A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a parallel/concurrent-computing project belongs at PPoPP or should be routed to PLDI, CGO, POPL, ASPLOS, HPCA, SC, SPAA, or OOPSLA, and when…

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Install Ppopp Topic Selection

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ppopp-topic-selection -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ppopp-topic-selection --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/PPoPP-Skills/skills/ppopp-topic-selection .claude/skills/ppopp-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
ppopp-topic-selection
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
597 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a parallel/concurrent-computing project belongs at PPoPP or should be routed to PLDI, CGO, POPL, ASPLOS, HPCA, SC, SPAA, or OOPSLA, and when…

  • Deciding whether a parallel/concurrent-computing project belongs at PPoPP
  • SKILL.md covers The routing question that…, Sibling-venue routing table, Contribution shapes PPoPP… and The remove-the-parallelism and…, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Should be routed to PLDI

What it does

Ppopp Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a parallel/concurrent-computing project belongs at PPoPP or should be routed to PLDI, CGO, POPL, ASPLOS, HPCA, SC, SPAA, or OOPSLA, and when distinguishing PPoPP's "the parallelism is the point" scope from a compiler contribution (CGO/PLDI), a concurrency logic (POPL), or a microarchitecture result (ASPLOS/HPCA).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. | 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Deciding whether a parallel/concurrent-computing project belongs at PPoPP
  • Should be routed to PLDI
  • When distinguishing PPoPPs the parallelism is the point scope from a compiler contribution (CGO/PLDI)
  • A concurrency logic (POPL)

Example prompts

  • “the parallelism is the point”
  • “/ppopp-topic-selection”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Ppopp Topic Selection loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 597 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~91
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 597 words, ~1,529 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ppopp-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ppopp-topic-selection
description
Use when deciding whether a parallel/concurrent-computing project belongs at PPoPP or should be routed to PLDI, CGO, POPL, ASPLOS, HPCA, SC, SPAA, or OOPSLA, and when distinguishing PPoPP's "the parallelism is the point" scope from a compiler contribution (CGO/PLDI), a concurrency logic (POPL), or a microarchitecture result (ASPLOS/HPCA).

PPoPP Topic Selection

Decide the venue before drafting. PPoPP — the ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming — is the premier forum for work whose center of gravity is parallelism and concurrency: parallel languages, compilers, and runtimes; lock-free/wait-free data structures; GPU/accelerator and NUMA performance; parallel algorithms; and scalability studies. A technically strong paper whose real contribution is a compiler pass, a program logic, or a cache design is respected here and then rejected as out of scope. The question PPoPP reviewers ask first is: is the parallelism the point, or is it the setting?

The routing question that matters most

PPoPP sits inside the co-located HPCA/CGO/PPoPP/CC week, so its nearest neighbors are one hallway away and the boundary is real. Use the "is the parallelism the point?" test: if you removed the concurrency/parallel-performance story, is there still a paper? If yes, the contribution lives elsewhere.

Sibling-venue routing table

Signal in your projectBetter homeWhy
The contribution is a parallel algorithm, runtime, synchronization mechanism, or a concurrency-correctness + scalability resultPPoPPThis is PPoPP's center; both correctness and speedup are judged
The contribution is a compiler optimization or code-generation techniqueCGO (or PLDI)Backend/optimization is CGO's named center; PLDI for broader PL implementation
The contribution is a new program logic, type system, or semantics for concurrencyPOPLFoundational concurrency theory over a measured parallel system
The contribution is hardware/microarchitecture (coherence, memory system, accelerator design)ASPLOS / HPCAThe result is about the machine, not the parallel program
The core is a large-scale HPC application or systems-at-scale deploymentSC / ICS / IPDPSApplication/HPC-systems framing over a general parallel-programming lesson
The core is a theoretical parallel-algorithm bound with no implementationSPAATheory of parallelism; PPoPP wants practice alongside principle
A concurrency feature of a managed language / object systemOOPSLA / PLDILanguage-design framing dominates
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Contribution shapes PPoPP rewards

  • Concurrent data structures — a new lock-free/wait-free structure or synchronization primitive with a correctness argument (linearizability, progress) and throughput/scalability under contention.
  • Parallel runtimes and schedulers — work-stealing, task graphs, futures, load balancing, with measured overhead and scaling on real workloads.
  • GPU / accelerator programming — techniques, languages, or libraries that raise occupancy, reduce divergence, or exploit heterogeneity, with speedups over strong GPU baselines.
  • Parallel algorithms in practice — graph, numerical, or sparse kernels whose parallel design and NUMA/locality engineering deliver a measured win.
  • Memory-model and concurrency-correctness work — race/linearizability checking, weak-memory reasoning, or verified concurrency, positioned as a parallel-programming enabler.
  • Compilers/languages for parallelism — DSLs, parallel IRs, and runtime-coupled compilation where the parallel-execution lesson (not a generic pass) is the contribution.

The remove-the-parallelism and swap-the-machine tests

Two quick tests sharpen a borderline verdict:

  • Remove-the-parallelism test: delete the concurrency and the scaling story. If a contribution remains (a better pass, a cleaner semantics, a faster core), route to CGO/PLDI/POPL/ASPLOS.
  • Swap-the-machine test: if your result is a single-configuration speedup that would vanish or reverse on another core count, socket topology, or GPU generation, it is a microbenchmark, not a parallel-programming contribution — PPoPP wants a lesson that survives the sweep.

Evidence maturity, without the cliché

Fit is necessary but not sufficient. A synchronization idea shown only at one thread count is a workshop poster; a runtime evaluated only on microbenchmarks needs real workloads before the research track; a scalability claim with no baseline is not yet a paper. PPoPP's twin bar — correct under concurrency and measurably scalable — is what promotes an idea from "interesting" to "PPoPP-shaped."

Cheap reconnaissance before committing

text
[Scope]   scan the last two PPoPP programs (dblp, conf.researchr.org) for your subarea
          -> 3+ recent papers = a reviewer pool exists; 0 = mismatch or a CGO/ASPLOS home
[Citations] is your bibliography majority PPoPP/PLDI/ASPLOS/SC/SPAA parallel venues?
          -> majority elsewhere => reviewers read you as a visitor; reframe the intro
[Calendar] PPoPP's summer deadline vs CGO/PLDI/ASPLOS/SC dates (same co-located family)
          -> route to the nearest honest fit; a marginal preference rarely justifies a year

Decision procedure

text
[Point test] remove the parallelism -> is there still a contribution? yes => reroute
[Claim type] concurrent structure / runtime / GPU / parallel algorithm / memory-model / parallel-language
[PPoPP vs CGO/PLDI] is a compiler pass the real result? -> CGO/PLDI
[PPoPP vs POPL] is it concurrency theory with no measured system? -> POPL
[PPoPP vs ASPLOS/HPCA] is it about the machine? -> ASPLOS/HPCA
[Verdict] PPoPP research track / sibling venue, with a one-line reason

Run this before the writing skills; a wrong venue decision wastes every later step. When the verdict is PPoPP, continue with ppopp-workflow for the calendar and ppopp-writing-style for the paper shape.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in PPoPP-Skills/skills/ppopp-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Ppopp Topic Selection

What does Ppopp Topic Selection do?

A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a parallel/concurrent-computing project belongs at PPoPP or should be routed to PLDI, CGO, POPL, ASPLOS, HPCA, SC, SPAA, or OOPSLA, and when…. Ppopp Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a parallel/concurrent-computing project belongs at PPoPP or should be routed to PLDI, CGO, POPL, ASPLOS, HPCA, SC, SPAA, or OOPSLA, and when distinguishing PPoPP's "the parallelism is the point" scope from a compiler contribution (CGO/PLDI), a concurrency logic (POPL), or a microarchitecture result (ASPLOS/HPCA).

When should I use Ppopp Topic Selection?

Ppopp Topic Selection fits situations like: deciding whether a parallel/concurrent-computing project belongs at PPoPP; should be routed to PLDI; when distinguishing PPoPPs the parallelism is the point scope from a compiler contribution (CGO/PLDI); A concurrency logic (POPL).

How do I install Ppopp Topic Selection in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ppopp-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (PPoPP-Skills/skills/ppopp-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/ppopp-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ppopp Topic Selection in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ppopp-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (PPoPP-Skills/skills/ppopp-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/ppopp-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ppopp Topic Selection in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ppopp-topic-selection -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ppopp-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/ppopp-topic-selection, .github/skills/ppopp-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/ppopp-topic-selection in your project.

What does Ppopp Topic Selection need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ppopp Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.

Does Ppopp Topic Selection access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Ppopp Topic Selection safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Ppopp Topic Selection use?

Ppopp Topic Selection is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ppopp Topic Selection use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Ppopp Topic Selection?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,219 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.