Yearbook · all 30 papers

pldb yearbook

PLDI Class of '87

30 graduates · cited 59× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed

Incremental incrementally compacting garbage collection

cited 18× within PLDB · Lang & Dupont

Late Bloomer

Incremental re-execution of programs

half of its 5 citations came 24+ years after it graduated · Karinthi & Weiser

Class Clown

Distributed garbage collection

shortest title in the class: 30 characters · Eckart & LeBlanc

Ghosted

37% of the class (11 of 30)

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

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

‹ Class of '86 (1986) Class of '88 (1988) ›

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.