Manuel Rigger
Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore
Switzerland
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Top SchoolManuel Rigger is an assistant professor and founder of the Trustworthy Engineering of Software Technologies (TEST) Lab at the National University of Singapore, specializing in the intersection of programming language implementation, security, and software engineering. With a decade of experience spanning academia and industry, he has worked on memory-safe, efficient execution of low-level languages and JVM customizations for large-scale systems. His background includes postdoctoral research at ETH Zürich and a PhD from Johannes Kepler University Linz, where he also contributed to Truffle/Graal interpreter work. Manuel blends deep systems and language implementation expertise with a practical focus on building secure, performant tooling for real-world deployments. Based in Switzerland but leading a lab in Singapore, he brings a global perspective and cross-cultural research experience, including study in Taiwan and China. Colleagues note his uncommon combination of rigorous formal research and hands-on systems engineering.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Johannes Kepler Universität LinzMaster's degree, Chinese Philosophy, GPA: 92.1 (0-100 scale), Master's degree, Chinese Philosophy, GPA: 92.1 (0-100 scale) at 厦门大学Exchange Semester, Computer Science, Exchange Semester, Computer Science at 國立臺灣大學
German, English, Chinese, Spanish
Github Skills (200)
testing10
serverless10
cpp10
embedded-database10
polyglot10
embeddable10
sql-database10
adobe-experience-manager10
database-management10
embedded10
foundationdb10
connected10
stream10
scale10
mysql10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
csartifacts/resources
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
Contributions:31 commits, 31 pushes in 10 days
DBTest-Workshop/DBTest-Workshop.github.io
Dec 2021 - May 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 24 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 5 months
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