:00
Fall
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Regency D
13:30
50m
Other
Lightning Talks
LIVE
Sean McDirmid
Independent
14:20
20m
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Shadama: A Particle Simulation Programming Environment for Everyone
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Yoshiki Ohshima
HARC / Y Combinator Research
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Bert Freudenberg
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Dan Amelang
Viewpoints Research Institute
Pre-print
Media Attached
14:40
20m
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Seymour: Live Programming for the Classroom
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Saketh Kasibatla
HARC / Y Combinator Research
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Alessandro Warth
Y Combinator Research, USA
Pre-print
15:30 - 17:00
Winter
LIVE
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Regency D
15:30
20m
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ZenSheet: a live programming environment for reactive computing
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Enzo Alda
Lakebolt Research
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Monica Figuera
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Media Attached
File Attached
15:50
20m
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Anansi: a Tracing Interpreter
LIVE
Scott Kovach
Pre-print
Media Attached
16:10
50m
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Closing Discussion
LIVE
Sean McDirmid
Independent
Wed 25 Oct
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10:30 - 12:00
Programming Models
SPLASH -I
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Regency D
Chair(s):
Gail Murphy
University of British Columbia
10:30
30m
Talk
Direct Manipulation Programming Systems
SPLASH -I
Ravi Chugh
University of Chicago
11:00
30m
Talk
Toward Scalable Semantic Big Data
SPLASH -I
Julian Dolby
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
11:30
30m
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Towards PPL: Extending Coroutines in Hack to Enable Probabilistic Programming
SPLASH -I
Michael Tingley
13:30 - 15:00
Security
SPLASH -I
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Regency D
Chair(s):
Karim Ali
University of Alberta
13:30
30m
Talk
Browser Performance Woes: Past, Present, and Future
SPLASH -I
Ben Livshits
Imperial College London, UK
14:00
30m
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It's Time for Secure Languages
SPLASH -I
Cristina Cifuentes
Oracle Labs
14:30
30m
Talk
Preventing Information Leaks by Construction
SPLASH -I
Jean Yang
Carnegie Mellon University
15:30 - 17:00
Panel: Language Evolution
SPLASH -I
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Regency D
15:30
90m
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Panel: 50 Years of Language Evolution: From Simula’67 to the Future
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SPLASH -I
Steven D. Fraser
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Lera Boroditsky
UC San Diego
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Robert Gentleman
23andme
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Chris Granger
Kodowa
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Sumit Gulwani
Microsoft Research
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Crista Lopes
University of California, Irvine
Thu 26 Oct
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10:30 - 12:00
Optimization & Networks
SPLASH -I
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Regency D
Chair(s):
Eleni Stroulia
University of Alberta
10:30
30m
Talk
HHVM: Efficient and Scalable PHP/Hack Execution
SPLASH -I
Guilherme Ottoni
Facebook
11:00
30m
Talk
Performance Analysis and Optimization of C++ Standard Libraries
SPLASH -I
Aditya Kumar
Samsung
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Sebastian Pop
Samsung Research America
11:30
30m
Talk
Verifying Network Data Planes
SPLASH -I
Nate Foster
Cornell University
13:30 - 15:00
Software Engineering & Education
SPLASH -I
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Regency D
Chair(s):
Vadim Zaytsev
Raincode Labs, Belgium
13:30
30m
Talk
One if by Lambda, Two if by C: How PL Can Attack Computing Education
SPLASH -I
Kathi Fisler
Brown University
14:00
30m
Talk
Reducing Interruptions at Work with the FlowLight
SPLASH -I
Thomas Fritz
University of British Columbia, University of Zurich
14:30
30m
Talk
Smart Condo: IoT for Social Good
SPLASH -I
Eleni Stroulia
University of Alberta
15:30 - 17:00
Machine Learning & Data Science
SPLASH -I
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Regency D
Chair(s):
Cristina Cifuentes
Oracle Labs
15:30
30m
Talk
Bridging the Digital Divide in Data Science
SPLASH -I
Hridesh Rajan
Iowa State University
16:00
30m
Talk
Domain-Specific Symbolic Compilation
SPLASH -I
Rastislav Bodík
University of Washington
16:30
30m
Talk
Training and Tuning Machine-Learning Applications: A View from the Trenches
SPLASH -I
Matthew Arnold
,
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Harold Ossher
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Fri 27 Oct
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10:30 - 12:00
Compilers
SPLASH -I
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Regency D
Chair(s):
Nate Foster
Cornell University
10:30
30m
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DYOL: Design a Language, Know the Consequences
SPLASH -I
Vadim Zaytsev
Raincode Labs, Belgium
Mon 23 Oct
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Regency D
PLATEAU
Introduction and Keynote
PLATEAU
Tools and Environments
PLATEAU
Language, DSL, and Feature Design
PLATEAU
Insights into Programmer Thought Processes and Experience
Tue 24 Oct
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Regency D
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Programming Models
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Fri 27 Oct
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Welcome and Introduction
08:30 - 09:00
PLATEAU
PLATEAU Keynote: Usability Design Space in Programming by Examples
09:00 - 10:00
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The Uses of Interactive Explorers for Web APIs
10:30 - 10:50
PLATEAU
One λ at a time: What do we know about presenting human-friendly output ...
10:50 - 11:10
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What's the Effect of Projectional Editors for Creating Words For Unknow ...
11:10 - 11:30
PLATEAU
Development of a Web Platform for Code Peer-Testing
11:30 - 11:50
PLATEAU
A User Study to Inform the Design of the Obsidian Blockchain DSL
13:30 - 13:50
PLATEAU
Programming Robot Manipulators with Tangible Blocks
13:50 - 14:05
PLATEAU
Preliminary Analysis of REST API Style Guidelines
14:05 - 14:25
PLATEAU
Sympathy for the Devil: Reified Collection of Runtime Errors
14:25 - 14:45
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Preventing Babel: Rectifying the Trend of Programming Language Divergence
14:45 - 15:00
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Lost in Space and Time? Quantifying the Size of Unit Test Execution His ...
15:30 - 15:50
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Modeling Programming Problem Solving Through Interactive Worked Examples
15:50 - 16:05
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OpenMP or Pthreads: Which is Better for Beginners?
16:05 - 16:25
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Can Some Programming Languages Be Considered Harmful?
16:25 - 16:45
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Preliminary Analysis of Contestant Performance for a Code Hunt Contest
16:45 - 17:05
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Keynote: User Interfaces for Live Programming
08:30 - 09:20
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Reifying Programming
09:20 - 09:40
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Live Programming as Gradual Abstraction
09:40 - 10:00
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Keynote: Becoming Alive, Growing Up
10:30 - 11:20
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Toward a Live Stepper for Typed Expressions with Holes
11:20 - 11:40
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Whatever You Say, Happens: Live Creation of VR/AR Experiences
11:40 - 12:00
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Lightning Talks
13:30 - 14:20
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Shadama: A Particle Simulation Programming Environment for Everyone
14:20 - 14:40
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Seymour: Live Programming for the Classroom
14:40 - 15:00
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ZenSheet: a live programming environment for reactive computing
15:30 - 15:50
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Anansi: a Tracing Interpreter
15:50 - 16:10
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16:10 - 17:00
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Direct Manipulation Programming Systems
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Toward Scalable Semantic Big Data
11:00 - 11:30
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Towards PPL: Extending Coroutines in Hack to Enable Probabilistic Progr ...
11:30 - 12:00
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Browser Performance Woes: Past, Present, and Future
13:30 - 14:00
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It's Time for Secure Languages
14:00 - 14:30
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Preventing Information Leaks by Construction
14:30 - 15:00
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Panel: 50 Years of Language Evolution: From Simula’67 to the Future
15:30 - 17:00
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HHVM: Efficient and Scalable PHP/Hack Execution
10:30 - 11:00
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Performance Analysis and Optimization of C++ Standard Libraries
11:00 - 11:30
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Verifying Network Data Planes
11:30 - 12:00
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One if by Lambda, Two if by C: How PL Can Attack Computing Education
13:30 - 14:00
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Reducing Interruptions at Work with the FlowLight
14:00 - 14:30
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Smart Condo: IoT for Social Good
14:30 - 15:00
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Bridging the Digital Divide in Data Science
15:30 - 16:00
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Domain-Specific Symbolic Compilation
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Training and Tuning Machine-Learning Applications: A View from the Trenches
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DYOL: Design a Language, Know the Consequences
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