Yearbook · all 31 papers

pldb yearbook

PLDI Class of '98

31 graduates · cited 936× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed & Valedictorian

The Implementation of the Cilk-5 Multithreaded Language

cited 139× within PLDB; Most Influential PLDI Paper (awarded 2008) · Frigo et al.

Late Bloomer

Eliminating Array Bound Checking Through Dependent Types

half of its 84 citations came 19+ years after it graduated · Xi & Pfenning

Teacher's Pet

Type-Based Alias Analysis

cites 11 other PLDI papers · Diwan et al.

Biggest Group Project

Fast, Effective Code Generation in a Just-In-Time Java Compiler

5 authors · Adl-Tabatabai et al.

Class Clown

Scalable Cross-Module Optimization

second-shortest title in the class: 34 characters · Ayers et al.

Prom Couple

The Design and Implementation of a Certifying… & Eliminating Array Bound Checking Through…

cited together by 7 papers · Necula & Lee; Xi & Pfenning

Ghosted

Nobody.

Every paper in the class has been cited within PLDB. Wholesome.

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.