Research Triangle Software Symposium
August 24 - 26, 2012
Virtual Machines and Interpreters II: Inside the Java Virtual Machine
Saturday - Aug 25 3:15 PM EDT - Raleigh
In part II of VMs and Interpreters, you'll dive into the inner workings of the Java Virtual Machines. You'll learn how your Java code is translated from Java source code to byte code and ultimately machine code.
You'll also see tools for viewing Java byte code and measuring performance changes caused by VM optimizations.
This session will cover the…
- Java class file format
- Java byte code
- JVM Compiler & Runtime Optimizations
Douglas Hawkins
Lead Developer Java Performance Monitoring at Datadog
About Douglas Hawkins
Douglas Hawkins has been passionately developing software for the past 20 years.
Throughout Doug's career, he has focused on creating performance intensive applications
in Java ranging from bioinformatics to financial exchanges.
After 10 years as a Java developer, Doug transitioned to working on Azul's Java Virtual Machine.
Today, Doug continues his interest in building performance tools for developers as the
Lead Developer of Datadog's Java Application Performance Monitoring.
While Doug's passion for developing software remains, his true passion is in sharing his
interest in low-level details and JVM performance with others.