Travel notes: PLDI Boulder

I had another excellent PLDI this past June. It was my fourth1. I continued to meet new people and learn new things! Overall: I got to meet a lot of new people, which was exciting. I had some good chats about research. I asked a question at a talk! I got to show Aaron and Jacob PLDI and see them enjoy it. I missed hanging out with CF Bolz-Tereick and Chris Fallin, the usual suspects at conferences I attend. I’m looking forward to next year. This post is more about the conference than the town of Boulder (unlike the last PLDI post about Seoul) because I didn’t do much Boulder exploring. Sunday I got in late on Sunday. Then I had to take a long car ride from Denver airport to Boulder. I don’t think I had ever flown into Denver with intent to go to Boulder before so it was a bit of a surprise. Jacob offered to have a late dinner with me so we had a tasty meal at Gaia Masala and Burger. Shout out to Harry, our server. Monday Monday was a workshop day. I signed up for EGRAPHS and mostly…