Research Triangle Software Symposium
August 22 - 24, 2014
Understanding Concurrency
Sunday - Aug 24 2:15 PM EDT - SALON C
Unlike earlier languages, Java had a well-defined threading and memory model from its inception, and over the years additional packages have been added to the standard library to help solve concurrency problems.
Despite all this, Java's memory model still remains poorly understood and
its concurrency libraries under utilized.
In this talk, we'll discuss concurrency in detail starting from the low-level
of the hardware up to the high-level of concurrent collections and Java 7's
new parallel fork join library.
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.