Yearbook · all 41 papers

pldb yearbook

PLDI Class of '09

41 graduates · cited 1,265× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed

FastTrack: efficient and precise dynamic race detection

cited 178× within PLDB · Flanagan & Freund

Valedictorian

Binary analysis for measurement and attribution of program performance

Best Paper (one of 2 award winners) · Tallent et al.

Late Bloomer

SoftBound: highly compatible and complete spatial memory safety for c

half of its 56 citations came 11+ years after it graduated · Nagarakatte et al.

Teacher's Pet

TAJ: effective taint analysis of web applications

cites 10 other PLDI papers · Tripp et al.

Biggest Group Project

Trace-based just-in-time type specialization for dynamic languages

16 authors · Gal et al.

Class Clown

Typed self-representation

shortest title in the class: 25 characters · Rendel et al.

Prom Couple

FastTrack: efficient and precise dynamic race… & LiteRace: effective sampling for lightweight…

cited together by 42 papers · Flanagan & Freund; Marino et al.

Ghosted

2% of the class (1 of 41)

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

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.