Path 1 Kawader: Research Assistant – Software Analysis and Developer Support (SANAD) Lab

NYU Abu Dhabi invites applications for a Kawader Research Assistant Fellow position in Computer Science within the Division of Science under the supervision of Dr.

Karim Ali.

The successful candidate will join the SANAD Lab, conducting research in programming languages and software engineering.

The Research Assistant will contribute to the development of open-source tools and resources and participate in research leading to scholarly publications.

The name SANAD (سند), meaning "support" in Arabic, is short for Software Analysis and Developer Support, reflecting the lab’s mission to assist developers as software systems become increasingly intricate.

Specializing in program analysis and software analytics, the lab works on enhancing the precision and scalability of static analyses and mining insights from software repositories.

Ongoing research projects include detecting API misuse, analyzing program performance, measuring energy consumption, detecting security vulnerabilities, supporting library migrations, and leveraging large language models (LLMs) for software engineering and static analysis tasks.

More information about the lab is available at https://sanadlab.org.

UAE nationals are encouraged to apply

This position is under the NYUAD Kawader program, for details regarding the program, open dates, specific program requirements, and FAQ's please refer to our NYUAD Kawader webpage: https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/about/careers/postdoctoral-and-research/kawader-research-assistantship-program.html

Kawader is a unique, national capacity-building research fellowship program that allows outstanding graduates to gain experience in a cutting-edge academic research environment.

This three-year, individually tailored, intensive program has two distinctive paths designed for (Emirati) graduates considering a graduate degree or a career in research.

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