Florian Huemer
Scientific Researcher at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Linz, Upper Austria
Summary
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Top SchoolFlorian Huemer is a scientific researcher and PhD candidate in Computer Science at Johannes Kepler University Linz with eight years of hands-on experience building and optimizing language runtimes and compiler-related systems. He has driven improvements to GraalVM components, notably extending the GraalWasm runtime and contributing error-cause handling and test automation to the high-profile GraalJS JavaScript runtime at Oracle. Comfortable across research and engineering, Florian blends low-level runtime engineering with rigorous testing and QA practices, ensuring correctness as features are integrated. His background includes multiple industry internships and community-focused contributions, reflecting a pragmatic approach to turning research insights into production-grade runtime enhancements. Based in Linz, he pairs deep interests in compilers and programming language design with proven experience shipping changes in widely used open-source VM projects.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Johannes Kepler Universität LinzComputer Science, Computer Science at HTBLA Grieskirchen
Github Skills (8)
javas10
error-handling10
javascript10
graalvm10
java10
testing10
truffle9
nodejs8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
oracle/graaljs
May 2021 - Jun 2021
GraalJS – A high-performance, ECMAScript compliant, and embeddable JavaScript runtime for Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 review, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 5 days
Contributions summary:Florian primarily focused on enhancing the GraalJS JavaScript runtime by implementing error cause functionality and related tests. They added tests for different error types, error cause scenarios, and property handling. The user's work involved modifying core built-in constructors to incorporate an "options" parameter for specifying error causes and adding a supporting node for installing the error cause property. The user also made modifications to the testing infrastructure, including adding new tests.
polyglotnode-jscompliantjavascriptinteroperability
flohuemer/graal
Oct 2021 - Apr 2023
GraalVM: Run Programs Faster Anywhere :rocket:
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
anywherefasterrocketprogramsgraalvm
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