[TYPES/announce] SPLASH 2018: Call for Participation

[SPLASH Publicity]

ACM SIGPLAN SPLASH 2018
November 4-9, 2018
Boston, MA, USA

http://2018.splashcon.org
https://twitter.com/splashcon
https://www.facebook.com/SPLASHCon/

The ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications:
Software for Humanity (SPLASH) embraces all aspects of software construction,
to make it the premier conference at the intersection of programming,
languages, and software engineering.


# Registration

 * 1 October 2018 (Early Deadline) <-- very soon!
 * Contact:  info at splashcon.org
 * Register: https://2018.splashcon.org/attending/registration
 * Venue:    https://2018.splashcon.org/venue/splash-2018-venue


# What's Happening at SPLASH?


## Keynotes
 * Daniel Jackson
   A new modularity for software

 * Chris Granger
   Against the Current: What we Learned from Eve

 * Jenny Quillien
   Beauty is the Promise of Happiness

 * Barbara Liskov
   Distributed Abstractions

 * Felienne Hermans
   Explicit Direct Instruction in Programming Education

 * Kathi Fisler
   Programming Language Semantics through a Pedagogic Lens

 * Byron Cook
   Reasoning about Security of Amazon Web Services

 * Guy L. Steele Jr. (PLMW)
   50 Years of Programming and Language Design

 * Saman Amarasinghe (GPCE)
   How to Make Sparse Fast

 * Martin Rinard (SLE)
   A New Approach for Software Correctness and Reliability


## Conference Program

 * https://2018.splashcon.org/program/program-splash-2018


## SPLASH-I

SPLASH-I is a series of research and industry talks, demos, and panels that
address topics relevant to the SPLASH community. The SPLASH-I series is held in
the afternoons of SPLASH. Talks are open to all attendees.

 * https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-SPLASH-I#program


## Research Tracks and Co-Located Conferences and Symposia

 * OOPSLA
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-OOPSLA

 * Onward! Essays
   https://2018.onward-conference.org/track/onward-2018-Onward-Essays#program

 * Onward! Papers
   https://2018.onward-conference.org/track/onward-2018-papers#program

 * GPCE - Generative Programming: Concepts and Experience
   https://conf.researchr.org/track/gpce-2018/gpce-2018#program

 * SLE - Software Language Engineering
   https://conf.researchr.org/track/sle-2018/papers#program

 * DLS - Dynamic Languages Symposium
   https://conf.researchr.org/track/dls-2018/dls-2018#program

 * SPLASH-E
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-SPLASH-E


## Workshops

SPLASH 2018 is hosting 16 workshops this year.

 * AGERE! - Programming based on Actors, Agents, and Decentralized Control
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/agere-2018-papers

 * AI-SEPS - Artificial Intelligence and Empirical Methods for
Software Engineering and Parallel Computing Systems
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/seps-2018-papers

 * BLOCKS+
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/blocks%2B-2018-papers

 * DSLDI - Domain-Specific Language Design and Implementation
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/dsldi-2018-talks

 * GRACE
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/grace-2018-papers

 * HILT - High Integrity Languages and Tools for Ensuring
Cyber-Resilience in Critical Software-Intensive Systems
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/hilt-2018-papers

 * LIVE
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/live-2018-papers

 * META - Meta-Programming Techniques and Reflection
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/meta-2018

 * NJR - Normalized Java Resource
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/njr-2018-papers

 * NOOL - New Object-Oriented Languages
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/nool-2018-papers

 * OCAP - Object-Capability Languages, Systems, and Applications
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/ocap-2018-papers

 * PLATEAU - Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/plateau-2018-papers

 * REBLS - Reactive and Event-based Languages & Systems
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/rebls-2018-papers

 * SLEBoK - Software Language Engineering Body of Knowledge
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/slebok-2018

 * TURBO - Tutorial on Language Runtimes Built With Eclipse OMR
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/turbo-2018-tutorial

 * VMIL - Virtual Machines and Language Implementations
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/vmil-2018


## Other Events

 * Doctoral Symposium
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-Doctoral-Symposium

 * PL Mentoring Workshop
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-PLMW

 * Posters
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-Posters

 * Student Research Competition
   https://2018.splashcon.org/track/splash-2018-Student-Research-Competition