Alex successfully presented his work on “Compiler-Based Graph Representations for Deep Learning Models of Code” at this year’s ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Compiler Construction (CC). CC is a excellent venue for presenting compiler research that became an ACM SIGPLAN conference for the first time this year. The work shows a novel deep learning method that improves predictive compiler heuristics. Alex has been working at the CC chair on applications of machine learning to compilers in the context of his final thesis. We are glad to count with Alex to continue this exciting line of research with us in the context of his doctorate.