New JDK Committer: Kelvin Nilsen

[Langer, Christoph]

Vote:Yes

/Christoph

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> From: jdk-dev <jdk-dev-retn at openjdk.org> On Behalf Of Ramakrishna, Ramki
> Sent: Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2025 21:52
> To: jdk-dev at openjdk.org
> Subject: CFV: New JDK Committer: Kelvin Nilsen
> 
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> I hereby nominate Kelvin Nilsen (openjdk: kdnilsen, github:kdnilsen) to JDK
> Committer.
> 
> At time of writing, Kelvin [0] is an Author on the jdk project and a Committer on
> the shenandoah project.
> 
> Kelvin is currently a Principal Engineer with the OpenJDK Corretto team at
> Amazon. He has authored over 10 commits directly to the JDK repository [1]. He
> has led the Generational Shenandoah project [2] at Amazon, and has been
> deeply involved in its original inception, design, implementation, and
> performance improvements. In addition to his direct commits to the JDK
> repository, Kelvin has authored nearly 100 commits to the Generational
> Shenandoah project [3] prior to its integration into tip. He has resolved over 30
> JBS issues [4], pertaining to Shenandoah and GenShen.
> 
> Prior to his current role at Amazon, Kelvin started his career as an assistant
> professor of computer science, following a Ph.D. at the University of Arizona. He
> has collaborated with NIST on an extension of Java to real-time, consulted with
> the Expert Group for RTSJ, and designed & implemented JVMs for real-time
> systems.
> 
> Votes are due by Friday January 31, 2025.
> 
> Only current JDK Committers [5] are eligible to vote on this nomination. Votes
> must be cast in the open by replying to this mailing list.
> 
> For Lazy Consensus voting instructions, see [6].
> 
> Sincerely,
> / Ramki Ramakrishna (openjdk: ysr)
> 
> [0] https://openjdk.org/census#kdnilsen
> [1]
> https://github.com/pulls?q=repo:openjdk/jdk+is:closed+is:pr+author:kdnilsen
> [2] https://openjdk.org/jeps/404
> [3]
> https://github.com/pulls?q=repo:openjdk/shenandoah+is:closed+is:pr+author:k
> dnilsen
> [4]
> https://bugs.openjdk.org/issues/?jql=status%20%3D%20Resolved%20AND%20a
> ssignee%20%3D%20kdnilsen
> [5] https://openjdk.org/census#jdk
> [6] https://openjdk.org/projects/#committer-vote