Mid-Atlantic Student Workshop on
Programming Languages and Systems
Since 1995, the Mid-Atlantic Student workshop on Programming Languages and Systems (MASPLAS) has provided graduate and undergraduate students an opportunity to present their research in both presentation and poster sessions. These annual regional conferences provide opportunities for students to network and for group mentoring and are often held in cooperation with ACM SIGPLAN.. The goals of these meetings are fourfold:
- To allow graduate students to present their work to a small audience of unfamiliar colleagues.
- To allow constructive criticism of work from people outside of their own departments.
- To allow undergraduate and graduate students to participate in the interactions that occur at a research conference but at reduced cost.
- To promote contact among undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and local industry in the Mid-Atlantic region.
History
Annual MASPLAS meetings have been held since Spring 1995. Previous hosts include- 1995: East Stroudsburg University
- 1996: SUNY at New Paltz
- 1997: East Stroudsburg University
- 1998: Rutgers University
- 1999: Loyola College
- 2000: University of Delaware
- 2001: IBM Research
- 2002: Pace University
- 2003: Haverford College
- 2004: Seton Hall University
- 2005: University of Delaware
- 2006: Rutgers University
Previous keynote speakers include Jeanne Ferrante, Dennis Ritchie, Alan Kay, John Vlissides. Ron Cytron, Laurie Williams, Bill Pugh, Mary Lou Soffa, and Chris Okasaki.