Bio

Marcus Denker is a permanent researcher (CR, with tenure) at INRIA Lille. 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 Pharo open source community 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.

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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

• IWST 2025, Gdansk, Poland: Best Paper Awards 2nd Place: Clean Blocks at the Opal Compiler
• ESUG 2023 Innovation Technology Award, 2nd Place for Soil
• VISSOFT 2023 most-influential paper: Performance Evolution Blueprint: Understanding the Impact of Software Evolution on Performance (October, 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.

• Organizer: ESUG Conferences as member of the ESUG board (starting 2005).
• PC Chair: Smalltalks 2010.
• PC Member:
  • IWST 2025 (ESUG International Smalltalk Workshop)
  • 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:
  • ICSME 2024 International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
  • SLE 2013 International Conference on Software Language Engineering
  • Vissoft 2011 {(6th IEEE International Workshop on Visualizing Software for Understanding and Analysis)
  • 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:
  • ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), SSN:1049-331X. (2026)
  • IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), ISSN 0098-5589
  • Elsevier Information and Software Technology (IST), ISSN: 0950-5849
  • Elsevier Science of Computer Programming (SCP), ISSN: 0167-6423
  • Elsevier Journal of Computer Languages, Systems and Structures (COMLAN), ISSN: 1477-8424
  • ComSIS Consortium Computer Science and Information Systems (COMSIS) ISSN: 2406-1018 (2024)
  • Elsevier Journal of Computer Languages (COLA), ISSN: 2590-1184 (2024)
• 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.
• Extended Professional Visits:
  • 02.11-02.12.2015 - PLEIAD DCC University of Chile, Santiago de Chile (1 Month).
    Visit in the context of the Inria Associated Team PLOMO2.
  • 29.09-24.10.2008 - Programming Technology Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (1 Month).
    Research visit: AOSD-Europe Visiting Researcher Bursary in Aspect-Oriented Software Development.
  • 10/2005-12/2005 - DCC University of Chile, Santiago (3 Months).
    Invited by Prof. Dr. Eric Tanter.
    Lectures: VMs, Interpreters, JIT & Co and IRBuilder and ByteSurgeon.
  • 10/2000-04/2001 - Walt Disney Imagineering R&D, Glendale, USA (6 Months).
    Invited by Dr. Alan Kay (Winner ACM Turing Award 2003).