Sebastian Hack

Sebastian Hack is a Professor of Computer Science at Saarland University since 2010. He previously served as an assistant professor at the same university (2008-2010), a Post-Doc at EPFL in the LAMP lab, and a Post-Doc with INRIA at ENS Lyon. His research focuses on compiler construction, domain-specific languages, program analysis and synthesis, code generation, and vectorization.

Recent publications highlight advancements in program synthesis (Sorting Kernels), memory safety instrumentations, automatic differentiation frameworks (MimIrADe), microarchitectural analysis (AnICA), and GPU acceleration for bioinformatics (Anyseq/gpu). His work bridges theoretical compiler design with practical applications in high-performance computing and security.

He has held administrative roles as Dean of Study Affairs (2012-2014) and Dean of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (2018-2020). His software contributions include libFirm and GrGen, and he maintains active involvement in projects like AnyDSL and UniAna.