Mik Kersten

Mik Kersten
Born	23 June 1975 Warsaw, Poland
Residence	Vancouver, Canada
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	Tasktop Technologies, Xerox PARC
Alma mater	University of British Columbia
Doctoral advisor	Gail C. Murphy
Known for	created Task-Focused Interface and Mylyn, major contributor to AspectJ and Aspect-Oriented Programming, Eclipse (software)
Influences	Gail C. Murphy, Gregor Kiczales, Charles Simonyi, Jim Hugunin

Mik Kersten is a Canadian computer specialist who created and leads the open-source Eclipse Mylyn project.^[1][2] Kersten invented the Task-Focused Interface technology underlying Mylyn while working on his PhD at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.^[1][3][4] While completing his PhD, supervised by Gail C. Murphy, Kersten and Gail co-founded Tasktop Technologies, which provides productivity software built on the Mylyn technology.^[5]

Kersten has been a member of the Eclipse Foundation Architecture Council since 2007.^[6]

External links

• Blog by Mik Kersten
• Publications by Mik Kersten (archive)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Kersten develops Mylar". 2008. http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcthisweek/2006/06dec14.html. Retrieved 25-Sep-2008. 
2. ^ "Kersten Leads Mylar". 2008. http://www.eclipse.org/mylyn/contributors/. Retrieved 25-Sep-2008. 
3. ^ "Tasktop Team". 2008. http://tasktop.com/about/team/. Retrieved 25-Sep-2008. 
4. ^ "Mik Kersten Thesis". 2008. http://www.cs.ubc.ca/grads/resources/thesis/Nov07/Kersten_Mik.pdf. Retrieved 25-Sep-2008. 
5. ^ "Tasktop About". 2008. http://tasktop.com/about/. Retrieved 25-Sep-2008. 
6. ^ "Mik Kersten Eclipse Foundation Architecture Council Member". 2008. http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/council.php. Retrieved 25-Sep-2008. 

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Name	Kersten, Mik
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Date of birth	23 June 1975
Place of birth	Warsaw, Poland
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