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. The Sofware Languages Lab covers all aspects of the research spectrum, including:
- Design of languages (advanced modularity, distribution, concurrency, context, …)
- Formal study of languages (type systems, abstract interpretation, static analysis, contract systems, …)
- Efficient implementation of languages (virtual machines, parallelization, scheduling, …)
- Tool support for languages (IDEs, debuggers, versioning tools, evolution support, refactoring, …)
- Applications of languages (android applications, RFID‐enabled applications, web applications, embedded applications, city-ware, …)
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
The AmbientTalk group has been invited to participate as exhibitor in the Creative Media Days held from 6 to 8 November in Ghent. The event aims to combine technology innovation, content innovation and business innovation focusing on the creative possibilities and the emergence of new business models. The team will be present in the Apps Booth demoing applications like weScribble and wePoker. You can see a demo of weScribble here and one of wePoker here.
On October 27-28, the AmbientTalk team attained the second place at the European VHack Android hackathon held in London with the wePoker application. The team (Dries Harnie, Lode Hoste, Elisa Gonzalez Boix and Andoni Lombide Carreton) previously won the Belgium V Hack Android hackathon at the begining of October.
wePoker allows one to play a poker game on the move without requiring the typical setup required with wireless devices. Players can play by bringing together a couple of Android devices such as phones, tablets or even a Google TV. The application will automatically detect poker session in the neighborhood by employing Wifi ad hoc technology like Wifi direct. New players can join the game by simply touching a NFC phone or tag. A demo of wePoker can be seen here.
Elisa Gonzalez Boix finished her Ph.D. dissertation entitled 'Handling Partial Failures in Mobile Ad hoc Network Applications: From Programming Language Design to Tool Support'. Her public defence will be held on Friday 9th of November 2012 at 17:00 in the Promotiezaal (building D auditorium D.2.01) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.