Reading Group
The PLAIT Lab Reading Group is a casual meeting that we have once a week, ideally over lunch. We usually either discuss a recently published paper or talk about our own works in progress.
Summer 2021
During this term, we focused on two types of readings we don't usually discuss in the reading group:
- Programming Languages Prelim readings from the UC Berkeley list of recommended readings to prepare for the PhD preliminary examination in programming languages
- Education readings
| Date | Leader | Reading/Activity | Extra Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 24 | TBD | TBD | |
| Aug. 17 | PLAIT Lab Undergrads | Present work | |
| Aug. 10 | TBD | TBD | |
| Aug. 3 | Justin | PLP: Programming parallel algorithms | |
| Jul. 27 | Sarah | E: Teaching to and through cultural diversity | |
| Jul. 20 | Gabriel | E: ChocoPy | |
| Jul. 13 | Rolando | Dynamic dependency analysis of ordinary programs | |
| Jul. 6 | Parker | Engineering the Servo web browser engine using Rust | |
| Jun. 29 | Justin | PLP: Algorithm = Logic + Control | |
| Jun. 22 | Gabriel | PLP: Mirrors | |
| Jun. 15 | Sarah | E: (1) Increased structure and active learning reduce the achievement gap in introductory biology + (2) Halving fail rates using peer instruction | Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics |
| Jun. 8 | Justin | PLP: Hints on programming-language design | |
| Jun. 1 | Extended Memorial Day weekend | ||
| May 25 | Sarah | Summer planning |
Spring 2021
| Date | Leader | Reading/Activity | Extra Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4 | Rolando | Pin | |
| Apr. 27 | Gabriel | Debug information validation for optimized code | |
| Apr. 20 | Justin | REPLica | |
| Apr. 13 | Lisa | WIP: Brainstorming for MS project | |
| Apr. 6 | Gabriel | Feedback-driven semi-supervised synthesis of program transformations | |
| Mar. 30 | Rolando | The Data Calculator | |
| Mar. 23 | Spring recess | ||
| Mar. 16 | Gabriel | Enabling data-driven API design with community usage data | |
| Mar. 9 | Justin | WIP: How statically-typed functional programmers author code | |
| Mar. 2 | Lisa | Engineering the software for understanding climate change | Video presentation |
| Feb. 23 | Sarah | Formalizing visualization design knowledge as constraints | Project page |
| Feb. 16 | Gabriel | WIP: The state of the art in breaking changes | How to break an API |
| Feb. 9 | Rolando | WIP: Understanding logging in machine learning in practice | Software engineering for machine learning |
| Feb. 2 | Justin | The role of working memory in program tracing | |
| Jan. 26 | All | Discuss lab name, pick readings for semester |
Fall 2020
| Date | Leader | Reading/Activity | Extra Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 14 | Happy finals week! | ||
| Dec. 7 | Sarah, Lisa | Increasing the transparency of research papers with explorable multiverse analyses | |
| Nov. 30 | Gabriel | Putting the semantics into semantic versioning | |
| Nov. 23 | Jack | Can advanced type systems be usable? | Michael's dissertation |
| Nov. 16 | OOPSLA attendance week! :-) | ||
| Nov. 9 | Justin | egg | |
| Nov. 2 | Sarah | Just-in-time learning for bottom-up enumerative synthesis | |
| Oct. 26 | Gabriel | Verifying and improving Halide’s term rewriting system with program synthesis | |
| Oct. 19 | Sarah | Chat about conference culture, the space of conferences relevant to our work (and what work interests them) | |
| Oct. 12 | Justin | Aligning development tools with the way programmers think about code changes | |
| Oct. 5 | All | Reading group planning |