Görel HedinView profile
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Görel Hedin is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Lund University, within the Faculty of Engineering, LTH. She holds key roles including Deputy Head of Department, Assistant Head of Department, and Project Manager, while leading the Software Development and Environments (SDE) division. Her affiliations include ELLIIT (Linköping-Lund IT initiative) and the Wallenberg Autonomous Systems Program (WASP). She actively contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through technology-driven solutions. Teaching includes courses such as EDAN65 Compilers and EDAN70 Project in Computer Science, where she supervises compiler-related projects. Her research spans object-oriented languages, domain-specific language design, generative implementation techniques, static analysis frameworks, and pervasive systems. She emphasizes agile methodologies and secure communication in healthcare and IoT contexts. Research interests include: Advanced compiler optimization Tooling for software development environments Live program analysis techniques Adaptive developer tool interactions Integration of static analysis into code analysis Cyber-physical system development She has been honored with awards such as the Distinguished Artifact and Paper Awards in 2024 for her work on fixed-point attributes and the Best Demonstration Award in 2020 for healthcare IoT contributions. Her advising includes supervision of doctoral candidates like McCabe and Kuang. Key grants involve leadership in the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research-funded ADAPT2 project and initiatives on cloud-based language tooling. She also manages projects like Explainable Declarative Programming Analysis and Cloud Tooling for Cyber-Physical Systems. As the Head of the SDE division, she drives research in software development tools and methodologies. Her involvement extends to editorial roles at ACM SIGPLAN conferences and chairing the AITO Dahl Nygaard Prize committee.
