SPLASH conference
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SPLASH is a conference sponsored by the SIGPLAN
special interest group of the Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM). It is an acronym for Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity. The first SPLASH conference was held in Sparks, Nevada
, October 17-21, 2010 at John Ascuaga's Nugget casino/hotel
. The 2011 SPLASH conference will be held in downtown Portland, Oregon
at the Hilton Hotel
, October 22-27.
SPLASH has replaced the ACM conference known as OOPSLA
. The former OOPSLA website (http://www.oopsla.org) now redirects to the SPLASH website. OOPSLA remains as an entity inside of SPLASH and was the only track offered at the initial SPLASH conference. For 2010, a separate ACM conference, Onward!
was considered co-located with SPLASH, but their fees were combined. Anyone wanting to attend either conference paid one fee that allowed access to all sessions from both SPLASH and Onward!.
SIGPLAN
SIGPLAN is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on programming languages.- Conferences :* Principles of Programming Languages * Programming Language Design and Implementation...
special interest group of the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
(ACM). It is an acronym for Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity. The first SPLASH conference was held in Sparks, Nevada
Sparks, Nevada
Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, located east of Reno, Nevada. The 2010 U.S. Census Bureau population count was 90,264. Sparks is often referred to as half of a twin city .-Geography and Climate:...
, October 17-21, 2010 at John Ascuaga's Nugget casino/hotel
John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino Resort
John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino Resort is a casino resort/hotel in Sparks, Nevada. The main portion of the casino consists of two 29-story towers nestled between Interstate 80 and the Union Pacific rail yard. There are additional attached buildings underneath and across Interstate 80 from the towers...
. The 2011 SPLASH conference will be held in downtown Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
at the Hilton Hotel
Hilton Portland Hotel
The Hilton Portland & Executive Tower is a hotel located in Portland, Oregon. The complex has dual towers, with the tallest, 22 floors at built in 1962, and the latest completed in 2002 with 20 floors. The hotel was the tallest building in the city for three years until surpassed by the Harrison...
, October 22-27.
SPLASH has replaced the ACM conference known as OOPSLA
OOPSLA
OOPSLA is an annual ACM research conference. OOPSLA mainly takes place in the United States, while the sister conference of OOPSLA, ECOOP, is typically held in Europe...
. The former OOPSLA website (http://www.oopsla.org) now redirects to the SPLASH website. OOPSLA remains as an entity inside of SPLASH and was the only track offered at the initial SPLASH conference. For 2010, a separate ACM conference, Onward!
Onward!
Onward! is a conference sponsored by the SIGPLAN special interest group of the Association for Computing Machinery . Onward! began in 2002 as a track inside of the OOPSLA conference. Starting in 2009, it was considered a conference, but remained co-located with OOPSLA...
was considered co-located with SPLASH, but their fees were combined. Anyone wanting to attend either conference paid one fee that allowed access to all sessions from both SPLASH and Onward!.