Erin

ABOUT

My name is Erin, I studied Software Science at the Radboud University in Nijmegen and Umeå University in Umeå. After my studies I stayed in Nijmegen for a while before moving to Stockholm where I now work and live. I live together with my cat, who loves to go on hikes with me.

INTERESTS

Functional Programming

Functional programming, language design and implementation. I contributed to the Clean programming language, see the Clean Wiki and Wikipedia, which is syntactically and semantically much like Haskell. I also contributed to Nix(pkgs), and Nickel.

Language Tooling

I love good development tooling. I'm particularly interested in Nix, the Language Server Protocol, and tree-sitter.

WORK

PeriodCompanyTitleDescription
2016-2019Radboud UniversityTeacher AssistantAssisting in Bachelor Courses, in particular: Functional Programming, Introduction Cryptography
2019-2020Radboud UniversityProgrammerContributing to the BEST project, port the Clean infrastructure to ARM64
2020-2021TOP SoftwareScientific ProgrammerVIIA Developer, LLVM Code Generator for ABC Bytecode
2021-Tweag I/OSoftware Developer Coauthor of the WebAuthn Haskell library, contributor to the Nickel configuration language, project lead of Topiary, project lead of Nixtract and Genealogos.

EDUCATION

PeriodSchoolDegree
2014-2017Radboud UniversityBachelor
2017-2020Radboud UniversityMaster
2019-2019Umeå UniversityMaster

THESIS

My master thesis explores the idea of using Clean's uniqueness typing system to implement mutable arrays in an embedded DSL (a typical Haskell approach of using a monad would not work because the DSL itself was not monadic). While the run-time system of the DSL (mTask) was successfully modified to accommodate arrays, Clean's uniqueness system was found to be insufficiently powerful. After my thesis was completed, GHC implemented the linear-typing extension. Unfortunately, linear types do not provide a satisfying solution either and would additionally require changes to the design of the DSL.

DEVELOPMENT

For all of my projects see my GitHub and GitLab pages. A selection of personal favorites:

HOBBIES

Papercraft

I like to make creations like this.

Guild Wars 2

I grew up playing Guild Wars, and while I do not play many video games anymore, Guild Wars will always be an important part of my life.

Sailing

My mother taught me to sail in a Valk. Since then I have been very enthousiastic about the freedom it provides and continued learning on my own. First in a Valk, later in a Fusion and Laser Pico.

Climbing

I love bouldering with my best friend. We go bouldering about three times a week.

Dungeons and Dragons

I enjoy hosting campaigns in a plethora of campaigns. Currently hosting a Middle Earth and Svilland campaign.

Languages

I speak Dutch and English fluently, and am in the process of learning professional level Swedish. Officially, I have a B2 level in French, although much of that has decayed.

Cycling

I thoroughly enjoy cycling, my favorite route so far was Umeå to Stockholm, cycling a significant amount of Sweden's east coast.

CONTACT

erin(at)erinvanderveen.nl

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