Title: JavaScript as an Intermediate Language
By Shriram Krishnamurthi
Brown University

Abstract: 

Numerous languages now compile to JavaScript, and its ubiquity in the
browser seems to make this inevitable. However, JavaScript appears to
be a medicore target for language deployment, erecting both obvious
and subtle obstacles. I will discuss some of these issues, especially
drawing on our experiences deploying Racket in the browser.

Bio:

Shriram Krishnamurthi is a Professor of Computer Science at Brown
University.  He currently focuses on securing various attack surfaces
on the Web.  With collaborators and students, he has created several
influential systems: DrRacket (programming environment), Margrave
(security policy analyzer), FrTime and Flapjax (reactive programming
languages), and Lambda-JS and TeJaS (semantics and types
for JavaScript).  He is a co-author of "How to Design Programs" and
 author of "Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation".  He
 coordinates the Bootstrap math-and-computing outreach program.  He won
 SIGPLAN's Robin Milner Young Researcher Award, and Brown's Henry
 Merritt Wriston Fellowship for distinguished contribution to
 undergraduate education.  He has authored twelve papers recognized for
 honors by program committees.