Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity (SPLASH)

SPLASH (Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity) contains several conferences concerned with programming, languages, and software engineering, including OOPSLA (Object-oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications), Onward!, DLS (the Dynamic Languages Symposium), GPCE (Generative Programming: Concepts and Experiences), and SLE (Software Language Engineering).

SPLASH Steering Committee

The SPLASH Steering Committee is constituted by the following members:

  • current SIGPLAN Chair,
  • current SIGPLAN Vice Chair,
  • future, current, and past three SPLASH General Chairs,
  • future, current, and past three OOPSLA Program Chairs,
  • future, current, and past one year’s Onward! Program Chairs (Papers and Essays)
  • Steering Committee Chair for Onward!
  • Steering Committee Chair for any conference that co-located with SPLASH for the past three years
  • the outgoing Chair of the Steering Committee, for one year past the end of their term as Chair.

NB! In 2026 the past three years are 2025, 2024, and 2023 and the co-located conferences include: SPLASH-E and SAS (while GPCE and SLE last co-located in 2023).

The Chair of the Steering Committee is elected by the Steering Committee from among the members of the committee to serve a two-year term. The outgoing chair serves an additional year on the committee past his or her term as chair to provide institutional memory.

Steering Committee membership was expanded by adding members-at-large in 2020, with the intention of adding one member-at-large each subsequent year. Members-at-large serve 4 year terms and are selected by the Steering Committee.

The membership of the steering committee changes each year upon conclusion of that year’s conference.

The current SPLASH steering committee is:

  • Andrew Myers (Cornell University), SIGPLAN Chair
  • Anders Møller (Aarhus University), SIGPLAN Vice Chair
  • Alex Potanin (Australian National University), OOPSLA 2024 Program Co-Chair, Chair
  • Filip Křikava (Czech Technical University), SPLASH 2027 General Chair
  • Frank Tip (Northeastern University), SPLASH 2026 General Chair
  • Charles Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), SPLASH 2025 General Chair
  • Manu Sridharan (UC Riverside), SPLASH 2024 General Chair
  • Vasco T. Vasconcelos (University of Lisbon), SPLASH 2023 General Chair
  • Nadia Polikarpova (University of California San Diego), OOPSLA 2027 Program Chair
  • Işil Dillig (University of Texas at Austin), OOPSLA 2026 Program Chair
  • Shriram Krishnamurthi (Brown University), OOPSLA 2025 Program Co-Chair
  • Sukyoung Ryu (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), OOPSLA 2025 Program Co-Chair
  • Bor-Yuh Evan Chang (University of Colorado Boulder), OOPSLA 2024 Program Co-Chair
  • Mira Mezini (TU Darmstadt), OOPSLA 2023 Program Chair
  • Shigeru Chiba (University of Tokyo), Onward! 2025 Papers Co-Chair
  • Clemens Nylandsted Klokmose (Aarhus University), Onward! 2025 Papers Co-Chair
  • Colin Gordon (Drexel University), Onward! 2025 Essays Chair
  • Stephen Kell (Kings College London), Onward! Steering Committee Chair
  • Mihaela Sighireanu (University of Paris-Saclay), SAS Steering Committee Chair
  • Coen de Roover (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), GPCE Steering Committee Chair
  • Eric van Wyk (University of Minnesota), SLE Steering Committee Chair

Documents on How to Run SPLASH/OOPSLA Conferences

SPLASH Steering Committee Representatives for SIGPLAN Awards

  • Programming Languages Software Award (David Grove, IBM)
  • Programming Languages Achievement Award (J. Eliot B. Moss, University of Massachusetts)
  • Robin Milner Young Researcher Award (Sophia Drossopoulou, Imperial College)
  • John C. Reynolds Doctoral Dissertation Award (Loris D’Antoni, UCSD)
  • Distinguished Service Award (Jeff Foster, Tufts University)
  • Distinguished Educator Award (Will Crichton, Brown University)

Web Pages of Previous Conferences