Welcome to the Software Languages Lab
Research
The Software Languages Lab is a research lab within the Department of Computer Science of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). The Software Languages Lab was founded in 2009 as a merger of the Programming Technology Lab and the System and Software Engineering Lab. The Software Languages Lab is currently headed by Prof. Dr. Theo D'Hondt, Prof. Dr. Viviane Jonckers and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang De Meuter.
Broadly speaking, the lab is active in the design, implementation and application of better languages to support the software engineering life cycle. This includes programming languages, formal languages, design languages, meta languages, modeling languages, domain specific languages, etc. Check out our research page for more details.
Teaching
The lab manages the “Software Languages and Software Engineering” specialization of the VUB Bachelor and Master programmes in Computer Science. The lab was at the cradle of the UbiLab. Check out the pages for bachelor projects and master thesis proposals.
In the Spotlight
On February 1st, 2012, the Software Languages Lab, in cooperation with Erlang Solutions, will be hosting the first Erlang Factory Lite event in Belgium. This is an ideal opportunity to get up to speed on all things Erlang, and to meet some of the most respected names in the Erlang community. Francesco Cesarini, co-author of the book Erlang Programming, will be hosting a tutorial as well. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.
On October 6-7, the Software Languages Lab and the Web and Information Systems Lab hosted a lecture series on Web Security by Google Research Scientist Mark S. Miller. The lecture series consisted of two talks, one targeted at an industrial audience, another targeted at a research audience. Slides and videos will be available soon. Read more
The BrusSense Team at the Software Languages Lab organised the ESF Exploratory Workshop on the Internet of Things for a Sustainable Future IoTSust, which was held in Vielsalm, Belgium, from 9 May to 13 May 2011 (download booklet). ESF Exploratory Workshops are closed, all-expenses paid workshops which enable the initiation of a network of researchers on an exploratory topic in the European Research Arena. Eighteen researchers with various backgrounds and from all over Europe were present.