Yearbook · all 48 papers

pldb yearbook

PLDI Class of '12

48 graduates · cited 1,093× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed

Test-case reduction for C compiler bugs

cited 114× within PLDB · Regehr et al.

Valedictorian

Concurrent data representation synthesis

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

Late Bloomer

Efficient state merging in symbolic execution

half of its 44 citations came 8+ years after it graduated · Kuznetsov et al.

Teacher's Pet

Fully automatic and precise detection of thread safety violations

cites 10 other PLDI papers · Pradel & Gross

Biggest Group Project

Synchronising C/C++ and POWER

8 authors · Sarkar et al.

Class Clown

Algorithmic profiling

shortest title in the class: 21 characters · Zaparanuks & Hauswirth

Prom Couple

Input-sensitive profiling & Algorithmic profiling

cited together by 14 papers · Coppa et al.; Zaparanuks & Hauswirth

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.