MPLR 2024 - 21st International Conference on Managed Programming Languages & Runtimes (Deadline Extended: May 23, 2024)

#### MPLR 2024 Call for Papers

The 21st International Conference on Managed Programming Languages & Runtimes (MPLR, formerly ManLang, originally PPPJ) 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).

#### Topics

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, Lua, MATLAB, Raku, Pony, …)
    - Domain-specific languages
    - Language design
    - Compilers and interpreters
    - Type systems and program logics
    - Language interoperability
    - Parallelism, distribution, and concurrency
- **Virtual Machines**
    - Portable intermediate representations (e.g., JVM, WebAssembly, RPython, ...)
    - Managed runtime systems (e.g., GraalVM, Android Runtime (ART), V8, JavaScriptCore, .NET, …)
    - VM design and optimization
    - VMs for mobile and embedded devices
    - VMs for real-time applications
    - Memory management and garbage collection
    - Hardware/software co-design
    - Persistence
- **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 and model checking

If you are unsure whether a particular topic falls within the scope of MPLR’24 or if you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Program Chair Christoph Kirsch at [email protected]

#### Submission Categories

MPLR accepts four types of submissions:

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

Work-in-progress research papers
  describing hot topics or 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

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;
          up to 12 pages allowed if justified by the content

Posters and demonstrations
  which will be evaluated similarly to work-in-progress papers.
  Format: poster pdf and 1-page abstract

Accepted submissions will be published in the ACM Digital Library, except if the authors prefer not to be included.

MPLR 2024 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

#### MPLR 2024 Keynote

Dr. Ben Titzer, Carnegie Mellon University:

Can WebAssembly Be Software’s Final Substrate?

Since the dawn of computing, many formats for executable programs have come and gone. The design of an executable format encounters design choices and tradeoffs such as expressiveness, ease of parsing/decoding/execution, the level of abstraction, and performance. With the advent of WebAssembly, a portable low-level compilation target for many languages, an intriguing question arises: can we finally standardize a universal binary format and software virtual machine? After many years, I believe that we finally can. Unlike language-specific bytecode formats whose abstraction level serves only one language family well, or machine-code formats that serve specific ISAs and operating systems well, WebAssembly sits between these levels of abstraction. In this talk I will share my vision for a future where all software sits on a standardized, well-specified, formally-verified substrate that allows innovation above and below, and unlocks high performance and portability for all programming languages.


#### Author Instructions

Submissions need to use the ACM SIGPLAN format with the `sigplan` style.

If you are using LaTeX, submissions need to use the `acmart` document class with the `sigplan` option (*not* the `sigconf` option).  In the `acmart-primary.zip` file that downloads from the LaTeX (Version 1.90) link on the https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template page, look for `samples/sample-sigplan.tex` as a guide.  If you use Overleaf, be sure to change the `documentclass` option `manuscript` to `sigplan`.  For ease of reviewing, please include page numbers in your submission using the LaTeX command `\settopmatter{printfolios=true}`. Please use the standard setting, e.g., the default font size for the SIGPLAN style is 10 point and the format uses two columns for the test.

All submissions need to be in PDF format. MPLR now uses **double-blind reviewing**.  **Authors should not show their
names on a submission and should refer to their own work in third person.** We further
recommend that they avoid publicizing the work, at least under the same or similar title, while it is under review.

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://mplr24.hotcrp.com

Important Dates
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- Paper Submission Deadline Extended to: May 23, 2024
- Paper Author Notification: June 24, 2024
- Camera Ready for Papers: July 31, 2024
- Posters and Demos Submission Deadline: August 5, 2024
- Posters and Demos Notification: August 12, 2024
- Conference Date: September 19, 2024

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.