Hi, I'm bandali. I am -a free software -activist and a computing scientist. I graduated from the University -of Waterloo with a Master of Mathematics degree -in Computer Science, where I did research in formal logic, model -checking, and verification supervised -by Prof. Nancy Day, with the -main goal of improving software and systems +a free +software activist and a computing scientist. I graduated from the +University of Waterloo with a Master of +Mathematics degree in Computer Science, where I did research in +formal logic, model checking, and verification supervised +by Prof. Nancy Day, with +the main goal of improving software and systems reliability through application of -formal methods. -My research areas of interest include programming languages, proof -assistants, and their type systems.
+formal +methods. My research areas of interest include programming +languages, proof assistants, and their type systems.I am currently employed -by Savoir-faire Linux as a -Free Software Consultant, where I get to hack on various parts -of Jami, work with the maintainers of Jami -packages in various GNU/Linux distributions like Debian and Trisquel -to help keep up-to-date the version of Jami available in the official -repositories of those distributions, and generally serve as a +by Savoir-faire Linux as +a Free Software Consultant, where I get to hack on various parts +of Jami, work with the maintainers of +Jami packages in various GNU/Linux distributions like Debian and +Trisquel to help keep up-to-date the version of Jami available in the +official repositories of those distributions, and generally serve as a community liaison between the Jami core development team and the wider free software community around Jami. To be sure, the views or opinions expressed on this site are solely my own, and do not necessarily represent those of my employer or anyone else.
-On the side, I
-enjoy hacking
-on elisp
-and guile. I'm a
-GNU maintainer,
-webmaster,
-and Savannah
-hacker; and an associate
+ On the side, I enjoy
+hacking on
+Emacs
+Lisp. I'm a GNU
+maintainer,
+webmaster,
+and Savannah
+hacker; and an associate
member of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). I'm currently the
-chief organizer of the EmacsConf
-conference, and the co-host of
-the Emacs.el podcast with
-Daniel Gopar. I am also a member of
+chief organizer of the EmacsConf
+conference, and the co-host of the
+Emacs.el podcast with
+Daniel Gopar. I am also a member of
the Systems Committee of the
-Computer Science Club of the
+Computer Science Club of the
University of Waterloo. Starting in spring 2020, I am an intern with the FSF tech team.
| Internship with the FSF tech team + | My internship with the FSF tech team and beyond +(concluding) | +December 18, 2020 | +
| Internship with the FSF tech team (intro) | May 29, 2020 |