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Deadline extension for the PhD program in Computer Science at the CUNY Graduate Center
The deadline to apply for the PhD program in Computer Science at the CUNY Graduate Center has been extended to January 15! Please see my previous post about available opportunities!
Multiple fully-funded Ph.D. student positions in combating technical debt in Machine Learning (ML) systems in New York City
I am currently seeking multiple fully-funded Ph.D. students interested in programming languages and software engineering research for an NSF-funded project on combating technical debt in Machine Learning (ML) systems. The project—based in the heart of New York City—focuses on facilitating the long-lived evolution of ML systems through automated refactoring.
Potential research topics explored during the project may include (static/dynamic) program and data analysis and transformation, empirical software engineering, natural language processing (NLP), and Large Language Models (LLMs). Successful candidates will be expected to work on projects that generally yield open-source developer tool research prototypes, plug-ins to popular IDEs, build systems, or static analyzers. Additional information may be found on the PI’s web page.
Interested prospective students should apply to the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center (GC) Ph.D. program in Computer Science (deadline January 15; please list “Raffi Khatchadourian” as a potential faculty mentor on your application). Prospective students may inquire with the PI by completing the below form. Prospective students wishing to start earlier should also speak with the PI.
Continue Reading →Received Google Cloud credits for research
I am excited to announce that I have received $5,000 from the Google Cloud Credits for Research Program. Continue Reading →
Video of ASE ’25 talk now available
A video of our ASE ’25 talk on “Speculative Automated Refactoring of Imperative Deep Learning Programs to Graph Execution” is now available!
Continue Reading →Former Ph.D. student Tatiana Castro Vélez accepts tenure-track Assistant Professor position at University of Puerto Rico
Former Ph.D. student Tatiana Castro Vélez will begin as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (UPR-RP) Department of Computer Science starting in Fall 2025! Congrats, Tatiana!
Tatiana successfully defends her PhD thesis
Congrats to Tatiana Castro Vélez for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis, “Towards Automated Evolution of Imperative Deep Learning Programs!” Congrats, Tatiana and thank you to the committee, Anita Raja, Subash Shankar, and Carlos Corrada!
Paper on speculative refactoring of imperative Deep Learning programs to graph execution directly accepted to ASE ’25
Our paper entitled, “Speculative Automated Refactoring of Imperative Deep Learning Programs to Graph Execution” has been directly accepted to the research papers track at the 2025 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)! Out of 1190 submissions, 113 were directly accepted, amounting to a 9.5% acceptance rate for directly accepted papers. The conference will take place later this year in Seoul, South Korea. Congratulations to Tatiana, Mehdi, Nan, and Anita!
NYU GSTEM student visits during the summer of 2025
Ayla Zhang will join our research group this summer through the NYU GSTEM program. NYU GSTEM is a summer program for high school juniors that allows them to participate in research laboratories. The NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences offers the program and helps promote STEM to traditionally underrepresented groups, particularly females and minorities. Ayla will be working on a programming language project as part of our funded NSF project on combating technical debt in Machine Learning systems‘ broader impacts.
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