Mik Kersten

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Mik Kersten
Born
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.

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  1. ^ a b "Kersten develops Mylar". 2008. Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  2. ^ "Kersten Leads Mylar". 2008. Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  3. ^ "Tasktop Team". 2008. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  4. ^ "Mik Kersten Thesis" (PDF). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.
  5. ^ "Tasktop About". 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-05. Retrieved 25 Sep 2008.

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