I'm surprised they do not reference GraphLab from Carnegie Mellon, http://graphlab.org/projects/index.html It's built for the same purpose and has been around for a number of years. The core is in C++ with python bindings. It has quite a few ready made applications built on top of it as well.

They reference GraphX (http://amplab.github.io/graphx/). GraphX is essentially GraphLab built on Spark, and the GraphX project lead is Joey Gonzalez (https://amplab.cs.berkeley.edu/author/jegonzal/), the creator of GraphLab.

Unfortunately, the link to the Green-Marl compiler "paper from CGO 2014" is broken. Anyone knows where to find this?

It should be available under the publications tab here: http://ppl.stanford.edu/main/green_marl.html

Here's a paper about compilers: http://ppl.stanford.edu/papers/a134-sujeeth.pdf

And one about DSLs: http://ppl.stanford.edu/papers/cgo14-hong.pdf

Could it be this one? http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2544137.2544162

COuld be. But you have to buy it. I must say I do not like to pay for research articles.

There is also this PPT http://cgo.org/cgo2014/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Simplifyin...

http://ppl.stanford.edu/papers/cgo14-hong.pdf according to Google Scholar

Kind of interesting they didn't mention graphlab at all.

Really, GPS is what you're going to call it? That is a bad idea for a bunch of reasons, mostly practical (GPS already means Global Positioning System to just about every American and search engine, etc.)

I agree, worst acronym name ever for a graphing system.

Look impressive, but 'GPS'? That'll be handy for google searches.

One of the things I despise about academia is the need (and sometimes the arrogance to) give every project/idea/framework, no matter its size or importance, some silly acronym.

This is a people thing, not an academia thing.

This really is an unfortunate naming collision.

Actually, I consider myself primarily a Java developer... and I wrote a pretty comprehensive GPS library in Java a while back (for using a raw GPS chip over a serial UART connection for embedded devices).

We took "GPS" out of the title to mitigate an impending bikeshed avalanche.