X-Git-Url: https://git.shemshak.org/~bandali/bndl.org/blobdiff_plain/bfc8d4d89f34cdb2609bbab4f0b60c5ca395d5a8..refs/heads/main:/bandali-cv.txt diff --git a/bandali-cv.txt b/bandali-cv.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..02026c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/bandali-cv.txt @@ -0,0 +1,314 @@ + curriculum vitae + + Amin Bandali + + ------------------------------------------ + site: https://bndl.org + email: bandali@gnu.org + bandali@uwaterloo.ca + phone: available upon request via email + + this file: https://bndl.org/bandali-cv.txt + last update: 2021-10-30 + ------------------------------------------ + + +SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS + + - Experience in building software for diverse areas and platforms + in various programming languages such as C, Python, and Haskell. + + - Passionate about applying scientific and engineering methods in + design and implementation of software systems. + + - Using formal specification techniques to find specification-level + bugs early in the design stage rather than implementation. + + - GNU/Linux system administration on both the client and the server + side. + + - Problem-solving and communication skills, honed through research + and teaching roles held in graduate school, as well as holding + tutorials discussing complex concepts with fellow students and + peers throughout undergraduate studies and high school. + + - Organizational and teamwork skills, strengthened thanks to + community service in form of volunteer activities including + organizing the EmacsConf conference and volunteer work for + charities such as the Free Software Foundation and St. Brigid's + Summer Camp. + + +EDUCATION + + Master of Mathematics in Computer Science, + University of Waterloo, 2020 + + Research focus: + formal logic, model checking, verification + Thesis: + A Comprehensive Study of Declarative Modelling Languages + Supervisor: + Prof. Nancy A. Day + GPA: + 3.7/4.0 + + Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computer Science, + York University, 2017 + + Favourite courses: + System Specification & Refinement, Software Requirements + Engineering, Software Design, Operating Systems, Computational + Complexity, Design & Analysis of Algorithms + GPA: + 7.84/9.0 + + +RESEARCH INTERESTS + + formal logic, model checking, theorem proving, verification + + +PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS + + The complete bibliography of my publications is available as + a BibTeX bibliography file from https://bndl.org/bandali.bib. + + PAPERS + + A Comparison of the Declarative Modelling Languages B, DASH, + and TLA+ + + Ali Abbassi, Amin Bandali, Nancy A. Day, Jose Serna + 8th IEEE International Model-Driven Requirements + Engineering Workshop, MoDRE@RE 2018 + Copyright (c) 2018 IEEE. All Rights Reserved. Sadly. + + pdf: https://bndl.org/papers/modre2018-declarative.pdf + bib: https://bndl.org/papers/modre2018-declarative.bib + models: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~nday/artifacts/2018-modre/ + + THESES + + A Comprehensive Study of Declarative Modelling Languages + + Amin Bandali + MMath Thesis, University of Waterloo, David R. Cheriton + School of Computer Science, July 2020. + + pdf: https://bndl.org/theses/bandali-mmath-thesis.pdf + bib: https://bndl.org/theses/bandali-mmath-thesis.bib + hdl: https://hdl.handle.net/10012/16059 + http: https://bndl.org/theses/mmath.html + + TALKS + + Jami and how it empowers users + + Amin Bandali + Presented at the LibrePlanet 2021 Conference, March 20, 2021. + + slides: https://bndl.org/talks/libreplanet-2021-jami.pdf + slides with notes: + https://bndl.org/papers/libreplanet-2021-jami-with-notes.pdf + bib: https://bndl.org/talks/libreplanet-2021-jami.bib + http: https://bndl.org/talks/libreplanet-2021-jami.html + + The Magic of Specifications and Type Systems + + Amin Bandali, Simon Hudon, Jonathan S. Ostroff + Slides presented at the Canadian Undergraduate Computer Science + Conference 2017, University of Toronto, Canada, June 15-17, + 2017. + Poster presented at the Lassonde Undergraduate Summer Student + Research Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada, + August 15, 2017. + + slides: https://p.bndl.org/cucsc-2017-slides.pdf + poster: https://p.bndl.org/eecs4080-poster.pdf + + Introducing YULUG + + Amin Bandali + Slides introducing YULUG -- (GNU/)Linux User Group at York + University -- presented at a Computing Students Hub (CSHub) tech + talk at York University, Toronto, Canada, February 12, 2015. + + +WORK & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE + + Savoir-faire Linux + + fall 2020-present | Free Software Consultant + | Consultant en logiciel libre + + I am part of the Jami core development team at Savoir-faire + Linux, where I get to work on various parts of Jami as a Free + Software Consultant. These include working on and maintaining + the GTK-based jami-gnome client application written in C++ and + C, and packaging Jami for various GNU/Linux distributions and + other platforms. I also serve as a community liaison between + the Jami core team and the wider free software community around + Jami, with the goal of helping facilitate the communications and + relations between the two. + + Free Software Foundation (FSF) + + spring 2020 | Intern + + Working with the FSF tech team in a sysadmin role on a variety + of tasks including installation of the Sourcehut free software + forge on the FSF infrastructure for evaluation for the FSF forge + project, as well as a series of enhancements for www.gnu.org. + + Cheriton School of Science, University of Waterloo + + winter 2018-spring 2020 | TA, IA, RA [*] + + SE 465 (Software Testing and Quality Assurance): + TA in winter 2020 + SE 212 (Logic and Computation): + IA in Fall 2019, TA in fall 2018 + SE 463 (Software Requirement Specification and Analysis): + TA in spring 2019 and 2018 + CS 136 (Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction): + TA in winter 2018 + + [*] Teaching Assistant (marking exams and assignments), + Instructional Apprentice (holding tutorials and marking), + Research Assistant (doing research for/with supervisor) + + Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, York + University + + fall 2017 | Teaching Assistant + + EECS 1012 (Net-Centric Introduction to Computing): + TA in fall 2017, running labs and marking labs and exams + + Software Engineering Lab, York University + + summer 2017 | Research Assistant + + Worked on an implementation of Lampsort in Eiffel. + Extended the mathmodels library, implementing a rational + class for working with arbitrarily large rational numbers. + + summer 2016 | Research Student + + Worked on Literate Unit-B, the verifier for Unit-B, a new formal + method focused on formal verification of reactive, concurrent + and distributed systems. From the Literate Unit-B codebase + (written in Haskell), decoupled the logic module and used it to + build Unit-B Web, a web interface using Literate Unit-B to do + predicate calculus proofs. Unit-B Web, also written in Haskell, + supports the LaTeX syntax of the Unit-B logic, renders user + input on the page, and calls the sequent prover of the logic + module, which uses the Z3 SMT solver to check the validity of + user input. + + Separated Literate Unit-B's type checker from its parser in a + large refactoring, allowing easier substitution of other type + checking algorithms, and in preparation for implementing + subtyping. + + Lotek Wireless Inc. + + summer 2016 | Software Developer + + Designed and developed an Employee Portal web application in C# + and the MVC framework, used by employees for accessing various + data catalogs and archives. + + summer 2015 | Computer Programmer + + Designed and implemented various applications in C# and C for + analyzing and testing a satellite pass prediction algorithm for + predicting the pass windows of Argos satellites, for scheduling + send times of data collected by the company's wildlife tracking + products. + + Athlete Builder + + 2013-2014 | Software Developer + + Developed the Backend of Athlete Builder platform in C# and MVC. + + Key role in development of the platform core. + + Developed the alpha version of Athlete Builder Android + application in Java. + + +SKILLS + + Programming languages + C, C++, Haskell, Emacs Lisp, Guile Scheme, Python, Eiffel, Bash, + C#, Java, JavaScript + + Tools + GNU Emacs, Git, Alloy, TLA+, ProB, LaTeX, continuous integration + systems + + Platforms + GNU/Linux distributions, including Trisquel, GNU Guix, Debian + + Languages + Persian (mother tongue), English (native proficiency; IELTS: 9.0), + French (beginner) + + +COMMUNITY SERVICE + + EmacsConf conference + + 2019-present + + Chief organizer and maintainer of conference infrastructure, + including the streaming servers. + + 2015 + + One of the organizers and in charge of setting up + and maintaining vital pieces of infrastructure. + + Computer Science Club (CSC) of the University of Waterloo + + Served as the CSC System Administrator in Winter and Spring 2020. + Present member of the CSC Systems Committee, overseeing and + maintaining a large fleet of GNU/Linux servers for CSC members, + as well as running the CSC mirror for free software projects. + + Notable projects include launching the CSC web IRC client + as part of an effort in bringing modern user freedom- and + privacy-respecting communication tools to club members. + + Free/libre software contributions + + Co-maintainer of GNUzilla and IceCat, the GNU version of + the Mozilla suite and the Firefox browser respectively. + + Maintainer of ERC, the powerful, modular, and extensible + IRC client distributed with GNU Emacs. + + Committer and regular contributor to GNU Emacs and GNU Guix. + + GNU webmaster and GNU Savannah hacker. + + Volunteer work + + spring 2013 | Application Developer for VONICAL Inc. + + Worked on development of the Employment Accessibility Resource + Network (EARN) portal using the Anahita social networking + platform, written in PHP and running on GNU/Linux. + + winter 2013 | Mobile & Web Developer for Hire Works Inc. + + Worked on a variety of web and mobile development projects for + Hire Works. + + summer 2012 | Web Developer for St. Brigid's Summer Camp + + Redesigned and revamped the codebase for the photo gallery + section of the camp's website in PHP and JavaScript.