Yearbook · all 30 papers

pldb yearbook

OOPSLA Class of '99

30 graduates · cited 773× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed

Escape Analysis for Java

cited 124× within PLDB · Choi et al.

Valedictorian

Implementing Jalapeño in Java

Most Influential OOPSLA Paper (awarded 2009) · Alpern et al.

Late Bloomer

Featherwieght Java: A Minimal Core Calculus for Java and GJ

half of its 75 citations came 8+ years after it graduated · Igarashi et al.

Teacher's Pet

Efficient Multiple and Predicated Dispatching

cites 12 other OOPSLA papers · Chambers & Chen

Biggest Group Project

An Efficient Meta-Lock for Implementing Ubiquitous Synchronization

6 authors · Agesen et al.

Class Clown

Confined Types

shortest title in the class: 14 characters · Vitek & Bokowski

Prom Couple

Escape Analysis for Java & Compositional Pointer and Escape Analysis for…

cited together by 67 papers · Choi et al.; Whaley & Rinard

Ghosted

10% of the class (3 of 30)

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

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

‹ Class of '98 (1998) Class of '00 (2000) ›

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.