Mik Kersten
Born
Warsaw, Poland
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Known forcreated Task-Focused Interface and Mylyn, major contributor to AspectJ and Aspect-Oriented Programming, Eclipse (software), Flow Framework
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsTasktop Technologies, Xerox PARC
Doctoral advisorGail C. Murphy

Mik Kersten is a Polish- 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, British Columbia, Canada.[1][3][4] While completing his PhD, Kersten and his PhD supervisor, Gail C. Murphy, founded Tasktop Technologies, which provided productivity software built on the Mylyn technology,[5] but now focuses on providing Value stream management software around Mik's book Project to Product.

References

  1. 1 2 "Kersten develops Mylar". 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  2. ↑ "Kersten Leads Mylar". 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  3. ↑ "Tasktop Team". 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  4. ↑ "Mik Kersten Thesis" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  5. ↑ "Tasktop About". 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.


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