Daniel Kroening


Daniel Kroening is a German computer scientist, professor in computer science at the University of Oxford. He is a fellow of Magdalen College.

Early life

Kroening was born in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He attended Marie-Therese-Gymnasium, Erlangen, Bavaria from 1986 to 1990 and Rotenbühl Gymnasium, Saarbrücken, Saarland from 1990 to 1995. Kroening's early work in those highschool years includes implementations of data transfer protocols and a BBS software package with Internet access management for small ISPs, which he released under free/open source licenses. In 1992, Kroening joined Handshake e.V., a local non-profit ISP. From 1993, he hosted and operated Handshake's main BBS system and by the end of 1994, it was running his software. Since 1996, he was also involved in Handshake's executive management. He regularly wrote on computer-related topics in Saarbrücker Zeitung, a local newspaper. After high school, Kroening completed his compulsory community service.

Career

In winter term 1996, Kroening started studying computer science and economics at Saarland University. He received his diploma and doctoral degrees in 1999 and 2001. He was one of the fastest students in the history of the faculty, taking just four and a half years from first year student to doctorate. His prompt graduation received attention of the local media.
After receiving his doctorate, Kroening worked at Carnegie Mellon University as a postdoc before joining ETH Zürich as assistant professor. He finally settled at Oxford University.
Kroening's research has its focus on program and hardware analysis.
He published textbooks on decision procedures and hardware design.
Kroening's professional activities include being a committee member of the leading program analysis conference CAV.
In his area of expertise, Kroening served as a consultant for companies like Intel, IBM and Fujitsu. He is also the CEO of Diffblue, an artificial intelligence company.

Selected publications