Martin Odersky Pt. 2 – LinkedIn Tech Talk Series 6-5-09 Going from SCALA to scale! (HD)

(watch in HD) Martin Odersky (born 5 September 1958) is a professor of programming methods at the EPFL. He specialises in code analysis and programming languages. He designed the Scala programming language and Generic Java. Scala is a new programming language which fuses object-oriented and functional programming while staying completely interoperable with Java. He was programme Chair of ECOOP 2004. In 2007 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. linkedin Tech Talk Series 6/05/2009 Panel Discussion: linkedin Tech Talk Series Going from SCALA to scale! Martin Odersky Creator of SCALA / Professor at EPFL Nick Kallen Systems Architect at Twitter David Pollak Team lead for the LIFT Web Framework Moderated by Arnold Goldberg VP, Platform Engineering at linkedin Martin Odersky is a professor at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. His research interests focus on programming languages, more specifically languages for object-oriented and functional programming. His research thesis is that the two paradigms are just two sides of the same coin and should be unified as much as possible. To prove this he has experimented with a number of language designs, from Pizza to GJ to Functional Nets. He has also influenced the development of Java as a co-designer of Java generics and as the original author of the current javac reference compiler. His current work centers around the Scala programming language, which unifies FP and OOP while staying completely interoperable with Java and .NET linkedin is a business-oriented social networking site founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003 mainly used for professional networking. As of May 2009, it had more than 40 million registered users, spanning 170 industries. linkedin's CEO is founder Reid Hoffman. Hoffman, previously an executive vice president of paypal, is also Chairman of the Board. Filmed by Shaun Tai. Produced & Edited by Shaun Tai for SHAUN TAI Films. SHAUN TAI Films ©2009 - Need a video in HD? Contact shaun@shauntaifilms.com OR call 415.235.8786 to discuss your project.