Florian Matthes

Postal Address:

Dr. Florian Matthes

Databases and Information Systems

Computer Science Department

Hamburg University

Vogt-Kölln-Stra├če 30

D-22527 Hamburg, Germany

Phone:

+49 - 40 - 54715 - 332

Fax:

+49 - 40 - 54715 - 328

E-Mail:

matthes@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

Workstation:

dbis36 (Macintosh Duo)

Research Interests:

• Database programming languages (design and implementation)
• Type systems
• Cooperative information systems

Recent Projects:

• TooL: A persistent language integrating subtyping, matching and type quantification (with Andreas Gawecki) [GaMa95b];
• Integration of query and program optimization using persistent CPS representations (with Andreas Gawecki) [GaMa95];
• Scaling persistent programming languages to distributed higher-order programming (thread migration etc., with Bernd Mathiske) [MMS95];[MMS95b];
• Extensible syntax with lexical scoping (with Luca Cardelli and Martin Abadi) [CMA94];
• Persistent threads [MaSc94];
• Security issues in persistent object systems (with Andreas Rudloff) [RMS94];
• Scoping and binding in database query languages (with Kazimierz Subieta and Catriel Beeri) [SBMS94];

Curriculum Vitae:

Florian Matthes received his Master's degree in Computer Science from the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. After graduating wit a doctorate from the University of Hamburg in 1992, he went to the Digital Digital Equipment Systems Research Center in Palo Alto, USA, with a post-doc fellowship wher he worked with Luca Cardelli and Martin Abadi on type theory and extensible grammars. Currently, he holds a position equivalent to associate professor at Hamburg University. The focus of his research and lecturing is on the design and implementation of database programming languages and on the construction of cooperative information systems. His work in these areas is funded by the European research projects FIDE-2, GIF and IDOMENEUS that focus on persistent programming languages, bulk data types and distributed multi-media applications, respectively.

In parallel to his studies, he developed several commercially distributed compilers for Pascal and Modula-2. He is also one the architects of the DBPL system, a modular relational database programming language with a multi-user database system available on VAX, Sparc and Motorola architectures. Currently, he is leading the Tycoon project carried out at Hamburg University.