WebAssembly Research Center
The Next-Generation Universal Execution Platform
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First released for the web in 2017, WebAssembly (Wasm) has enabled a new, powerful class of web applications and languages. Wasm is quickly growing beyond the web, being adopted in a diverse set of platforms from edge computing and distributed compute infrastructure to embedded systems and more. It holds promise as the elusive universal execution platform with strong security properties, broad language support and excellent performance.
Wasm has enabled a new, powerful class of web applications and diverse programming languages on the web. Ultimately, Wasm could serve as the key intermediate layer between software and hardware.
Wasm holds promise as the elusive universal execution platform with strong security properties, broad language support and excellent performance.
Our Mission
Our mission is to see beyond the horizon to long-term applications of WebAssembly, to fill the pipeline of virtual machine expertise for the next generation, and to benefit language implementers and users.
Members
Become a member of the WebAssembly Research Center to connect with our colleagues at DFINITY, Shopify, Bosch, Siemens, Woven by Toyota and more.
Congratulations to Siemens for becoming a Gold Member!
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Activities
The WebAssembly Research Center, created by CMU in 2022, aims to advance the strategic direction of WebAssembly by:
- Increasing the uptake of Wasm in research through developing and nurturing academic instruction, projects and programs related to Wasm.
- Developing public Wasm research infrastructure.
- Training the next generation of Wasm specialists.
