I work in the Java Platform Group at Oracle designing the Java programming language and virtual machine. I am also a member of the Programming Languages Research Group at Oracle Labs. I am based in Cambridge, UK.
My mission is to keep Java as a leading language and platform for developers around the world. Given my background as a researcher, I am especially keen to find, adapt and transfer ideas and techniques from the research community and get them into the hands of Java programmers. I spend much of my time working on Java’s industry-leading specifications.
I joined Oracle in March 2014. Previously I was a senior researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge from March 2004 until February 2014. Before that I was a University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and a Fellow, College Lecturer and Director of Studies at St John’s College, Cambridge. I studied for my PhD at the University of Cambridge, and for my BSc at Imperial College, London.
The Java Programming Language is evolving fast. In this talk we’ll summarise many of the recent changes that have appeared as well as looking ahead to directions and features that are in development and will appear in future editions.
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