Past Workshops

The Workshop on Programming Languages and Operating Systems (PLOS) has its root in the ECOOP workshop series on Object-Orientation and Operating Systems (OOOSWS), which started at ECOOP'97. Over the past years the number of participants grew constantly and some of the papers presented resulted in journal publications. In 2004, we decided to give the workshop a more interactive format and a stronger focus on the special tension between programming languages and operating systems. This was emphasized by shifting the workshop name.

In 2005, workshop attendees suggested to try to give the workshop a higher visibility. They also suggested to intermittently hold the workshop at programming languages and operating systems conferences, respectively. Therefore, we decided to give up the affiliation with ECOOP and instead propose to hold PLOS as part of the workshop program of ASPLOS XII, where it should be a natural fit and be able to attract a higher number of participants. In order to avoid the name clash with ASPLOS we temporarily had to rename the workshop. The result was "Linguistic Support for Modern Operating Systems". In 2007 returned to the original name.

• Jyvaskyla, 1997: First ECOOP Workshop on Object-Orientation and Operating Systems
• Lisbon, 1999: Second ECOOP Workshop on Object-Orientation and Operating Systems
• Cannes, 2000: Third ECOOP Workshop on Object-Orientation and Operating Systems
• Budapest, 2001: Fourth ECOOP Workshop on Object-Orientation and Operating Systems
• Malaga, 2002: Fifth ECOOP Workshop on Object-Orientation and Operating Systems
• Oslo, 2004: First ECOOP Workshop on Programming Languages and Operating Systems
• Glasgow, 2005: Second ECOOP Workshop on Programming Languages and Operating Systems
• San Jose, 2006: ASPLOS XI Workshop on Linguistic Support for Modern Operating Systems