<p>Laurie Hendren is a Professor at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.   Her research group focuses on new compiler tools and techniques.  Their past projects have focused on pointer analysis and advanced compiler frameworks for Java (Soot) and AspectJ (abc).  Her group currently focuses on compilers for dynamic languages, with a specific focus on numerical languages like MATLAB.     She is a Fellow of the ACM,   a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,   and she holds a Canada Research Chair.</p>