Ralf Lämmel is Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Koblenz-Landau since July 2007. In the years 2005-2007, Ralf Lämmel was affiliated with Microsoft Corp., where he served on a research and development position with focus on XML technologies. In the years 2001--2004, Ralf Lämmel served on a permanent faculty position, at the Free University of Amsterdam, in the Software Engineering department, and he was also affiliated with the Dutch Center for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) -- starting in 1999. Ralf Lämmel obtained his PhD in Computer Science (dissertation in programming theory) from the University of Rostock (Germany) in December 1998.

 

Ralf Lämmel's speciality is "software language engineering" but he is generally interested in themes that combine software engineering and programming languages. His research and teaching interests include program transformation, generative programming, programming languages, type systems, generic language technology, grammar-based methods, advanced separation of concerns, and automated software engineering.

 

Ralf Lämmel has published approximately 70 peer-reviewed papers on the above-mentioned subjects, and he has participated in numerous national and international collaborations and funded research projects on these subjects. In academic and industrial projects, Ralf Lämmel has designed, implemented, and deployed software development tools, migration tools and application generators. Ralf Lämmel participates in various international conferences as program committee member and as organizer. For instance, he is one of founding fathers of the international summer school series GTTSE -- Generative and Transformational Techniques on Software Engineering.