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Ranjit JhalaView profile

Professor

• Programming Languages
• Formal Verification
• Software Engineering
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Ranjit Jhala is a Professor of Computer Science Engineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on building reliable computer systems through programming languages and software engineering techniques. His primary research interests include Programming Languages, Formal Verification, and Software Engineering. He draws from and contributes to areas such as Type Systems, Model Checking, Program Analysis, and Automated Deduction, bridging theoretical foundations with practical implementations for real-world software development. Prof. Jhala's publication record shows a consistent trajectory in refinement type systems, evolving from Liquid Haskell to Flux for Rust, while also exploring neurosymbolic approaches to error repair and type error diagnosis. His work demonstrates a commitment to making formal verification techniques accessible to practitioners. He leads the Programming Systems Group at UCSD, mentoring graduate students and collaborating with researchers across the programming languages community. His service includes General Chair roles for POPL 2018 and PLDI 2022, reflecting his leadership position in the field. Prof. Jhala is also known for his mentoring activities, including talks on academic presentation skills and participation in ICFP's mentoring programs for students and early-career researchers.

Nadia PolikarpovaView profile

Associate Professor

• Program Synthesis
• Program Verification
• Type Systems
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Nadia Polikarpova is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of California, San Diego. She leads the Programming Systems group and serves as a member of IFIP Working Group 2.8 on Functional Programming since 2022. Her academic journey includes a PhD from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) under Bertrand Meyer's supervision in 2014, followed by postdoctoral work at MIT CSAIL with Armando Solar-Lezama. Her research interests center around program synthesis, program verification, and type systems, with a focus on building practical tools that enhance software security and reliability. Polikarpova's work bridges theoretical foundations with real-world applications, particularly in the emerging area of AI-assisted programming. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong trajectory in program synthesis techniques, with increasing integration of machine learning approaches. The research spans from foundational type-driven synthesis methods to practical applications for validating AI-generated code and synthesizing heap-manipulating programs. Her work frequently appears in top-tier programming languages venues including PLDI, POPL, ICFP, and OOPSLA. 2020 Sloan Fellow 2020 Intel Rising Stars Award 2020 NSF CAREER Award Distinguished paper awards at PLDI'21, ICFP'20, and POPL'19 Best paper award at FM'15 Polikarpova actively mentors PhD students and has advised numerous graduates who now work at Microsoft Research, University of Michigan, and various tech companies. She teaches core programming languages courses including CSE 130 and specialized graduate courses on program synthesis (CSE 291). Her service to the community includes program committee roles for major conferences and co-chairing the Haskell conference in 2022.

Coen De RooverView profile

Professor

• static analysis
• dynamic analysis
• mining software repositories
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Coen De Roover is a Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) since October 2015, affiliated with the Software Languages Lab (SOFT) where he leads the Code Analysis and ManiPulation (CAMP) subgroup. He serves as programme director for the bachelor's program in Computer Science since the 2019-2020 academic year. His research focuses on the design of program analyses and their application to software quality problems , with particular expertise in static and dynamic analysis techniques. Key research areas include: Soft verification of contracts and incremental abstract interpretation Fine-grained change analysis of individual commits Mining for change patterns across multiple commits Vulnerability detection in infrastructure code (particularly Ansible) Concolic testing and resilience analysis Recent publication trends show increasing focus on infrastructure as code security, WebAssembly analysis, and modular abstract interpretation frameworks. His work bridges theoretical program analysis with practical software engineering applications, often validated through empirical studies on open-source projects. As an active contributor to the software engineering community, he has served on program committees for major conferences including ASE, ECOOP, ICSE, and SPLASH. His leadership roles include steering committee positions for GPCE and SANER, and program co-chair roles for International Conference on Program Comprehension. De Roover directs the CAMP research subgroup which has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles. The group develops practical analysis tools while advancing theoretical foundations of program analysis, with recent work focusing on infrastructure code security and WebAssembly analysis.

Ranjit JhalaView profile

Professor

• Programming Languages
• Software Engineering
• Type Systems
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Ranjit Jhala is a Professor of Computer Science Engineering at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering, where he leads the Programming Systems Group. His research spans Programming Languages and Software Engineering, focusing on building reliable systems through Type Systems, Model Checking, Program Analysis, and Automated Deduction. His current projects include Flux for Rust verification, Liquid Haskell refinement types, and techniques for analyzing timing channels. Professor Jhala teaches courses on Programming Languages (CSE 130) and Graduate Programming Languages (CSE 230), with extensive experience teaching compilers and verification topics. Professor Jhala advises several students including Alexander Bakst, Ben Cosman, and Marc Andrysco. Notable former students include Niki Vazou (Postdoc at Maryland), Ravi Chugh (University of Chicago), and Patrick Rondon (Google).

• Functional programming
• Compiler construction
• Program analysis
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Matthew Fluet is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Computer Science at Rochester Institute of Technology's Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University and his BS in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College. Prior to joining RIT, he was a research assistant professor at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago. Dr. Fluet's research focuses on programming languages, with particular emphasis on: Functional programming Compiler construction Program analysis Type systems Parallelism and concurrency His research has resulted in several significant projects including Manticore (a heterogeneous-parallel functional programming language), MaPLe/MPL (a functional language for provably efficient and safe multicore parallelism), and contributions to MLton (a whole-program optimizing Standard ML compiler). His work is supported by multiple National Science Foundation grants. Dr. Fluet has published extensively in top programming languages conferences including ICFP, POPL, PLDI, and PPoPP. His recent work focuses on automatic parallelism management, type-and control-flow analysis, and memory management for parallel systems, demonstrating a consistent research trajectory in making parallel programming safer and more accessible through language design. His notable research grants include: National Science Foundation (CISE Research Infrastructure): $224,329 (2014-2017) National Science Foundation (Software and Hardware Foundations): $236,744 (2014-2018) National Science Foundation: $412,261 (2011-2014) National Science Foundation: $91,867 (2008-2012) Dr. Fluet actively mentors graduate students, currently advising several MS project and thesis students. He teaches courses including Programming Skills (with focus on Rust), Compiler Construction, and Programming Language Concepts. He also serves in leadership roles including as Graduate Program Director for the Computer Science MS program and participates in departmental governance through the CS Curriculum Committee and GCCIS Curriculum Committee. He is an active member of the programming languages community, having served on program committees for major conferences and as Information Director for ACM SIGPLAN (2015-2018), demonstrating his commitment to advancing the field through research, education, and community service.