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Behind-the-Scenes Innovations in Java

It’s fascinating to watch the evolution of Java—new features emerging every six months, a language that is getting concise, expressive, and elegant with each release, more power packed for performance and scale at the same time, the praises can be endless, as it should be. However, significant innovation in Java is behind the scenes, things that a casual programmer may not take note of but contributes to significant performance boost or prevents some types of errors. A number of features we see in Java exist in other languages, both on the JVM and outside. However, Java’s implementation of the features are either unique or simply different for a good measure. In this presentation we will look at the evolution of Java over the past decade, but from the point of view of behind-the-scenes techniques that support and enforce robustness and performance.

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Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
Founder, Agile Developer, Inc., University of Houston
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Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
Founder, Agile Developer, Inc., University of Houston

Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., an instructional professor at the University of Houston, and the creator of dev2next and Arc of AI conferences. 

He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects. 

Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at https://www.agiledeveloper.com. 

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