OderskyFest 2023
In celebration of Martin Odersky's 65th birthday
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
We will have a day of talks to celebrate Martin on September 5th, 2023, and we will be publishing a Festschrift as a post-proceedings some months after the event.
Program at a Glance
Welcoming coffee - 8:30-9:25 @ Talks - 9:30am-6pm
Lunch - 11:45-13:15 @ BC cafeteria
Afternoon coffee and snack break - 4-4:30pm
Prof. Martin Vetterli address - 6:15-6:30pm
Apéro - 6:30-7:15pm
Dinner - from 7:15pm onwards
Detailed Program
| Time | Speaker | Talk Title |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30-9:25 | - | COFFEE |
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Gilad Bracha | Does Programming have a Future? |
| 10:15 - 10:40 | Samuel Grütter | Omnisemantics: No more "but note that this trick only works if the language is deterministic" |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Fengyun Liu | Can object-oriented programming be liberated from statics? |
| 11:00-11:30 | Denys Shabalin | A walk through programing language genealogy tree |
| 11:30 - 11:35 | Mira Mezini | Tribute |
| 11:35-11:40 | Shriram Krishnamurthi | Tribute |
| 11:40-11:45 | Phil Wadler | Tribute |
| 11:45 - 13:15 | - | LUNCH |
| 13:15-13:45 | Yannis Smagardakis | Bug Patterns in Smart Contracts: Can Language Design Save the Day? |
| 13:45-14:05 | Andrey Breslav | Grafting Paradigms: Scala's influence on the industry |
| 14:05 - 14:30 | Lex Spoon | Tricks and Techniques for Scanning Large Code Bases |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Burak Emir | Call-by-push-value and ownership |
| 14:50-15:10 | Lars Hupel | A brief history of type classes and generic programming in Scala |
| 15:10-15:30 | Lukas Rytz | As Seen From |
| 15:30-15:50 | Ruzica Piskac | TBA |
| 15:50-16:00 | Gilles Dubochet | Scala and the Open Science agenda: software as research infrastructure |
| 16:00-16:40 | - | BREAK |
| 16:40 - 16:45 | Matei Zaharia | Tribute |
| 16:45 - 17:05 | Viktor Kuncak | The Spirit of Specifications in Scala |
| 17:05 - 17:15 | Tiark Rompf | A Tale of Type, Ability, and Effect Systems |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Jim Larus | TBA |
| 17:30-18:10 | Simon Peyton Jones | Fireside chat with Martin |
| 18:15 | Martin Vetterli | TBA |
Getting Here
The nearest airport is the Geneva airport (GVA) which is about 35 minutes from the EPFL campus by train/metro. There are several daily non-stop flights from cities in the US and across Europe to GVA.The Zurich airport (ZRH) is farther away, but serves more destinations than GVA. For some, it may be more convenient to fly into ZRH and to take the train/metro to the EPFL campus (about 2hrs)Regardless of which airport you arrive at, there are two common ways to get to EPFL from the train station.
Take the train to the "Renens" train station (small town next to Lausanne) and take the m1 metro to the EPFL station.
Take the train to the "Lausanne" train station and take the m2 metro to the Lausanne-Flon station (1 stop) where you will switch to the m1 metro and take it to the EPFL station.
For both transit within the Lausanne region, and beyond (e.g., from GVA or ZRH to Lausanne) there are convenient mobile apps in English that allow you to quickly purchase train and metro tickets on the fly. Those apps are:
Where to stay
There are several options for hotels and AirBnbs throughout the region.There are two general options for lodging– staying near the EPFL campus (quieter, away from the center of Lausanne), or within the Lausanne city center. For those folks who would like to sightsee or enjoy local cuisine or wine, staying in the Lausanne city center is a better choice. For those who would like to arrive for a short stay only to attend OderskyFest and aren't interested in sightseeing/restaurants/etc, staying at a hotel near campus is a better choice.Hotels near EPFL
SwissTech Hotel - at the EPFL metro station, more barebones.
Starling Hotel Lausanne - situated north of the EPFL campus across Route Cantonale. Nicer quality (and a bit more expensive) than SwissTech, slightly shorter walk to the EPFL building where the festivities will be.
Lodging options in the Lausanne city centerThere are several hotels near Lausanne-Flon and near the Lausanne train station. Booking.com list all of them.If you're interested in renting a room or entire apartment on AirBnb, the areas of the city that you may be most interested in staying in include: Lausanne Flon (Center), Lausanne Riponne (Center), Ouchy (lakeside), Renens (small town, not Lausanne but closer to EPFL than the Lausanne city center)
Registration
Registration is free. Please fill out this Google Form if you plan on attending so we can have an accurate ballpark for meals and so we can have nametags ready:Registration