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Andreas Abel is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Gothenburg University, with additional affiliation at Chalmers University of Technology. He is a senior developer of the Agda programming language and maintains the Backus Naur Form Compiler (BNFC).
His educational background includes a Computer Science diploma (1999), PhD (2006), and Habilitation (2013), all from Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich. His career spans positions at LMU, INRIA Paris, and Chalmers before his current role at Gothenburg University since 2013.
Abel's research focuses on dependently typed programming, type theory, and verified software development. His work bridges theoretical foundations with practical implementations, particularly in the Agda proof assistant. His interests span from foundational aspects of lambda calculus and normalization to practical applications in programming language design.
His publications demonstrate a consistent focus on type theory foundations and practical implementations, with recent work exploring applicative functors, cubical type theory, modalities in type systems, and formalizations of algebraic structures. His research often combines deep theoretical insights with concrete implementations in proof assistants.
- Distinguished Paper Award at ICFP 2019 (4 out of 39 accepted papers)
- Editor of Theoretical Pearls column, Journal of Functional Programming
- Member of IFIP WG 1.3 on Foundations of System Specification
Abel actively supervises students through the Initial Types Club and Master's thesis projects, focusing on advanced topics in programming languages and type theory. He teaches Programming Language Technology and Advanced Functional Programming, emphasizing both theoretical foundations and practical implementation. His current research is supported by a Vetenskapsrådet grant for the project 'Modal Dependent Type Theory' (2020-2024), continuing his long-standing contributions to programming language theory and formal verification.
