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                    Seminar Announcement

            School of Computer Science, CECS
             The Australian National University
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Date:  Thursday, 05 March 2009
Time:  4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Venue: Room N101, CSIT Building [108]


Speaker: Daniel Frampton

Title:   Demystifying Magic: High-level Low-level Programming.

Abstract:
   The power of high-level languages lies in their abstraction
   over hardware and software complexity, leading to greater
   security, better reliability, and lower development costs.
   However, opaque abstractions are often show-stoppers for
   systems programmers, forcing them to either break the
   abstraction, or more often, simply give up and use a different
   language. In this seminar I will discuss work towards meeting
   the challenge of opening up a high-level language to allow
   practical low-level programming, without forsaking integrity
   or performance.

Biography:
   Daniel is a graduate student working with Steve Blackburn
   at the ANU.  His research has centred around the goal of
   high-level low-level programming, covering a diverse range
   of issues including language design, garbage collection
   algorithms, data visualization tools and technology, as well
   as benchmarking and evaluation methodology. He is heavily
   involved in the JikesRVM project, and has interned at both
   Microsoft and IBM Research.


URL: http://cs.anu.edu.au/lib/seminars/seminars09/dept20090305




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