Alexa VanHattum

Career update: I’ll be joining Wellesley’s Computer Science department as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2023! I’m super excited to continue research across programming languages and systems, teach a bunch of very cool classes, and join the broader Boston academic community. 🍁

My largest remaining NSF grant, which was awarded by a competitive process on the recommendation of national experts, was terminated yesterday. The money would have paid for PhD students to invent better AI systems for everyday people who need programs written for them but ...

The College chose to come to bargaining today with a proposal that increases our workload by 25% while paying us for the work increase at the rate we currently are paid to work overtime. This proposal, rather than offer a raise, mandates overtime work for all of our workers.

PL Students 📢 submit your work to the SRC (due March 14) ! pldi25.sigplan.org/track/pldi-202… The SRC has a large PC of awesome researchers with expertise in various PL areas! Each accepted submission will get a PC shepherd who will mentor and provide feedback for the camera ready ✨

Sexual harassment is a horrible impediment to academic research, shutting out talented researchers and slowing scientific progress. What can we do? I believe we're not helpless; we can improve our communities through practical actions. Take a look: github.com/maria-antoniak…

Extremely sad to report that Alan Jeffrey (most recently of Roblox/Luau) has passed away, far too young. The cancer finally got him. This lovely photo, which so nicely encapsulates him, is courtesy of his family. @asaj@mastodon.scot/112734953591545839" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mastodon.social/@asaj@mastodon…

Gearing up some supplies for PLMW@PLDI next week! Excited to see folks in Copenhagen

In Fall 2025, I’ll be joining @CUBoulder’s CS Department! I’m so excited to join this group of researchers, students, and teachers in the beautiful Rocky Mountains ☀️ I’ll be recruiting students this fall to start in 2025, so please send applicants my way!

✅ | Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth has called for a #CeasefireNOW. "Almost every school and every university in Gaza has been destroyed or seriously degraded. Where once people studied, now they starve."

@TaliaRinger Congratulations, Talia!!

Mohammed and I are getting married!!!

Hey I'm on the academic job market. I build systems to make programmers smarter, informed by PL theory (to make correct & generalizable tools) and HCI theory (to make humanly-useful tools). Also, students say I'm "one of the best lecturers at Stanford."

@josecalderon my memory from being a student is that a lot of the student-hype wasn’t because of what they *do*, but because their interviews were known as being the “hardest” (and also had a LOT of rounds), and that somehow made them ~mysterious~ and thus desirable

The pedestalization of Jane Street is so odd to watch. No shade to Jane Street, they’re doing cool stuff! When I mention that I know folks who work there students eyes light up. Meanwhile Danielle is convinced that they’re an ICFP t-shirt meme.

@hackedy Nap!!

codes gone for now!

I have extra invite codes for the other blue site, if we follow each other and you want one, DM me!

@vdean314 @OlinCollege A massive congratulations to both you and Olin!!!! Stoked to be future neighbors ✨

I'm elated to be joining @OlinCollege as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science this fall! Looking forward to teaching project-based courses, making robot learning more accessible, and contributing to the Engineering for Everyone vision! 🤖olin.edu/about-presiden…

Super excited to be giving this public, virtual talk tomorrow 7/13, 9pm ET/6pm PT! It will have: + lightweight formal methods + boundless enthusiasm for compilers + time for me to extol the virtues of the undergraduate-focused academic career path (and share job market tips) ✨

I also really strongly enjoyed Kathryn McKinley's talk after she won the Programming Languages Achievement Award, which mentioned how important service is. Congrats to @ksmckinley for this well deserved award!!!