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	62	<h1><a href=".">bandali</a>'s curriculum vitae</h1>
	63
	64	<p class="box">also available in plain text
	65	as <a href="bandali-cv.txt">bandali-cv.txt</a></p>
	66
	67	<dl id="link-grid">
	68	<dt>Site</dt>
	69	<dd><a href="https://bndl.org">bndl.org</a></dd>
	70	<dt>Email</dt>
	71	<dd>bandali@gnu.org</dd>
	72	<dt>Phone</dt>
	73	<dd>available upon request via email</dd>
	74	</dl>
	75
	76	<h2>Summary of Qualifications</h2>
	77
	78	<ul>
	79	<li>Experience in building software for diverse areas and platforms in
	80	various programming languages such as C, Python, and Haskell.</li>
	81	<li>Passionate about applying scientific and engineering methods while
	82	designing and building software systems.</li>
	83	<li>Using formal specification techniques to find specification-level
	84	bugs early in the design stage rather than implementation.</li>
	85	<li>GNU/Linux system administration on both the client and the server
	86	side.</li>
	87	<li>Problem-solving and communication skills, honed through research
	88	and teaching roles held in graduate school, as well as holding
	89	tutorials discussing complex concepts with fellow students and peers
	90	throughout undergraduate studies and high school.</li>
	91	<li>Organizational and teamwork skills, strengthened thanks to
	92	community service in form of volunteer activities including organizing
	93	the EmacsConf conference and volunteer work for charities such as the
	94	Free Software Foundation and St. Brigid's Summer Camp.</li>
	95	</ul>
	96
	97	<h2>Education</h2>
	98
	99	<dl>
	100	<dt>Master of Mathematics in Computer Science, University of Waterloo,
	101	2020</dt>
	102	<dd>Research focus: formal logic, model checking, verification</dd>
	103	<dd>Thesis: <a href="#mmath">A Comprehensive Study of Declarative
	104	Modelling Languages</a></dd>
	105	<dd>Supervisor: <a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~nday/">Prof. Nancy
	106	A. Day</a></dd>
	107	<dd>GPA: 3.7/4.0</dd>
	108
	109	<dt>Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computer Science, York
	110	University, 2017</dt>
	111	<dd>Favourite courses: System Specification & Refinement, Software
	112	Requirements Engineering, Software Design, Operating Systems,
	113	Computational Complexity, Design & Analysis of Algorithms</dd>
	114	<dd>GPA: 7.84/9.0</dd>
	115	</dl>
	116
	117	<h2 id="research">Research Interests</h2>
	118
	119	formal logic, model checking, theorem proving, verification
	120
	121	<h2 id="publications">Publications & Presentations</h2>
	122
	123	<p>The complete bibliography of my publications is available as
	124	a <a href="bandali.bib">bandali.bib</a>
	125	<span class="tex">B<span>ib</span>T<sub>e</sub>X</span> bibliography
	126	file.</p>
	127
	128	<h3>Papers</h3>
	129
	130	<dl>
	131	<dt>A Comparison of the Declarative Modelling Languages B, DASH, and
	132	TLA<sup>+</sup>
	133	<small>
	134	[ <a href="https://p.bndl.org/modre2018-declarative.pdf">pdf</a>
	135	\| <a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~nday/artifacts/2018-modre/">models</a>
	136	]
	137	</small>
	138	</dt>
	139	<dd>
	140	Ali Abbassi, <a href="https://bndl.org">Amin Bandali</a>,
	141	<a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~nday/">Nancy A. Day</a>, Jose Serna<br />
	142	<em>8th IEEE International Model-Driven Requirements Engineering Workshop, MoDRE@RE 2018</em><br />
	143	Copyright © 2018 IEEE. All Rights Reserved. Sadly.
	144	</dd>
	145	</dl>
	146
	147	<h3>Theses</h3>
	148
	149	<dl>
	150	<dt id="mmath">A Comprehensive Study of Declarative Modelling
	151	Languages
	152	<small>
	153	[ <a href="https://p.bndl.org/bandali-mmath-thesis.pdf">pdf</a>
	154	\| <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/10012/16059">hdl</a>
	155	\| <a href="https://bndl.org/mmath.html">http</a>
	156	]
	157	</small>
	158	</dt>
	159	<dd>
	160	<a href="https://bndl.org">Amin Bandali</a><br />
	161	<em><abbr title="Master of Mathematics">MMath</abbr> Thesis,
	162	University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science,
	163	July 2020.</em>
	164	</dd>
	165	</dl>
	166
	167	<h3>Talks</h3>
	168
	169	<dl>
	170	<dt>Jami and how it empowers users
	171	<small>
	172	[ <a href="https://p.bndl.org/bandali-jami-libreplanet-2021.pdf">pdf</a>
	173	(<a href="https://p.bndl.org/bandali-jami-libreplanet-2021-with-notes.pdf">with
	174	notes</a>)
	175	\| <a href="https://bndl.org/libreplanet-2021.html">http</a>
	176	]
	177	</small>
	178	</dt>
	179	<dd>
	180	<a href="https://bndl.org">Amin Bandali</a><br />
	181	<em>Presented at the LibrePlanet 2021 Conference, March 20, 2021.</em>
	182	</dd>
	183
	184	<dt>The Magic of Specifications and Type Systems
	185	<small>
	186	[ <a href="https://p.bndl.org/cucsc-2017-slides.pdf">slides</a>
	187	\| <a href="https://p.bndl.org/eecs4080-poster.pdf">poster</a>
	188	]
	189	</small>
	190	</dt>
	191	<dd>
	192	<a href="https://bndl.org">Amin Bandali</a>,
	193	<a href="https://github.com/cipher1024">Simon Hudon</a>,
	194	<a href="https://www.eecs.yorku.ca/~jonathan/">Jonathan S. Ostroff</a><br />
	195	<em>Slides presented at the Canadian Undergraduate Computer Science
	196	Conference 2017, University of Toronto, Canada, June 15–17, 2017.<br />
	197	Poster presented at the Lassonde Undergraduate Summer Student Research
	198	Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada, August 15, 2017.</em>
	199	</dd>
	200
	201	<dt>Introducing YULUG</dt>
	202	<dd>
	203	<a href="https://bndl.org">Amin Bandali</a><br />
	204	<em>Slides introducing YULUG — (GNU/)Linux User Group at York
	205	University — presented at a Computing Students Hub (CSHub) tech
	206	talk at York University, Toronto, Canada, February 12, 2015.</em>
	207	</dd>
	208	</dl>
	209
	210	<h2>Work & Research Experience</h2>
	211
	212	<dl>
	213	<dt>Savoir-faire Linux</dt>
	214	<dd>fall 2020–present \| Free Software Consultant \| Consultant en
	215	logiciel libre</dd>
	216	<dd>
	217	<dl>
	218	<dd>I am part of the Jami core development team at Savoir-faire Linux,
	219	where I work on various parts of Jami as a Free Software Consultant.
	220	These include working on and maintaining the GTK+-based jami-gnome
	221	client application written in C++ and C, and packaging Jami for
	222	various GNU/Linux distributions and other platforms. I also serve as
	223	a community liaison between the Jami core team and the wider free
	224	software community around Jami, with the goal of helping facilitate
	225	the communications and relations between the two.</dd>
	226	</dl>
	227	</dd>
	228
	229	<dt>Free Software Foundation (FSF)</dt>
	230	<dd>spring 2020 \| Intern</dd>
	231	<dd>
	232	<dl>
	233	<dd>Working with the FSF tech team in a sysadmin role on a variety of
	234	tasks including installation of the Sourcehut free software forge on
	235	the FSF infrastructure for evaluation for the FSF forge project, as
	236	well as a series of enhancements
	237	for <a href="https://www.gnu.org">www.gnu.org</a>.</dd>
	238	</dl>
	239	</dd>
	240
	241	<dt>Cheriton School of Science, University of Waterloo</dt>
	242	<dd>winter 2018–spring 2020 \| TA, IA, RA <sup>[*]</sup></dd>
	243	<dd>
	244	<dl>
	245	<dd>SE 465 (Software Testing and Quality Assurance): TA in winter
	246	2020</dd>
	247	<dd>SE 212 (Logic and Computation): <a href="se212-f19.html">IA in
	248	Fall 2019</a>, TA in fall 2018</dd>
	249	<dd>SE 463 (Software Requirement Specification and Analysis): TA in
	250	spring 2019 and 2018</dd>
	251	<dd>CS 136 (Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction): TA in
	252	winter 2018</dd>
	253	</dl>
	254	</dd>
	255	<dd><small>[*]: Teaching Assistant (marking exams and assignments),
	256	Instructional Apprentice (holding tutorials and marking), Research
	257	Assistant (doing research for/with supervisor)</small></dd>
	258
	259	<dt>Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, York
	260	University</dt>
	261	<dd>fall 2017 \| Teaching Assistant</dd>
	262	<dd>
	263	<dl>
	264	<dd>EECS 1012 (Net-Centric Introduction to Computing): TA in fall
	265	2017, running labs and marking labs and exams</dd>
	266	</dl>
	267	</dd>
	268
	269	<dt>Software Engineering Lab, York University</dt>
	270	<dd>
	271	<dl>
	272	<dt>summer 2017 \| Research Assistant</dt>
	273	<dd>Worked on an implementation
	274	of <a href="https://bertrandmeyer.com/2014/12/07/lampsort/">Lampsort</a>
	275	in Eiffel. Extended
	276	the <a href="https://svn.eecs.yorku.ca/repos/sel-open/mathmodels/">mathmodels</a>
	277	library, implementing a <code>rational</code> class for working with
	278	arbitrarily large rational numbers.</dd>
	279	</dl>
	280	</dd>
	281	<dd>
	282	<dl>
	283	<dt>summer 2016 \| Research Student</dt>
	284	<dd>Worked on <em>Literate Unit-B</em>, the verifier for Unit-B, a
	285	new formal method focused on formal verification of reactive,
	286	concurrent and distributed systems. From the Literate Unit-B codebase
	287	(written in Haskell), decoupled the logic module and used it to build
	288	<em>Unit-B Web</em>, a web interface using Literate Unit-B to do
	289	predicate calculus proofs. Unit-B Web, also written in Haskell,
	290	supports the <span class="tex">L<sup>a</sup>T<sub>e</sub>X</span>
	291	syntax of the Unit-B logic, renders user input on the page, and calls
	292	the sequent prover of the logic module, which uses the Z3 SMT solver
	293	to check the validity of user input.</dd>
	294	<dd>Separated Literate Unit-B's type checker from its parser in a
	295	large refactoring, allowing easier substitution of other type checking
	296	algorithms, and in preparation for implementing subtyping.</dd>
	297	</dl>
	298	</dd>
	299
	300	<dt>Lotek Wireless Inc.</dt>
	301	<dd>
	302	<dl>
	303	<dt>summer 2016 \| Software Developer</dt>
	304	<dd>Designed and developed an Employee Portal web application in C#
	305	and the MVC framework, used by employees for accessing various data
	306	catalogs and archives.</dd>
	307	</dl>
	308	</dd>
	309	<dd>
	310	<dl>
	311	<dt>summer 2015 \| Computer Programmer</dt>
	312	<dd>Designed and implemented various applications in C# and C for
	313	analyzing and testing a satellite pass prediction algorithm for
	314	predicting the pass windows of Argos satellites, for scheduling send
	315	times of data collected by the company's wildlife tracking
	316	products.</dd>
	317	</dl>
	318	</dd>
	319
	320	<dt>Athlete Builder</dt>
	321	<dd>
	322	<dl>
	323	<dt>2013–2014 \| Software Developer</dt>
	324	<dd>Developed the Backend of Athlete Builder platform in C# and
	325	MVC.</dd>
	326	<dd>Key role in development of the platform core.</dd>
	327	<dd>Developed the alpha version of Athlete Builder Android application
	328	in Java.</dd>
	329	</dl>
	330	</dd>
	331	</dl>
	332
	333	<h2>Skills</h2>
	334	<dl>
	335	<dt>Programming languages</dt>
	336	<dd>C, C++, Haskell, Emacs Lisp, Guile Scheme, Python, Eiffel, Bash,
	337	C#, Java, JavaScript</dd>
	338	<dt>Tools</dt>
	339	<dd>GNU Emacs, Git, Alloy, TLA<sup>+</sup>,
	340	ProB, <span class="tex">L<sup>a</sup>T<sub>e</sub>X</span>, continuous
	341	integration systems</dd>
	342	<dt>Platforms</dt>
	343	<dd>GNU/Linux distributions, including Trisquel, GNU Guix, Debian</dd>
	344	<dt>Languages</dt>
	345	<dd>Persian (mother tongue), English (native proficiency; IELTS: 9.0),
	346	French (beginner)</dd>
	347	</dl>
	348
	349	<h2>Community Service</h2>
	350	<dl>
	351	<dt>EmacsConf conference</dt>
	352	<dd>
	353	<dl>
	354	<dt>2019–present</dt>
	355	<dd>Chief organizer and maintainer of conference infrastructure,
	356	including the streaming servers.</dd>
	357	<dt>2015</dt>
	358	<dd>One of the organizers and in charge of setting up and maintaining
	359	vital pieces of infrastructure.</dd>
	360	</dl>
	361	</dd>
	362	<dt>Computer Science Club (CSC) of the University of Waterloo</dt>
	363	<dd>Served as the CSC System Administrator in Winter and Spring 2020.
	364	Present member of the CSC Systems Committee, overseeing and
	365	maintaining a large fleet of GNU/Linux servers for CSC members, as
	366	well as running the CSC mirror for free software projects.</dd>
	367	<dd>Notable projects
	368	include <a href="https://mailman.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/pipermail/csc-general/2020-July/000837.html">launching
	369	the CSC web IRC client</a> as part of an effort in bringing modern
	370	user freedom- and privacy-respecting communication tools to club
	371	members.</dd>
	372	<dt>Free/libre software contributions</dt>
	373	<dd>Co-maintainer
	374	of <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/gnuzilla.html">GNUzilla
	375	and IceCat</a>, the GNU version of the Mozilla suite and the Firefox
	376	browser respectively.</dd>
	377	<dd>Maintainer
	378	of <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/erc.html">ERC</a>, the
	379	powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client distributed with GNU
	380	Emacs.</dd>
	381	<dd>Committer and regular contributor
	382	to <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html">GNU
	383	Emacs</a> and <a href="https://guix.gnu.org">GNU Guix</a>.</dd>
	384	<dd><a href="https://www.gnu.org/people/webmeisters.html#bandali">GNU
	385	webmaster</a>
	386	and <a href="https://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/SavannahHacker/">GNU
	387	Savannah hacker</a>.</dd>
	388	<dt>Volunteer work</dt>
	389	<dd>
	390	<dl>
	391	<dt>spring 2013 \| Application Developer for VONICAL Inc.</dt>
	392	<dd>Worked on development of the Employment Accessibility Resource
	393	Network (EARN) portal using the Anahita social networking platform,
	394	written in PHP and running on GNU/Linux.</dd>
	395	<dt>winter 2013 \| Mobile & Web Developer for Hire Works Inc.</dt>
	396	<dd>Worked on a variety of web and mobile development projects for
	397	Hire Works.</dd>
	398	<dt>summer 2012 \| Web Developer for St. Brigid's Summer Camp</dt>
	399	<dd>Redesigned and revamped the codebase for the photo gallery section
	400	of the camp's website in PHP and JavaScript.</dd>
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