[2nd CfP] MPLR 2020 - 17th International Conference on Managed Programming Languages & Runtimes

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                            Call for Papers

               MPLR 2020 - 17th International Conference
              on Managed Programming Languages & Runtimes

            November 4-6, 2020 in Manchester, United Kingdom

                  https://mplr2020.cs.manchester.ac.uk/
                          Follow us @MPLR_Conf
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The 17th International Conference on Managed Programming Languages &
Runtimes (MPLR, formerly ManLang) is a premier forum for presenting and
discussing novel results in all aspects of managed programming languages
and runtime systems, which serve as building blocks for some of the most
important computing systems in use, ranging from small-scale (embedded and
real-time systems) to large-scale (cloud-computing and big-data platforms)
and anything in between (desktop, mobile, IoT, and wearable applications).

This year, MPLR will be held virtually. Registration and participation will
be free.

For up-to-date details, check out the conference website:
https://mplr2020.cs.manchester.ac.uk/ and follow us on Twitter @MPLR_Conf.

The areas 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, Android Runtime (ART), V8, LLVM, .NET CLR, RPython, GraalVM, etc.)
    - VM design and optimization
    - VMs for mobile and embedded devices
    - VMs for real-time applications
    - Memory management and garbage collection
    - 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


Submission Categories
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MPLR accepts four types of submissions:

 1. Regular research papers
      describing novel contributions involving managed language platforms.
      Research papers will be evaluated based on their relevance,
      novelty, technical rigor, and contribution to the state-of-the-art.

   Format: up to 12 pages, excluding bibliography and appendix

 2. Work-in-progress research papers
      describing promising new ideas, with perhaps less maturity than full
      Papers.
      Work-in-progress papers will be  evaluated with an emphasis on novelty
      and the potential of the new ideas instead of technical rigor and
      experimental results.

   Format: up to 6 pages, excluding bibliography and appendix

 3. Industry and tool papers
      presenting technical challenges and solutions for managed language
      platforms in the context of deployed applications and systems.
      Industry and tool papers will be evaluated on their relevance,
      usefulness, and results. Suitability for demonstration and availability
      will also be considered for tool papers.

    Format: up to 6 pages, excluding bibliography and appendix

 4. Posters
      They will be evaluated similarly to work-in-progress papers.
      Posters can accompany any submission as a way to provide additional
      demonstration and discussion opportunities.
 
    Format: poster and 1-page abstract

MPLR 2020 submissions must conform to the ACM Policy on Prior Publication
and Simultaneous Submissions and to the SIGPLAN Republication Policy.
See http://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Policies/Republication/


Author Instructions
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Submissions need to use the ACM `acmart` format with the `sigconf` style:
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template

If you are using LaTeX, submissions need to use the 'acmart' document class
with the 'sigconf' option. For reviewing, please include page numbers in your submission
using the LaTeX command `\settopmatter{printfolios=true}`.
The standard settings of a 9 point font size and the
Libertine/Biolinum font family are to be kept.

All submissions need to be in PDF format.

MPLR uses single-blind reviewing, i.e., author names are generally included in submissions.

Please also ensure that your submission is legible when printed on a black
and white printer. In particular, please check that colors remain distinct
and font sizes are legible.

Submission Site: https://mplr2020.cs.manchester.ac.uk/submissions/


Important Dates
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Submission Deadline:     12 August 2020
Author Notification:     14 September 2020
Camera Ready:            05 October 2020
Conference Dates:     04-06 November 2020


All deadlines are 23:59 AoE (UTC-12h).

AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: The official publication date is the date the
proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date
may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of your conference.
The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent
filings related to published work.


COVID-19
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MPLR will be held virtual to avoid any health risks to attendees and
avoid uncertainties around traveling.


Organization
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Program Committee:

  Lubomír Bulej, Charles University, Czech Republic
  Jeronimo Castrillon, TU Dresden, Germany
  Shigeru Chiba, University of Tokyo, Japan
  Irene Finocchi, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
  Juliana Franco, Microsoft Research, UK
  Elisa Gonzalez Boix, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
  Robert Hirschfeld, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
  Roberto Ierusalimschy, PUC-Rio, Brazil
  Georgia Kouveli, ARM, UK
  Burcu Külahçıoğlu Özkan, MPI-SWS, Germany
  Doug Lea, SUNY Oswego, USA
  Daryl Maier, IBM, Canada
  Mark Marron, Microsoft Research, USA
  Hidehiko Masuhara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  Hanspeter Mössenböck, JKU Linz, Austria
  Hannes Payer, Google, Germany
  Julien Ponge, Red Hat, France
  Aleksandar Prokopec, Oracle Labs, Switzerland
  Manuel Rigger, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  Andrea Rosa, USI, Switzerland
  Jeremy Singer, University of Glasgow, UK
  Eli Tilevich, Virginia Tech, USA
  Sam Tobin-Hochstadt, Indiana University, USA
  Tobias Wrigstad, Uppsala University, Sweden

General Chair:
  Christos Kotselidis, University of Manchester, UK

Program Chair:
  Stefan Marr, University of Kent, UK


If you are unsure whether a particular topic falls within the scope of MPRL’20 or if you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Program Chair ([hidden email]).


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Stefan Marr
School of Computing, University of Kent
https://stefan-marr.de/research/