Bio

Marcus Denker is a permanent researcher (CR1, with tenure) at INRIA Lille - Nord Europe. Before, he was a postdoc at the PLEIAD lab/DCC University of Chile and the Software Composition Group, University of Bern. His research focuses on reflection and meta-programming for dynamic languages. He is an active participant in the Squeak and Pharo open source communities for many years. Marcus Denker received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Bern/Switzerland in 2008 and a Dipl.-Inform. (MSc) from the University of Karlsruhe/Germany in 2004. He co-founded ZWEIDENKER in 2009. He is a member of ACM, GI and a board-member of ESUG.

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Current Employment

• since 12/2009: Tenured Researcher (CRCN), INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France.

• From 2004: Member of the Board, ESUG European Smalltalk User Group.

• 2009: ZWEIDENKER GmbH, Cologne, Germany. Co-founder of 2Denker UG in 2009 before joining INRIA

• 04/2009 - 12/2009: Visiting Researcher, PLEIAD laboratory, University of Chile (SNF Postdoc Fellowship)

• 06/2008 - 03/2009: Postdoc, SCG University of Berne/Switzerland

• 06/2004 - 05/2008: Teaching and Research Assistant, SCG University of Berne/Switzerland

• 03/2003 - 05/2004: Freelancing Squeak Developer
  
  • Work on scripting languages for the Croquet Project for Impara GmbH, Germany.
  • Worked on an IDE for Tweak.

• 1997-02/2003: ATIS Dept. of Computer Science, University of Karlsruhe/Germany.
  
  • Administering the department's e-Mail system
  • Implemented AtisWiki.

• Oct 2000-Apr2001: Walt Disney Imagineering, Glendale, CA. Internship with Alan Kay's Media Research Group
  
  • Work on the Squeak JIT compiler.

• 1995/96: CVJM Viktoria Borkum, Germany. Social Service

Education

• 06/2004 - 05/2008: PhD studies, SCG University of Berne/Switzerland
  
  • Thesis: "Submethod Structural and Behavioral Reflection" Abstract.
  • Ph.D. committee:
    • Prof. Oscar Nierstrasz (University of Bern) (supervisor)
    • Prof. Pierre Cointe (Ecole des mines de Nantes / INRIA)
    • Prof. Robert Hirschfeld (HPI Potsdam)
  • Grade: 6.0 (out of 6.0), Summa cum Laude.

• 1996-2004: University of Karlsruhe/Germany, Studies in Computer Science. Full Transcript (German)
  
  • Dipl.-Inform. (M.Sc. Computer Science).
  • Minors: Physics (undergraduate), Molecular Genetics (graduate).
  • Thesis: Erweiterung eines statischen Uebersetzers zu einem Laufzeituebersetzungssystem (Extending a Static Compiler to a Runtime Translation System).
  • Supervisor: Prof. Gerhard Goos.
  • Grade: 1.5, Very Good

• 1988-94 Fritz-Busch-Musikschule, Siegen/Germany
  Horn with Albert Prins

• 1986-95 Gymnasium am Löhrtor Siegen, Germany
  
  • Abitur (University entrance qualification).
    
  • Grade: 1.9 Good

• 1982-86 Grundschule Niederdielfen, Niederdielfen, Germany

Grants and Prizes

• VISSOFT 2023 most-influential paper: Performance Evolution Blueprint: Understanding the Impact of Software Evolution on Performance (October, 2023)
• ESUG Innovation Technology Awards 2023: 2nd place for Soil, September 2023.
• SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation) Postdoc Fellowship: Biologically Inspired Languages for Eternal Systems, 2009
• Fakultätspreis 2008. Prize for the Ph.D. dissertation from the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Bern, January 2009
• AOSD-Europe "Visiting Researcher Bursary in Aspect-Oriented Software Development", September 2008.
• CHOOSE Conference Sponsorship 2008, 2007, 2006.

• 04.12-21.12.2016: PLEIAD DCC University of Chile/Santiago.
  
  • Visit in the context of the INRIA Associated Team PLOMO2.
• 02.11-02.12.2015: PLEIAD DCC University of Chile/Santiago.
  
  • Visit in the context of the INRIA Associated Team PLOMO2.
• 02.01-20.01.2015: PLEIAD DCC University of Chile/Santiago.
  
  • Visit in the context of the INRIA Associated Team PLOMO2.
• 27.10-01.11.2013: Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
  • Invited by Prof. Dr. Jordi Delgado.
  • Lecture: Advanced Reflection in Pharo, Slides(PDF), Slides(slideshare). 29.10.2013.
  • Talk: Pharo: Objects at Your Fingertips, DOI, Slides(PDF), Slides(slideshare). Video. 30.10.2013.
• 27.03.2012: Universite catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
  • Invited by Prof. Dr. Kim Mens.
  • Lecture: Reflection and Context.
• 18.02-01.02.2011: PLEIAD DCC University of Chile/Santiago.
  
  • Visit in the context of the INRIA Associated Team PLOMO.
• 07-28.11.2011: PLEIAD DCC University of Chile/Santiago.
  
  • Visit in the context of the INRIA Associated Team PLOMO.
• 17.03.2011: Universite catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
  • Invited by Prof. Dr. Kim Mens.
  • Lecture: Reflection and Context.
• 08-22.02.2011: Eliot Miranda, San Francisco, USA.
  • Work on an adaptive runtime optimizer for the Cog virtual machine.
• 17-22.10.2009: INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France.
  • Project Pharo: Sprint Lille.
• 12-15.07.2009: SCG University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • CHOOSE talk: The present and future of Pharo.
• 15-21.05.2009: INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France.
  • Presentation for competitive selection CR2.
• 04-10.02.2009: INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France.
  • Invited to explore the possibilities of applying to a CR2 position.
  • Meeting for Project Pharo.
• 10-11.01.2009: Impara GmbH, Magdeburg, Germany.
  • Meeting for Project Pharo.
• 8-9.01.2009: Hasso Plattner Institute/Potsdam, Germany.
  • Invited by Prof. Dr. Robert Hirschfeld.
  • Talk: Compile-time Metaobject Protocols for Instance Variable Access.
• 4-5.12.2008: PPS laboratory, Universite Paris Diderot - Paris 7
  • Invited by Prof. Emmanuel Chailloux and Prof. Jean-Francois Perrot (Universite Paris 6)
  • Talk: Practical, Pluggable Types.
• 7-8 and 25-27.10.2008: INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France.
  • Research visit in the context of REMOOS (INRIA Associated Team).
• 29.09-24.10.2008: Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
  • Research visit: AOSD-Europe Visiting Researcher Bursary in Aspect-Oriented Software Development.
• 10-23.08.2008: INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France.
  • Research visit in the context of REMOOS (INRIA Associated Team).
• 20.11.2007: Hasso Plattner Institute/Potsdam, Germany.
  • Invited by Prof. Dr. Robert Hirschfeld.
  • Lectures: Refactoring and Sub-Method Reflection.
• 30.05.2007: University of Siegen, Germany.
  • Invited Talk: Introduction to Squeak
• 04-07.12.2006: Hasso Plattner Institute/Potsdam, Germany.
  • Invited by Prof. Dr. Robert Hirschfeld.
  • Lecture: Metaprogramming and Reflection
• 11/12.04.2006: Hasso Plattner Institute/Potsdam, Germany.
  
  • Invited by Prof. Dr. Robert Hirschfeld.
  • Invited talk: "Beyond Text - Methods as Objects"
• Oct 2005 - Dec 2005: DCC University of Chile/Santiago.
  
  • Invited by Prof. Dr. Eric Tanter
  • Lectures: VMs, Interpreters, JIT and Co and IRBuilder and ByteSurgeon
• 10/2000 - 04/2001: Walt Disney Imagineering, Glandale, USA
  
  • Invited by Dr. Alan Kay (Winner ACM Turing Award 2003) .

• Organizer: ESUG Conferences as member of the ESUG board (starting 2005).
• PC Chair: Smalltalks 2010.
• PC Member:
  • RAW 2024 3rd workshop on Resource AWareness of Systems and Society
  • RAW 2023 2nd workshop on Resource AWareness of Systems and Society (co-located with Euro-par 2023)
  • CERCIRAS 2021, 1st Workshop on Connecting Education and Research Communities for an Innovative Resource Aware Society (CERCIRAS Cost Action CA19135)
  • ICOOLPS 2019, Implementation, Compilation, Optimization of Object-Oriented Languages, Programs and Systems Workshop
  • SANER 2017, 2016 (23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering)
  • Meta 2016 (International Workshop, SPLASH 16)
  • SLE 2016 (International Conference on Software Language Engineering)
  • DLS 2016,2013,2012 (Dynamic Languages Symposium at SPLASH)
  • VISSOFT'15 NIER/TD (IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization, NIER and Tool Track)
  • COP 2014,2012 (ECOOP International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming)
  • IWST 2014,2012,2011,2010,2009 (ESUG International Smalltalk Workshop)
  • Varicomp 2013,2012,2011 (International Workshop on Variability and Composition)
  • ICSM 2013,2012 Tool Demo Track (International Conference on Software Maintance)
  • SCAM 2013 Tool Paper Track IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation
  • ICSE 2012 Tool Demo Track (International Conference on Software Engineering)
  • AOSD 2011 (9th Annual Aspect-Oriented Software Development Conference)
  • S3 2010 (2nd Workshop on Self-sustaining Systems)
  • RAM-SE 2011, 2010, 2009 (ECOOP Workshop on Reflection, AOP, and Meta-Data for Software Evolution)
  • IWST 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 (ESUG International Smalltalk Workshop)
  • SC 2009 (International Conference on Software Composition)
• External Reviewer:
  • SLE 2013 International Conference on Software Language Engineering
  • TOOLS 2011, 2010, 2009 (International Conference Objects, Models, Components, Patterns)
  • Benevol 2010 (BElgian-NEtherlands software eVOLution seminar)
  • MODELS 2010, 2006 (Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems)
  • ICSM 2010, 2007, 2006, 2005 (IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance)
  • ECOOP 2010, 2005 (European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming)
  • SAC 2008 (ACM Symposium on Applied Computing)
  • FASE 2008 (Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering)
  • DLS 2007 (Dynamic Languages Symposium at OOPSLA)
  • WCRE 2006 (Working Conference on Reverse Engineering)
  • ISC 2006 (International Smalltalk Conference)
  • NODe 2005 (Net.ObjectDays)
• Journals: TSE (IEEE), IST (Elsevier), SCP (Elsevier), ComSIS
• Publicity Chair, TOOLS 2009.
• Moderator arXiv cs.SE, from 2015. http://arxiv.org
• Small things:
  • Dynamic Language Lounge at ECOOP 2007. Invitation
  • Teacher's day at ESUG 2004.
  • Organized multiple one-day Squeak meetings / workshops in Karlsruhe and Bern.