Yearbook · all 25 papers

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POPL Class of '77

25 graduates · cited 1,602× within PLDB

Most Likely to Succeed

Abstract Interpretation: A Unified Lattice Model for Static Analysis of Programs by Construction or Approximation of Fixpoints

cited 1,419× within PLDB · Cousot & Cousot

Late Bloomer

Parallel Program Correctness Through Refinement

half of its 8 citations came 40+ years after it graduated · Jr.

Teacher's Pet

Symbolic Evaluation and the Global Value Graph

cites 6 other POPL papers · Reif & Lewis

Class Clown

Structuring

shortest title in the class: 11 characters · Hehner

Prom Couple

Abstract Interpretation: A Unified Lattice… & Symbolic Evaluation and the Global Value Graph

cited together by 11 papers · Cousot & Cousot; Reif & Lewis

Ghosted

24% of the class (6 of 25)

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.