Aleksandar Prokopec
Senior Software Manager
Aleksandar Prokopec
Aleksandar Prokopec is a senior research manager at Oracle Labs, working on the GraalVM. His research is focused on compilers, compiler optimizations, programming languages, and abstractions for concurrent and distributed computing. Previously, Aleksandar worked as a research assistant at the EPFL in Switzerland, as part of the Scala project, where he received a doctoral degree in 2014.
At GraalVM, he works on compiler optimizations for just-in-time and ahead-of-time compilation, inlining, profiling and instrumentation, performance analysis, and support for dynamic languages. He implemented and lead the GraalWasm project, which added support for WebAssembly in GraalVM.