Being a Student Researcher

This was a talk i gave to the senior and junior year computer engineering majors at Army Institute of Technology, University of Pune. The talk introduces my own research at a high level, and then dives into what it is like to do research at UCI.

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1. Being a Student Researcher Vijay Krishna Palepu University of California, Irvine, USA Talk at Army Institute of Technology, University of Pune, 2013 Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
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3. Introductions This Talk What is this talk about? • Saying “Hello!” • Research in Software Engineering. • Living and Studying Abroad. • Anything else that you want to talk/ask about! Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
4. Introductions About Me Who am I? Vijay Krishna Palepu • Computer Engineer from AIT, UoP; Passed out in 2010. • Software Engineering Researcher ... in the making. • Ph.D. student at University of California, Irvine. • Living in Irvine, California. • Software Debugging • http://vpalepu.com Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
5. My Work Software Debugging What do I do? As a software engineering researcher ... • I research how to analyze and think about software behavior. • I analyze software behavior to find software bugs. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
6. My Work Software Debugging Why Software Behavior and Debugging? • As a programmer I was never good at finding bugs. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
7. My Work Software Debugging Why Software Behavior and Debugging? • As a programmer I was never good at finding bugs. • So debugging became important to me. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
8. My Work Software Debugging Why Software Behavior and Debugging? • As a programmer I was never good at finding bugs. • So debugging became important to me. • And I often wondered how a software execution looks like. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
9. My Work Software Debugging Why Software Behavior and Debugging? • As a programmer I was never good at finding bugs. • So debugging became important to me. • And I often wondered how a software execution looks like. • As a researcher I try to solve problems and answer questions that are important to me. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
10. My Work Software Debugging How do I approach debugging? From Software Behavior Analysis Towards Debugging Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
11. My Work Software Debugging What do I mean by software behavior? • Blackbox – What external effect does the software have? • Raises questions about what the software is supposed to do. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
12. My Work Software Debugging What do I mean by software behavior? • Blackbox – What external effect does the software have? • Raises questions about what the software is supposed to do. • Whitebox – How is a program executing? • Raises questions about how the software is supposed work. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
13. My Work Software Debugging What do I mean by software behavior? • Blackbox – What external effect does the software have? • Raises questions about what the software is supposed to do. • Whitebox – How is a program executing? • Raises questions about how the software is supposed work. • Bugs come in both forms • Software often impacts in unexpected ways. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
14. My Work Software Debugging What do I mean by software behavior? • Blackbox – What external effect does the software have? • Raises questions about what the software is supposed to do. • Whitebox – How is a program executing? • Raises questions about how the software is supposed work. • Bugs come in both forms • Software often impacts in unexpected ways. • Software often executes in unexpected ways. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
15. My Work Software Debugging What are my research questions? • How does software behavior look like? Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
16. My Work Software Debugging What are my research questions? • How does software behavior look like? • How are instructions in software related to each other? Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
17. My Work Software Debugging What are my research questions? • How does software behavior look like? • How are instructions in software related to each other? • To what extent are instructions related to each other? Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
18. My Work Software Debugging How does software behavior look like? Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
19. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine What is a Ph.D. like, especially at UCI? Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
20. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine UCI is a great place for Engineering ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
21. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine UCI is a great place for Engineering ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
22. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine Dedicated School for Information and Computer Science Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
23. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine Known for Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Human Computer Interaction Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
24. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine Irvine?!? Irvine, California. • Orange County, Southern California. • 5 miles from Disney Land! • 1 hour car ride from L.A. • 1 hour flight from San Fransisco. • FYI ... Safest city in the U.S. of A. Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
25. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine Irvine and UCI are beautiful ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
26. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine Irvine and UCI are beautiful ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
27. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine Irvine and UCI are beautiful ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
28. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine Irvine and UCI are beautiful ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
29. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine Irvine and UCI are beautiful ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
30. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine The Nightlife is not too bad ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
31. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine The Food ain’t bad either ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
32. Life as a PhD student UC, Irvine The Food ain’t bad either ... Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
33. Life as a PhD student Travel the World You get to travel the world Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
34. Life as a PhD student Travel the World Zurich, Switzerland Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
35. Life as a PhD student Travel the World San Fransisco, CA Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
36. Life as a PhD student Travel the World San Fransisco, CA Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
37. Life as a PhD student Travel the World San Fransisco, CA Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
38. Life as a PhD student Travel the World Computer History Museum, Silicon Valley, CA Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
39. Life as a PhD student Travel the World Computer History Museum, Silicon Valley, CA Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
40. Life as a PhD student Travel the World Computer History Museum, Silicon Valley, CA Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
41. Life as a PhD student Hard Work It is Hard Work! Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
42. Life as a PhD student Hard Work It is Hard Work! Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
43. Life as a PhD student Hard Work It is Hard Work! Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
44. Life as a PhD student Hard Work It is Hard Work! Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
45. Life as a PhD student Hard Work It is Hard Work! Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
46. Life as a PhD student Hard Work It is Hard Work! Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
47. Life as a PhD student Hard Work It is Rewarding! Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013
48. Keep in touch Keep in touch vpalepu.com @vkrishnapalepu Palepu (UCI) AIT 2013