Yearbook · all 46 papers

pldb yearbook

ICFP Class of '98

46 graduates · cited 530× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed & Valedictorian

Cayenne - a Language with Dependent Types

cited 70× within PLDB; Most Influential ICFP Paper (awarded 2008) · Augustsson

Late Bloomer

Functional Differentiation of Computer Programs

half of its 10 citations came 25+ years after it graduated · Karczmarczuk

Biggest Group Project

PLAN: A Packet Language for Active Networks

5 authors · Hicks et al.

Class Clown

Verbose Typing

shortest title in the class: 14 characters · Ennals

Prom Couple

Compiling Standard ML to Java Bytecodes & Implementing Typed Intermediate Languages

cited together by 6 papers · Benton et al.; Shao et al.

Ghosted

35% of the class (16 of 46)

never cited within PLDB. No names. We're not monsters.

pldb.kirancodes.me/fun/yearbook · within PLDB

‹ Class of '97 (1997) Class of '99 (1999) ›

Citations are between papers within PLDB, one per pair, newer versions of the same paper excluded. Late Bloomer needs 5+ citations; Ghosted is hidden for the last three classes, who are still being read. Older classes have thinner citation data.