Saeed Taheri

PhD - Computer Science
Parallel Software Dynamic Analysis
- University of Utah @UtahSOC
- Texas State University
- Shiraz University
- President @ IrSA at the U

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

I am expecting to have a boy soon. Sometimes I feel nervous when I think about raising a boy and have real conversations with him. Then I see how I am interacting with AI on hourly basis and how I am getting evolved as well as the AI model every hour. Then my nervousness fades!

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

Today I presented the accepted paper "GoAT: Go Analysis and Testing" at @IiswcO. It is a debugging framework for concurrent #Golang applications.
presentation video: https://t.co/1I01D7MCtz
paper: https://t.co/3kOG2vHygX
open-source GoAT tool: https://t.co/7W2ai1ezot

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

@BlairDSullivan What hike is this? so beautiful.

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

@Tyler_UCSC @rakamaric @alexander_lex @misorobotics Thanks Tyler 🙏

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

On July 28th, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation.
I've learned a ton during this chapter of my life.
Many thanks to my advisors Dr. Gopalakrishnan, @rakamaric, Dr. Sundar, @alexander_lex and Dr. Burtscher.
Looking forward to the next chapter: SW Eng. @misorobotics

[Zvonimir Rakamaric @rakamaric]

Congrats to @saeedtaheri88 for defending his PhD thesis on debugging and analysis of concurrent programs.

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

@eeide @rakamaric @alexander_lex @misorobotics Thanks Professor 🙏

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

@geof23 @rakamaric Thanks Geof 🙏
I thanked you during my presentation as I have learned much from you.

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

@rakamaric Thanks professor 🙏
It was not possible without valuable feedbacks from you and my other committee members.

[FOX 13 News Utah @fox13]

ICYMI: Three University of Utah gymnasts heading to Tokyo Olympics for Team USA https://t.co/ziYPgTU4hQ

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

@bitfield Also true for databases. If you are connecting to a SQL database and use "defer q.Close()" after you are done with the query q, you are screwed! Soon you'll get the "too many connections" error!

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

I want to containerize (dockerize) my Go project. I want to use my own Go runtime that I modified for tracing purposes. So official Go images for "FROM golang:latest" won't work. Do I have to create my own custom golang image? Any thoughts?
#Golang
#Docker

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

How to write a paper in CS:
While (unsatisfied):
-Read
-{Write}
-Think
-{Write}
-Implement
-{Write}

Read to understand the problem and its history.
Think to propose ideas.
Implement to test ideas.
Always {Write} in between to organize and reflect your mind.
#AcademicTwitter

[Dmitry Vyukov @dvyukov]

Free version of "Software Engineering at Google" book:
https://t.co/woeSWHewAJ

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

@eeide @rakamaric Thanks @eeide and @rakamaric
This is true. What else I can do? I have to digest and move on.

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

My paper got rejected for its camera-ready version bc of "insufficient alignment with the conference theme" after it initially got accepted.
How would you react to this situation when you were counting on the publication and preparing to defend?
#AcademicTwitter
#AcademiChatter

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

I have submitted a "short paper" as "ongoing work" to a "workshop" and reviewers asked:
- Why did not you evaluate it on large scale?
- Why did not you show a real-world case study?

I would not have submitted a short paper as ongoing work if I had what you asked for.
#CSisBrutal

[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

So true.
In the final days of my PhD, I just started to feel that I have learned the art of "research" and enjoyed spending days and nights on the project until I satisfy with the artwork (and also satisfy conference reviewers! haha)

[Akshay Agrawal @akshaykagrawal]

PhD candidates are like artists.

They are given a small stipend. In return, they get to make anything they like, with (hopefully) few expectations placed upon them, & with guidance from a world expert.

Once I started thinking of my PhD in this way, it became a lot more fun.

[Alex Tamkin @AlexTamkin]

A quick thread for PhD admits thinking about potential advisors:

I see a lot of discussion about "hands-on" vs "hands-off" advisors

But I think there are at least 3 underlying dimensions here, each of which is worth considering in its own right:

👇 [THREAD]

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[Saeed Taheri @saeedtaheri88]

Jazz on flames....!
They need to cool down before setting SLC on fire!