Yearbook · all 28 papers

pldb yearbook

PLDI Class of '03

28 graduates · cited 887× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed

A static analyzer for large safety-critical software

cited 167× within PLDB · Blanchet et al.

Valedictorian

The nesC language: A holistic approach to networked embedded systems

Most Influential PLDI Paper (awarded 2013) (one of 2 award winners) · Gay et al.

Late Bloomer

Compile-time composition of run-time data and iteration reorderings

half of its 15 citations came 10+ years after it graduated · Strout et al.

Teacher's Pet

Checking and inferring local non-aliasing

cites 11 other PLDI papers · Aiken et al.

Biggest Group Project

A comparison of empirical and model-driven optimization

10 authors · Yotov et al.

Class Clown

CCured in the real world

shortest title in the class: 24 characters · Condit et al.

Prom Couple

A type and effect system for atomicity & Static conflict analysis for multi-threaded…

cited together by 12 papers · Flanagan & Qadeer; Praun & Gross

Ghosted

Nobody.

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

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

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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.