பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu

Husband, Dad, Academic. Software "Naturalness", AI4SE & ESE@ UC Davis. MAE, ACM Fellow, Humboldtian. ❤️s Jokes, NJ snark & the outdoors. All opinions Personal.

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

I'm an experienced and well-published Software Engineering Professor. Take it from me: The best way to ship software with fewer known defects is to test less.

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

One of the most insane thunderstorm I’ve ever seen just rolled through Davis, California.

Local weather stations recorded nearly 0.50” of rain in 5 minutes. Temperature dropped over 20 degrees down from 70s to high 40s.

[UC Davis College of Engineering @UCDavisCOE]

Distinguished Research Prof. of Computer Science at @ucdavis Premkumar Devanbu has been elected a Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea for his extensive record of award-winning contributions and collaboration with European institutions. 👏

Learn more: https://t.co/UhXBygBsFm

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

@GermanSimply_ @grok use all of the german words in one german sentence

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

Sentiment on @ucdavis campus today is not as Bullish as usual.

https://t.co/7p6duRGqJ5

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

If you live in California, speak up! PG&E wants to raise rates again (already about the highest in the nation). California Public Utility Commission needs to hear from you. 🫵🫵

https://t.co/wzyqS2XCqf::::::

[Sumit Jha @sumitjha__]

Why does a caste census matter?

India last counted its castes in 1931. But Telangana decided to do it in 2024.

State surveyed 3.55 crore people across 242 caste groups, door to door.

I read every page. More I read, More convinced I got why it's needed.

Here is what I found

[Ahmad Warraich @ahmadwaraichh]

ہندوستان میں اسلام تلوار سے نہیں آیا، بھارتی سیاستدان ششی تھرور انتہائی خوبصورت انداز سے تاریخ سمجھا رہے ہیں، جو ہمارے مولوی حضرات کو سمجھانی چاہیے تھی

ہندو بادشاہ کا مدینہ کا سفر، عرب دنیا کے باہر پہلی مسجد

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

So many opportunities to make a *lot* of money. If folks aren't doing this, they're either rule-following, honest, caring, public servants, or they really haven't learned about options trading.

[Daniel Foubert 🇵🇱🇫🇷 @d_foubert]

BREAKING: Iran says the strait is closed.
BREAKING: Trump says the strait is open.
BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open.
BREAKING: Bloomberg says 3 ships crossed.
BREAKING: Iran says those 3 ships are Iranian.
BREAKING: Maersk says it needs clarity.
BREAKING: The strait is a philosophical concept at this point.

BREAKING: A fourth ship attempts to cross.
BREAKING: The fourth ship turns around.
BREAKING: The fourth ship's captain says he "needed to think."
BREAKING: Insurance for the fourth ship is now $47M.
BREAKING: The fourth ship is still thinking.

BREAKING: Trump posts on Truth Social that Hormuz is "TOTALLY OPEN, BEAUTIFUL, LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN."
BREAKING: 800 ships remain trapped in the Gulf.
BREAKING: Trump posts again that this is Biden's fault.

BREAKING: Iran announces tolls of $2M per ship.
BREAKING: Iran announces tolls must be paid in crypto.
BREAKING: Iran has not specified which crypto.
BREAKING: Someone on CT says it's XRP.
BREAKING: XRP is up 34%.
BREAKING: It is not XRP.

BREAKING: Russia and China veto the UN resolution on Hormuz.
BREAKING: Russia proposes an alternative resolution.
BREAKING: The alternative resolution does not mention Hormuz.
BREAKING: Nobody is surprised.

BREAKING: Israel bombs Lebanon.
BREAKING: Iran says this violates the ceasefire.
BREAKING: Trump says the ceasefire does not cover Lebanon.
BREAKING: Netanyahu says the ceasefire does not cover anything Netanyahu is currently doing.
BREAKING: Ceasefire is now 11 hours old.
BREAKING: Iran closes Hormuz again.
BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open.

BREAKING: Trump floats joint US-Iran toll venture to manage the strait.
BREAKING: The White House clarifies Trump was "just thinking out loud."
BREAKING: Iran says it will consider the proposal.
BREAKING: Trump says Iran's 10-point peace plan is "not good enough."
BREAKING: Trump says it is "a workable basis."
BREAKING: Both statements were made within the same hour.

BREAKING: 20,000 seafarers are still trapped on ships inside the Gulf.
BREAKING: The IMO says the priority is evacuation.
BREAKING: Iran says passage requires "coordination with armed forces."
BREAKING: Nobody has coordinated with the armed forces.
BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open.

BREAKING: The strait remains closed.
BREAKING: This is day 41.
BREAKING: We will keep you updated.

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

Wow, I can't believe I'm in agreement with Ann Coulter.

[Ann Coulter @AnnCoulter]

How about banning the Indian caste system? That's even more incompatible with America.

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

Hello, @turbotax there is apparently no way to increase font size on the screen of Macbooks, without reducing screen resolution, which comes with obvious disadvantages. I notice complaints on this online, going back multiple years. WHY DON'T YOU JUST FIX IT?????

[The Statesman @TheStatesmanLtd]

In an unprecedented atrocity and attack on freedom of media in India, the Rafi Marg office of the nation’s oldest news agency, United News of India (UNI), was literally attacked by a police force that would put an anti-terror operation to shame. Employees were not given time to even collect their belongings or hear from management. The management has been left outside, and employees are being beaten inside.

#UnitedNewsOfIndia #UNI #PressFreedom #JournalismUnderThreat #MediaFreedom #FreePress

[United News of India sealing, UNI office eviction, press freedom India, media crackdown, independent journalism crisis, journalists eviction, free press concerns, news agency India, media rights, democracy and media India]

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

@Philip_DT @allenanalysis It's culturally normative (if slightly snarky) to refer to (even unfamiliar) older Indian men as "Uncle". I even wear a red மாமா (uncle) hat that proudly asserts my evident membership in this category.

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

If every user says "thank you" to Claude, it costs an extra 12 Megajoules per day to process those tokens.

Be ungrateful, fight global warming.

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

...and by 2090 or so, I really really hope that Apple figures out how to make edible, nutritious, tasty macbooks.

[Ethan W. Anderson @Ethan_is_online]

I've plotted the most expensive McDonald's burger and the least expensive MacBook over time. This analysis projects that the most expensive burger will be more expensive than the cheapest laptop as soon as 2081

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

I wonder if this would be just as funny in an Indian Accent?

[Éros Brousson @erosbrousson]

I MADE A FATAL MISTAKE IN 2017… I WENT TO MIAMI 🌴🌅

[Joakim 🌹🇳🇴🇪🇺 @joakial_]

New ad by the Norwegian Consumer Council: "A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator"

[Bogdan Vasilescu @b_vasilescu]

Or is he an academic who’s aware of (at that time) five yeas of research literature, starting with this?

“We propose a broad vision for using language models of code corpora in software tools […]”

[Bogdan Vasilescu @b_vasilescu]

Imagine being this early (2012)

“We propose a broad vision for using language models of code corpora in software tools…”

[பேராசிரியர் Prem Devanbu @devanbu]

Very interesting Times of India article on observable caste bias in Large Language Models. Reports also on a related project from @iitmadras

[Chethan Kumar @Chethan_Dash]

#AI knows how #caste works in #India. Here's a long piece based on multiple research studies on caste is as deep-rooted in #LLMs as it is in the society. As AI systems move into hiring, credit scoring, education, governance, and healthcare, the stakes intensify with such #bias!

[John O'Connell @jdpoc]

A little #Valentines Humour ...