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| Ed Merks leads the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/emf">Eclipse Modeling Framework</a> |
| project and co-leads the <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/">Eclipse |
| Modeling</a> project along with Rich Gronback from Borland. He is a |
| coauthor of the authoritative book <a |
| href="http://safari.informit.com/9780321331885"><i>EMF: Eclipse Modeling Framework</i></a> |
| which is nearing completion of a second edition. He is interested in all aspects |
| of Eclipse modeling and its applications. He is well recognized for his |
| dedication to the Eclipse community, posting literally thousands of newsgroup |
| answers each year. He is also an active <a |
| href="http://www.ed-merks.blogspot.com/">blogger</a>. He spent 16 years |
| at IBM, achieving the level of Senior Technical Staff Member after completing |
| his Ph.D. at Simon Fraser Univeristy. His experience in modeling |
| technology spans 25 years.</div> |
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