Richard Bachrach, Ph.D., is a research scientist at the M.I.T. Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory. He has done research in dynamic language implementation,
language design, compiler design, computer architecture, neural networks,
and performance evaluation. He played an important role in the design of
the dynamic object-oriented language Dylan and was the manager of Harlequin's
Dylan team and one of its key compiler and runtime developers. He was also
involved in the design of the object-oriented language Sather while a postdoctoral
researcher at U.C. Berkeley.