Yearbook · all 59 papers

pldb yearbook

PLDI Class of '15

59 graduates · cited 1,384× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed

Synthesizing data structure transformations from input-output examples

cited 143× within PLDB · Feser et al.

Valedictorian

A simpler, safer programming and execution model for intermittent systems

Most Influential PLDI Paper (awarded 2025) (one of 4 award winners) · Lucia &…

Late Bloomer

Asynchronous programming, analysis and testing with state machines

half of its 9 citations came 8+ years after it graduated · Deligiannis et al.

Teacher's Pet

Synthesizing racy tests

cites 13 other PLDI papers · Samak et al.

Biggest Group Project

Helium: lifting high-performance stencil kernels from stripped x86 binaries to halide DSL code

8 authors · Mendis et al.

Class Clown

Tree dependence analysis

second-shortest title in the class: 24 characters · Weijiang et al.

Prom Couple

Synthesizing data structure transformations… & Type-and-example-directed program synthesis

cited together by 78 papers · Feser et al.; Osera & Zdancewic

Ghosted

3% of the class (2 of 59)

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.