Biography of Professor Krzysztof Stencel | Generated by AI
Question: Who is Krzysztof Stencel? Provide an introduction to him.
Answer:
Krzysztof Stencel (full name Krzysztof Jan Stencel, born July 12, 1971) is a Polish computer scientist and full professor specializing in databases, software engineering, and related fields.
He is a professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland, affiliated with the Institute of Informatics (Instytut Informatyki) at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics (MIMUW). His personal academic website is hosted at stencel.mimuw.edu.pl, where he shares teaching materials.
Education and Career
- MSc and PhD in computer science — University of Warsaw
- DSc (habilitation) in computer engineering — Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences
- Currently holds the position of full professor (prof. dr hab.) at the University of Warsaw
He is recognized as a professor of technical sciences (profesor nauk technicznych) in Poland.
Research Interests
His main areas include:
- Databases (including object-oriented databases, recursive queries, NoSQL, and big data)
- Software engineering
- Formal methods
- Topics like design patterns, program comprehension, software testing, mining software repositories, and query optimization
He has published numerous papers in these fields, with hundreds of citations (close to 1,000 according to Google Scholar), and frequently serves on program committees or appears in proceedings of major conferences such as ICSE, ISSTA, MSR, ICPC, and AST.
Note: There are other people with the same name (e.g., a French horn player specializing in historical instruments who performs with Sinfonia Varsovia), but the most prominent Krzysztof Stencel in academic and professional contexts is the computer science professor at the University of Warsaw.
References:
- Krzysztof Stencel – Wikipedia (Polish)
- Personal academic page – University of Warsaw
- Google Scholar profile
- University of Warsaw staff page