MPLR 2019 - Second Call for Papers

(Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP)

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                                  MPLR 2019

 16th International Conference on Managed Programming
                        Languages & Runtimes

                    Co-located with SPLASH 2019
                  Athens, Greece, Oct 20-25, 2019

             https://conf.researchr.org/home/mplr-2019
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The 16th 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 around, ranging from
small-scale (embedded and real-time systems) to large-scale
(cloud-computing and big-data platforms) and anything in between
(mobile, IoT, and wearable applications).

This year, MPLR is co-located with SPLASH 2019 and sponsored by ACM.
For more information, check out the conference website:
https://conf.researchr.org/home/mplr-2019

# 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

# Submission Categories

MPLR accepts four types of submissions:

 1. Regular research papers, which describe novel contributions
involving managed language platforms (up to 12 pages excluding
bibliography and appendix). Research papers will be evaluated based on
their relevance, novelty, technical rigor, and contribution to the
state-of-the-art.

 2. Work-in-progress research papers, which describe promising new
ideas but yet have less maturity than full papers (up to 6 pages
excluding bibliography and appendix). When evaluating work-in-progress
papers, more emphasis will be placed on novelty and the potential of
the new ideas than on technical rigor and experimental results.

 3. Industry and tool papers, which present technical challenges and
solutions for managed language platforms in the context of deployed
applications and systems (up to 6 pages excluding bibliography and
appendix). 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.

 4. Posters, which can be accompanied by a one-page abstract and will
be evaluated on similar criteria as Work-in-progress papers. Posters
can accompany any submission as a way to provide additional
demonstration and discussion opportunities.

MPLR 2019 submissions must conform to the ACM Policy on Prior
Publication and Simultaneous Submissions and to the SIGPLAN
Republication Policy.

# Important Dates and Organization

Submission Deadline:     ***Jul 8, 2019***
Author Notification:              Aug 24, 2019
Camera Ready:                   Sep 12, 2019
Conference Dates:              Oct 20-25, 2019

General Chair: Tony Hosking, Australian National University / Data61, Australia
Program Chair: Irene Finocchi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Program Committee:
 * Edd Barrett, King's College London, United Kingdom
 * Steve Blackburn, Australian National University, Australia
 * Lubomir Bulej, Charles University, Czech Republic
 * Shigeru Chiba, University of Tokyo, Japan
 * Daniele Cono D'Elia, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
 * Ana Lucia de Moura, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * Erik Ernst, Google, Denmark
 * Matthew Hertz, University at Buffalo, United States
 * Vivek Kumar, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
 * Doug Lea, State University of New York (SUNY) Oswego, United States
 * Magnus Madsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
 * Hidehiko Masuhara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
 * Ana Milanova, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States
 * Matthew Parkinson, Microsoft Research, United Kingdom
 * Gregor Richards, University of Waterloo, Canada
 * Manuel Rigger, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
 * Andrea Rosa, University of Lugano, Switzerland
 * Guido Salvaneschi, TU Darmstadt, Germany
 * Lukas Stadler, Oracle Labs, Austria
 * Ben L. Titzer, Google, Germany