Dirk Deridder

Current

Postdoctoral Researcher (System and Software Engineering Lab) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Past

Postdoctoral Researcher (Programming Technology Lab) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Senior Researcher (Programming Technology Lab) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Senior Researcher (Programming Technology Lab) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Education

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

'Karel de Grote' Hogeschool Antwerpen

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Dirk Deridder’s Summary

I am a post-doctoral researcher at the System and Software Engineering Lab (SSEL) since january 1st, 2007. SSEL is part of both the Computer Science Department of the Faculty of Sciences and the Informatics Department of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

My research career started as a teaching assistant at the Computer Science Department in 1997. At that time my research was in the area of database systems and linguistic tools under supervision of Prof. Dr. Robert Meersman at the Semantics Technology & Applications Research Laboratory.

In 1999 I reoriented my research in the area of programming languages and software engineering when joining the Programming Technology Lab under supervision of Prof. Dr. Theo D'Hondt. During the years 1999 - 2006 I participated in several research projects with industry.

Currently my funding comes from the MoVES IAP Project (2007-2011), which is part of the Interuniversity Attraction Poles programme (Belgian State - Belgian Science Policy Office). The goal of this project is to establish a network between several Belgian and EU universities on the topic of the Modelling, Evolution and Verification of Software.

My research interests cover a wide range of topics in the domain of software and programming language engineering. One of the topics I currently investigate is Concept-Centric Coding (C3) and how it can provide a novel approach for creating malleable and documented software implementations. My research is always backed up by the development of tool-implementations to validate the underlying ideas (e.g. CoBro). More details about my research can be found on my website (http://ssel.vub.ac.be/dderidde)

Dirk Deridder’s Specialties:

Software Evolution, Software Variability, Dynamic Languages, Refactoring, Smalltalk, Metaprogramming, Ontologies, Modelling, Model Driven Engineering, Workflow Languages, Agile Software Development

Dirk Deridder’s Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher (System and Software Engineering Lab)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Local coordinator of the MoVES IAP Project (2007-2011), which is part of the Interuniversity Attraction Poles programme (Belgian State - Belgian Science Policy Office). The goal of this project is to establish a network between several Belgian and EU universities on the topic of the Modelling, Evolution and Verification of Software. More information: http://prog.vub.ac.be/moves
Postdoctoral Researcher (Programming Technology Lab)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

October 2006 — December 2006 (3 months)

OZR Postdoctoral grant provided by the university
Senior Researcher (Programming Technology Lab)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

November 2005 — September 2006 (11 months)

Performed research on the ARRIBA project, an IWT-funded research project in collaboration with Universiteit Antwerpen, and Universiteit Gent. The research was focused on architectural resources for the restructuring and integration of business applications. More information: http://arriba.vub.ac.be
Senior Researcher (Programming Technology Lab)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

November 2003 — October 2005 (2 years )

I was the team leader of the SAKE team (Software Automation and Knowledge Engineering) during the Advanced Media project. This was a multidisciplinary research project on innovative media technologies in collaboration with Belgian Television (VRT) and the Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT). The focus of the SAKE team was on generative programming techniques for the development of Interactive Media applications. More information: http://www.xmt.be

Dirk Deridder’s Education

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Doctor in Sciences (PhD) , Computer Science , 2006

PhD dissertation:
'A Concept-Centric Environment for Software Evolution in an Agile Context'.
(Promotors: Prof. Dr. Theo D'Hondt, Dr. Johan Brichau)
More information at http://ssel.vub.ac.be/dderidde/
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Masters , Applied Computer Science , 1995 — 1997

(2 year programme - Licentiaat in de Toegepaste Informatica)

Master dissertation: 'An Evolutionary Approach to Data Mining: Empirical Evaluation'
(Promotor: Prof. Dr. Bernard Manderick)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Bachelor , Applied Computer Science , 1993 — 1995

(2 year programme - Kandidaat in de Toegepaste Informatica)
'Karel de Grote' Hogeschool Antwerpen

Professional Bachelor , Applied Informatics , 1990 — 1993

(3 year programme : Graduaat Bedrijfseconomische Informatica)
(This school was formerly known as 'Sint Lodewijk')