Michael Stal

Michael Stal
Born	1963 (age 47–48) Munich
Residence	Munich
Citizenship	Germany
Fields	Software engineering
Institutions	Siemens AG
Alma mater	Technical University Munich
Doctoral advisor	Jan Bosch
Known for	Design Patterns

Michael Stal (born 1963 in Munich) is German computer scientist. He received a Ph.D title ^[1] from the University of Groningen which appointed him an Honorary Professorship for Software Engineering in 2010 ^[2]. Stal is currently working for the Corporate Technology department of Siemens AG and as a professor at University of Groningen. He is editor-in-chief of the Java programming language magazine JavaSPEKTRUM ^[3].

Stal co-authored the book series “Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture”.

Volume 1 ”A System of Patterns” book introduced Architecture Patterns, classified different categories of Design Patterns, and a method how to use Pattern Systems.

Volume 2 addresses “Patterns for Concurrent and Distributed Objects”.

In addition to Software architecture, his research fields comprise Distributed computing middleware, Systems integration, Programming languages, and Programming paradigms. Stal has been member of the Object Management Group and participated in the standardization of C++.

Works

• Michael Stal Understanding and Analyzing Software Architecture (of Distributed Systems) using Patterns, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2007, ISBN 9789036729802
• Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, Michael Stal Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture - A System of Patterns, Wiley & Sons, 1996, ISBN 0471958697
• Douglas C. Schmidt, Michael Stal, Hans Rohnert , Frank Buschmann Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture - Patterns for Cuncurrent and Networked Objects, Wiley & Sons, 2000, ISBN 0471606952

References

1. ^ Thesis Analyzing and Understanding Software Architecture using Patterns
2. ^ Announcement of honorary professorship
3. ^ JavaSPEKTRUM magazine

Links

• website of Michael Stal
• blog of Michael Stal

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Name	Stal, Michael
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Date of birth	1963
Place of birth	Munich
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