ETAPS '99 (European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software)

Patrik Persson visited ETAPS '99 (European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software) in Amsterdam, March 19-26, 1999. ETAPS '99 comprised several conferences, including CC '99 (Compiler Construction) and WAGA '99 (Second Workshop on Attribute Grammars and their Applications), where Patrik presented the article "Interactive Execution Time Predictions using Reference Attributed Grammars".

An interesting observation is that many of the techniques that are investigated in program optimization correspond directly to WCET prediction techniques. Both conferences addressed compilation issues related to WCET prediction in various forms, such as code optimization using integer-linear programming (ILP), optimization of cache utilization in the presence of recursive data structures, and modular specifications of program analyses using attribute grammars. Although not specifically targeted at the real-time community, the CC conference serves well as an introduction to compilation and program analysis in general.

-- Patrik

Submitted: 27 Apr 1999 10:14:24
By: Patrik Persson, Patrik.Persson@cs.lth.se
At: Lund University, Computer Science Dept.