ManLang 2018: 15th International Conference on Managed Languages & Runtimes 2018

September 10, 2018-September 14, 2018 in Linz, Austria

Call for Papers

Topics

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Languages and Compilers

  • Managed languages (e.g., Java, Scala, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, C#, F#, Clojure, Groovy, Kotlin, R, Smalltalk, Racket, Rust, Go, etc.)

  • Domain-specific languages

  • Language design

  • Compilers and interpreters

  • Type systems and program logics

  • Language interoperability

  • Parallelism, distribution, and concurrency

Virtual Machines

  • Managed runtime systems (e.g., JVM, Dalvik VM, Android Runtime (ART), LLVM, .NET CLR, RPython, etc.)

  • VM design and optimization

  • VMs for mobile and embedded devices

  • VMs for real-time applications

  • Memory management

  • Hardware/software co-design

Techniques, Tools, and Applications

  • Static and dynamic program analysis

  • Testing and debugging

  • Refactoring

  • Program understanding

  • Program synthesis

  • Security and privacy

  • Performance analysis and monitoring

  • Compiler and program verification

Important Dates

Abstract Submission: April 27, 2018

Paper Submission: May 4, 2018

Paper acceptance notification: July 6, 2018

Camera ready version due: August 3, 2018

Poster submission: August 6, 2018

Poster acceptance notification: August 13, 2018

Conference: September 10-14, 2018

Submission and Proceedings

Submissions to the conference will be evaluated on the basis of originality, relevance, technical soundness and presentation quality. Papers should be written in English and not exceed 12 pages in ACM format for full papers (6 pages for WiP, industry, and tool papers). You can also submit posters, which can be accompanied by a one-page abstract, and are due on August 6, 2018. The conference proceedings will be published as part of the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series and will be disseminated through the ACM Digital Library.

See the homepage (http://ssw.jku.at/manlang18/) for details on paper formats and submission.

Organization

=General Chair

Hanspeter Mössenböck, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

=Program Chair

Eli Tilevich, Virginia Tech, USA

=Steering Committee

Walter Binder, University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland

Bruce Childers, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Martin Plümicke, DHBW Stuttgart, Germany

Christian Probst, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Petr Tůma, Charles University, Czech Republic

Thomas Würthinger, Oracle Labs, Switzerland

=Local Organization Chair

Christian Wirth, Oracle Labs, Austria

=Publicity Chairs

Rick Rabiser, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Manuel Rigger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

=Web Chair

Michael Kaffenda, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

=Proceedings Chair

Yin Liu, Virginia Tech, USA

=Registration Chair

Birgit Kranzl, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

=Student Volunteers Chair

Markus Weninger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

Program Committee

Godmar Back, Virginia Tech, USA

Clément Béra, INRIA, France

Christoph Bockisch, Philipps Universität Marburg, Germany

Man Cao, Google, USA

Shigeru Chiba, University of Tokyo, Japan

Yvonne Coady, University of Victoria, Canada

Julian Dolby, IBM Research, USA

Patrick Eugster, University of Lugano, Switzerland

Irene Finocchi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Görel Hedin, Lund University, Sweden

Robert Hirschfeld, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany

Tony Hosking, Purdue University, USA

Doug Lea, SUNY Oswego, USA

Eliot Moss, University of Massachusetts, USA

Nate Nystrom, University of Lugano, Switzerland

Tiark Rompf, Purdue University, USA

Jennifer B. Sartor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Jeremy Singer, University of Glasgow, UK

Petr Tůma, Charles University, Czech Republic

Jan Vitek, Northeastern University, USA

Christian Wimmer, Oracle Labs, USA

Jianjun Zhao, Kyushu University, Japan

Location

Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, is both a city of culture and of industry. Located at the Danube it features a historic downtown and a modern university campus just north of the Danube, where the conference will take place. For information on JKU and Linz, also see: http://www.jku.at, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz and https://www.linz.at/english/

Other Information

The 5th Virtual Machine Meetup (VMM) is a collocated event with ManLang ’18. It is a venue for discussing the latest research and developments in the area of managed language execution.

ManLang’18 is organized in cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGPLAN and ACM ICPS, and is sponsored by the JKU Department of Computer Science, Oracle Labs, and Linz AG.