Robert Grimm

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
New York University
715 Broadway, Room 711
New York, NY 10003

rgrimm@cs.nyu.edu

CV (May 2012)

Research

My research explores how to leverage programming language technologies to make complex systems easier to build, maintain, and extend. For example, I have investigated replication systems [NSDI ’09], content distribution networks [NSDI ’06 and NSDI ’07], pervasive applications [TOCS 22(4)], and access control policies [TOCS 19(1)].

The xtc project provides the foundation for much of my recent work, including my work on modular syntax [PLDI ’06]; multilingual programming [OOPSLA ’07], debugging [OOPSLA ’09], bug finding [PLDI ’10], and macros [ECOOP ’12]; as well as parsing all of C [PLDI ’12]. Previous projects include the one.world architecture for pervasive computing as well as the SPIN and exokernel extensible operating systems.

See my complete list of publications.

My Ph.D. students are Paul Gazzillo and Anh Le. Robert Soulé is a Postdoc at Cornell. I also am looking for new students!

Teaching

• Object-Oriented Programming: An undergraduate course on using objects for building large-scale programs.
  • Fall 2012
  • Fall 2011
  • Fall 2010
  • Fall 2009
  • Fall 2007
  • Fall 2006
  • Fall 2005
• Graduate Object-Oriented Programming: A graduate course on object-oriented design and implementation.
  • Spring 2012
• Honors Operating Systems: A graduate course on operating systems and distributed systems.
  • Spring 2011
  • Spring 2008
  • Spring 2007
  • Spring 2005
  • Spring 2004
• Programming Languages: A graduate course on the design, implementation, and use of programming languages.
  • Spring 2010
• Web Services and Applications: A graduate course on architecting the dynamic web.
  • Fall 2003
  • Spring 2003
• Building Distributed and Pervasive Applications: A senior-level project course on distributed applications.
  • Winter 2001

Professional Activities

Honors:

• Junior Fellow at NYU’s Center for Teaching Excellence, 2005/2006.
• National Science Foundation, CAREER Award on Better Systems with Extensible C, 2005.

Select program committees:

• POPL: ACM SIGACT-SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages.
  • 2013 (ERC)
• PLDI: ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design and Implementation.
  • 2012 (ERC)
  • 2010
• VEE: ACM SIGPLAN/SIGOPS International Conference on Virtual Execution Environments.
  • 2012
  • 2010
• OOPSLA: ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications.
  • 2011 (ERC)
• PLOS: ACM SIGOPS Workshop on Programming Languages and Operating Systems.
  • 2011
  • 2009
  • 2007
  • 2006
• EuroSys: the European Systems Conference.
  • 2011
  • 2010
• USENIX: USENIX Annual Technical Conference.
  • 2009
• PerSec: IEEE International Workshop on Pervasive Computer and Communication Security.
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
• HotOS: Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems.
  • 2005
• SACMAT: ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies.
  • 2001

Etc.

• Simon’s Cat: Cat-Man-Do and Cat & Mouse.
• An Engineer’s Guide to Cats.
• Wall Street being honest (for once).
• “I am a socialist. I socialize.” — Miss Kiki DuRane.