Programming Language Design and Implementation

Top Research Topics at Programming Language Design and Implementation?

• Programming language (41.87%)
• Compiler (26.52%)
• Parallel computing (21.72%)

The conference mostly deals with topics like Programming language, Compiler, Parallel computing, Theoretical computer science and Algorithm. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Programming language and the similar topic of Code (cryptography). Many of the studies tackled connect Compiler with a similar field of study like Code generation.

It holds forums on Parallel computing that merges themes from other disciplines such as Scheduling (computing), Thread (computing) and Register allocation. The studies in Theoretical computer science featured incorporate elements of Program analysis, Set (abstract data type), Data structure and Pointer (computer programming). The conference is focused mainly on Compiler correctness, particularly Interprocedural optimization.

What are the most cited papers published at the conference?

• Pin: building customized program analysis tools with dynamic instrumentation (2995 citations)
• DART: directed automated random testing (2090 citations)
• Valgrind: a framework for heavyweight dynamic binary instrumentation (2011 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Programming Language Design and Implementation:

The most cited papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Programming language, Compiler, Parallel computing, Theoretical computer science and Algorithm. The published articles explore issues in Compiler which can be linked to other research areas like Dead code elimination and Code generation. The featured Parallel computing studies in the most cited articles mainly concentrate on Thread (computing) but also cover areas of interest in Concurrency.

What topics the last edition of the conference is best known for?

• Programming language
• Operating system
• Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Programming language, Compiler, Theoretical computer science, Code (cryptography) and Program synthesis are tackled in Programming Language Design and Implementation. Programming Language Design and Implementation dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Programming language and Mathematical proof. Topics in Compiler were tackled in line with various other fields like Scalability, Assembly language, Embedded system and Parallel computing.

Issues in Parallel computing were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Scheduling (computing) and Code generation. The conference focuses on Theoretical computer science but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Probabilistic logic which is concerned with Range (mathematics). Code (cryptography) research in it involves the investigation of Key (cryptography) studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Programmer and Distributed computing.

The most cited articles from the last conference are:

• Retrofitting effect handlers onto OCaml (5 citations)
• Symbolic Boolean derivatives for efficiently solving extended regular expression constraints (5 citations)
• Alive2: bounded translation validation for LLVM (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each conference is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing at Programming Language Design and Implementation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alex Aiken (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Martin Vechev (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Rajiv Gupta (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Rastislav Bodik (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Martin Rinard (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing at Programming Language Design and Implementation (based on the number of publications) are:

• Microsoft (162 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• IBM (97 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (76 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Carnegie Mellon University (67 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Berkeley (54 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing at this conference is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the conference for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions at the conference edition to all articles published within that conference. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the conference.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 1.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing at the conference. Another 18.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 21.84% of all publications and 29.89% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of conferences they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same conference from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the conference in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing at a conference. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a conference, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.