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IT University of Copenhagen

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5.08/20/2025

Inspires confidence and independent thinking.

5.04/30/2025

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About Martin

Martin Hentschel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the IT University of Copenhagen, heading the Data-intensive Systems and Applications research group within the DASYA Lab of the Data, Systems, and Robotics section. He earned his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in computer science from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, following studies at TU Dresden, Germany. Before entering academia, Hentschel worked as a Principal Software Engineer at Snowflake, contributing to security features, metadata management, and performance optimizations, while also founding and establishing the company's engineering site in Berlin, Germany. Prior to Snowflake, he was employed at Microsoft, developing components for the Bing search engine. His transition from industry to academia brings practical expertise in large-scale data systems to his teaching and research roles at ITU.