Research Triangle Software Symposium
August 22 - 24, 2014
Understanding Garbage Collection
Sunday - Aug 24 4:00 PM EDT - SALON C
Most of us don't want to go back to the days of malloc and free, but the garbage collector isn't always our friend.
In this presentation, you'll learn about the different garbage collection strategies used in JVMs, how to monitor garbage collection, analyze memory dumps, and why you might want to use one collection strategy instead of another.
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.