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At that time, I didn’t know much about computer algorithms or even mind sports. However, the idea of learning how to code by myself just using an online judge attracted my attention since the first moment. I remembered my first ACM-ICPC contest in 2009. My performance in the contest was terrible. With only a few weeks of training, I was unable to solve any of the problems. From that moment onward, I knew that programming contests are a real challenge, even for serious and highly motivated students.</p><aside class=quote><em>“Programming contests are a real challenge, even for serious and highly motivated students.”</em></aside><p align=center><a href><img src=../img/posts/2017/competitive-programming.png height=250px></a></p><p>I started my self-training plan, and a couple of months later, I had jumped up to the first ten places in my university. Surprisingly, after four years without submitting a problem to the <a href=http://coj.uci.cu/>COJ</a>, my <a href="http://coj.uci.cu/user/useraccount.xhtml?username=CeSaR_uclv">user profile</a> is still in the top 500 contestants from my country. In this post, I want to share some insights and tricks that I learned when I was a competitive programmer.</p><h1 id=start-asap>Start ASAP</h1><p>There is no such thing as a good “starting time” to become a competitive programmer. It is a long process, so as soon as you start developing and algorithmic thinking, then much better for you to become a strong programmer. I believe that programming should be taught to elementary schoolers. Just think about it, the best competitive programmers, such as the prodigious <a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennady_Korotkevich>Gennady Korotkevich</a> started at a very young age.</p><h1 id=master-the-essential-first>Master the Essential First</h1><p>You need to crawl before walking, be sure to know the basic principles of programming before deep yourself into more advanced topics. You must master data structures, combinatorics, number theory, geometry, graph theory, string analysis, and searching techniques. Study each topic one by one, solving problems and thinking how to merge it.</p><h1 id=choose-an-adequate-training-plan-and-stick-to-it>Choose an Adequate Training Plan and Stick to it</h1><p>A goal without a plan is just a wish. Of course, you need to be diligent and study all the time, but if you don’t have a good strategy, then you will advance slowly. Use a calendar to organize your training sessions. Expend one day for each type of problem, by doing so it is more difficult to be bored. I recommend don’t expending more than 2 hours on the same problem. If stuck, then change your activity, get some tutorial, or ask for help.</p><h1 id=use-good-study-resources>Use Good Study Resources</h1><p>Start with the right foot. Choose your materials and resources carefully. As programming languages, C++ is the better, but you should also know Java and its useful libraries such as BigInteger or Calendar. This is my list of recommended books for starters and intermediate contestants:</p><ul><li><strong>“Competitive Programming 3: The New Lower Bound of Programming Contests”</strong> written by Steven Halim and Felix Halim.</li><li><strong>“Programming Challenges: The programming contest training manual”</strong> written by Steven S. Skiena and Miguel A. Revilla.</li><li><strong>“The Art of Programming Contests”</strong> written by Ahmed Shamsul Arefin</li></ul><h1 id=be-persistent>Be Persistent</h1><p>Persistence is the key to competitive programming success. If you have tenacity, then you have all is needed to be a winner. I’m not kidding; there are a lot of others that don’t have enough patience. Every day, take a piece of paper and a pencil and try to think about a problem. Don’t surrender easily; choose hard problems. You will learn nothing doing the easy ones, try to solve at least one difficult problem every day.</p><h1 id=be-efficient>Be Efficient</h1><p>It’s always better to spend 5 minutes thinking more about implementation rather than spending ten more minutes doing it. Learn about time complexity, and the best optimization tricks. In competitive programming, the best-written code it s that you can understand, type faster, and run faster. With time, you will develop a powerful skill: the debugging mind. This means that you will be able to run the program in your mind, saving a lot of valuable developing time.</p><h1 id=share-your-work-and-ideas-with-others>Share Your Work and Ideas with Others</h1><p>The best way to learn is by teaching others. This is because you need to be sure of what you know to convince others. If you find an efficient solution for a problem, then share it. In this way, you will get feedback and will learn during the process.</p><h1 id=keep-yourself-up-to-date>Keep Yourself Up to Date</h1><p>Once you mastered the basics, then use forums to keep updated with the latest implementations. The following is a list of useful websites with studying resources:</p><ul><li><a href=http://codeforces.com/>Codeforces</a></li><li><a href=http://hackerrank.com/>Hackerrank</a></li><li><a href=http://www.codechef.com/>Codechef</a></li><li><a href=http://www.topcoder.com/>Topcoder</a></li><li><a href=http://uva.onlinejudge.org/>UVA Online Judge</a></li></ul><h1 id=free-your-mind>Free Your Mind</h1><p>You need hard work and practice (a lot of practice) to become a competent contestant. Once you acquire an algorithmic mindset and the right skills, then only your mind will make the difference. It is a good idea to change your activities, have a hobby (I play the guitar), or spend time doing nothing. I believe that diversion is also an essential part of the training.</p><h1 id=enjoy>Enjoy</h1><p>Again, life is more than a competition. With time you will note that competitive programming gave you beneficial programming skills, and you will feel good for having discovered it. 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 – <cite>Philip Guo</cite></p></blockquote><p>The evolution in the author’s mentality about the PhD student role is remarkable. At the start of his journey, Philip considered himself to be a very competent grad student. The reader can appreciate how this winner mentality consistently degrades through the first years of his PhD when he was thrown head-first into large projects without receiving the proper context about how his efforts fit into the big-picture vision of a tenured professor. In the end, he recognized that he lacked the experience necessary to turn his initial ideas into real research projects. Nevertheless, the initial struggles inspired several of his latter PhD projects. In this context, one must understand that a PhD is not the same as a graduate school because you are primarily on your own. A PhD student doesn’t have an explicit curriculum to complete. Therefore, a PhD is an entirely different type of challenge, and it is not comparable with any other kind of educational activity.</p><blockquote><p>“Professors love to repeat the refrain: If it’s already been done before, then it wouldn’t be research! For the first time, I viscerally felt the meaning of those words.”
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 For example, encryption and hashing are the backbones of the blockchain technology that fuels cryptocurrencies, whereas encoding and obfuscation unify and secure the web, respectively.
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 At the beginning of a research project, there is often <a href=https://www.cesarsotovalero.net/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html>no clear path</a> to follow.
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 <script>(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({})</script></p><h1 id=the-test>The Test</h1><p>First of all, there is no official pass or fail for the test. IELTS is scored on a nine-band scale, with each band corresponding to a specified competence in English. Band scores are used for each language sub-skill (Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking). The Band Scale ranges from 0 (<em>“Did not attempt the test”</em>) to 9 (<em>“Expert User”</em>). The IELTS minimum scores required by academic institutions and by course vary. As a general rule, the ranked universities in the world tend to require a higher IELTS band (typically higher or equal to 6.5). Once you completed the test, your IELTS results will be available 13 days after and you will receive a Test Report Form like this one:</p><figure class=jb_picture><img src=../img/posts/2017/IELTS_Test_Report_Form.jpg height=500px alt="Official IELTS test report form" longdesc=#c13e1390><figcaption class=stroke>&#169; Official IELTS test report form</figcaption></figure><p>In my opinion, it is practically impossible to achieve an overall band score of 9 (the maximum) in IELTS. The test is designed to be this way. The reason? In a four letters single word: <strong>time</strong>.</p><p>Time will be your worst enemy if you are interested in taking the IELTS. The test is divided in four sections in this order:</p><table class=border-bottom-on-table><thead><tr><th>Order</th><th>Test</th><th>Time</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Listening</td><td>30 minutes + 10 minutes’ transfer time</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Reading</td><td>60 minutes</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Writing</td><td>60 minutes</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Speaking</td><td>12–15 minutes</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The best of all the advice I can give you to do well in IELTS is to understand very well how the test works and practicing. When I say “know”, I mean to master all the details of the test’s structure. On the other hand, practicing for IELTS is not doing one or two parts of the tests separately, but complete dozens of full tests just like the real one. Take into account that you should be prepared not for a regular English exam, but for a particular type of test that will force you to put your mind and skills to its limits. In the following, I will divide each section of the test into parts and give suggestions and personal remarks about what is required to be completed in each of them.</p><aside class=quote><em>“The best way to perform well in the IELTS is to understand very well how the test works and execute a lot of practicing.”</em></aside><h1 id=listening>Listening</h1><p>The Listening Test takes between 20 and 30 minutes to listen to a recording and to answer questions on what you hear, and 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the <a href=https://cesarsotovalero.github.io/files/IELTS_Listening_Answer_Sheet.pdf>Listening Answer Sheet</a>. It consists of 4 sections. There are 40 questions in total. You need to answer all the questions as you listen to the recording. The recording is not paused at any time, and you hear it only once. The questions get more difficult as you progress through the test.</p><p>The only way to improve your Listening ability is to <strong>train your ears</strong> to separate and understand the words you hear in the flow of a sentence. There is a big difference between seeing a word printed on paper while reading and hearing it. If you saw a word, it doesn’t mean you will recognize it when you listen to it. This is why you must listen to every word you have seen at least once.</p><p>Here is a list of tips and tricks I learned during my training for the Listening Test:</p><ul><li>Use a speaker (not earphones) during training.</li><li>Practice using the official Answer Sheet.</li><li>Write your answers while you’re hearing, and don’t forget to copy them to the Answer Sheet during the ten additional minutes.</li><li>Hear English speakers with different accents.</li><li>Be able to distinguish the difference between the answers (which often are pronounced louder and precisely) and the fill phrases.</li><li>During the test, if for some reason you lose yourself, don’t panic, forget the issue and continue to the next section.</li></ul><p>Finally, recall that even when you feel confident, a lot of practice is still needed to achieve a high score in the real test. I did nearly 40 Listening Test before attempting the actual test.</p><h1 id=reading>Reading</h1><p>The Reading Test takes 1 hour, and your task is to read passages of text and to answer questions according to what you have learned. It consists of 3 text passages and has 40 questions in total. Your job is to read the passages and either answer questions, label diagrams, complete sentences, or fill gaps. For every type of task, there are instructions and an example. Passages are taken from books, newspapers, magazines, and the topics are very diverse, from scuba diving to space exploration. Passages progress in difficulty, with the first being the easiest and the third the hardest.</p><p>As I said before, time is your greatest enemy. In the Listening Test you don’t need to care about time, but the Reading Test is a different story. You need to manage it very carefully yourself. Be smart, due to the progress in level of difficulty, spend 15 minutes on the first passage, 20 minutes on the second and 25 on the last one. In each passage set aside 2 minutes to copy your answers to the <a href=https://cesarsotovalero.github.io/files/IELTS_Reading_Answer_Sheet.pdf>Reading Answer Sheet</a>.</p><p>Here is a list of tips and tricks I learned during my training for the Reading Test:</p><ul><li>Take a fast first glance of the full texts at the beginning.</li><li>Don’t read, scan.</li><li>Make a mind map of the entire text and its content.</li><li>If you don’t know a particular keyword, then infer its meaning from the context.</li><li>Just read the first sentence of the paragraph and look for the questions that this paragraph answers.</li><li>Underline the words in the paragraph that explain its main idea.</li><li>If any question takes you too much time (more than two minutes), then give up and move to the next one.</li><li>Practice with a clock, and don’t forget to put your answers to the Answer Sheet.</li></ul><p>I thought that the Reading Test was my best part of the test, but unfortunately, I was wrong. I prepared myself for achieving a minimum of 8 in the real test. However, the passages were large and complicated. The first was a description about the technical parts of a water filter, the second a narration about apes and their life in secured habitats, and the last a philosophical essay related to the types of dreams and their meaning.</p><p>Practicing for the Reading Test is useful but not too much as the other parts of the IELTS. This is because the vocabulary, in general, is very rich, and it is almost impossible to know and dominate all the words. The best practice is to <strong>refine the scanning strategy</strong> to get the main idea of each paragraph without reading it entirely.</p><h1 id=writing>Writing</h1><p>Writing takes 1 hour and is divided into two sub-parts: 20 minutes to write a report and 40 minutes to write an essay. The report is based on a graph, a diagram, or a table you that receive, and you must use not fewer than 150 words. The second task is to write an essay on a given topic, present and justify an opinion or provide a solution to a problem, using no fewer than 250 words.</p><p>The essay is the most crucial part of the Writing Test (it counts for nearly 70% of the score). Writing the report must not take you more than 20 minutes, so there will be 40 minutes left for the essay. You will receive two <a href=https://cesarsotovalero.github.io/files/IELTS_Writing_Answer_Sheet.pdf>Writing Answer Sheet</a> to write on. Keep your writing neat, clean, and nice-looking. Leave a blank line between paragraphs and don’t write in the margins of the Answer Sheet. Don’t make a mess even if you have made a mistake, erase it as fast as you can.</p><p>Here is a list of general tips and tricks I learned during my training for the Writing Test:</p><ul><li>Be sure to fulfill the word limit.</li><li>Use the official Answer Sheets.</li><li>Memorize a writing structure and stick to it.</li><li>Master the paraphrase skill.</li></ul><p>In my opinion, the first part of the Writing Test is which most study demands. You should be prepared for describing a broad set of different graphs (e.g., single and double line graphs, bar and pie charts, tables, process diagrams, maps, etc.). There is no other way than practicing and learning the grammar for each one of them. It is important to be pragmatic, writing three concise paragraphs without including additional information that doesn’t appear on the chart. Your opinion shouldn’t appear anywhere in the report.</p><p>For me, writing the essay is more comfortable than the report, and I will tell you why. You don’t have to be a writer to write a good essay. Just follow the rules, keep the right <strong>structure</strong>, use some “smart” words, and practice a little. This way, you can easily reach a level, where no matter what topic they give you, after 40 minutes, you turn out a beautiful 2-page essay and walk out of the room with a big smile on your face.</p><p>There are only three kinds of essay topics in IELTS:</p><ol><li>Present an <strong>argument</strong>, and you need to explore the pros and cons, reasons for and against, while you support only one side.</li><li>Present a <strong>hidden argument</strong>. These topics usually ask <em>“To what extent …?”</em>, <em>“In what way…?”</em>, <em>“How has something changed…?”</em></li><li>Present a <strong>situation</strong> and you need to explore reasons why it is what it is, assume what will happen in the future, and suggest solutions to problems if required.</li></ol><p>I did a mental structure to write each of these three kinds of essays, and after a little practice, I discovered that I could write a good essay on almost all the given topics. If you want to know how I did it, I recommend you to study these two sources <a href=https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/writing-task-1/>1</a> and <a href=https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/writing-task-2/>2</a>.</p><h1 id=speaking>Speaking</h1><p>Speaking takes up to 15 minutes and consists of 3 parts. The first sub-part of the Speaking test is an interview, which means that the examiner asks you questions about yourself, your work, studies, parents, brothers/sisters, pets, etc. This is an easy task to prepare for. In the second sub-part of the Speaking Test you receive a card with 3-4 questions. After one minute, during which you have to think about something to say, you should give a short speech for one to two minutes, which answers those questions. In the end, the examiner might ask you a couple of additional questions. In the third sub-part of the test, you discuss it with the examiner. The topic is somehow related to the one from section two, but it is about more abstract ideas. You have to express and justify your opinions. Speaking performance is evaluated according to a set of <a href=https://cesarsotovalero.github.io/files/IELTS_Speaking_Band_Descriptors.pdf>Speaking Band Descriptors</a> you should know.</p><p>Here is a list of general tips and tricks I learned during my training for the Speaking Test:</p><ul><li>Smile.</li><li>Be confident.</li><li>Try to be creative.</li><li>Use a microphone to record yourself and analyze your performance.</li><li>Use all the tenses when you speak - past, present, future - and use them correctly.</li><li>Prepare a phrase for clarification in case you don’t understand what the examiner is asking you.</li><li>During the second part, don’t write the card with the questions, use the sheet of paper instead (I made that mistake, nobody warning me).</li><li>See videos from YouTube to get an idea of what the interview is about.</li><li>Practice the second part with a clock, you need to get a notion of what it is to talk for two minutes in a row.</li><li>Speak, speak, and speak!</li></ul><p>My personal advice is that the Speaking test is strongly predictable, so once you practice during a dozen of interviews, you will able to <strong>predict the next question</strong>. I remember that I prepared myself for each of the three parts separately; it’s like a game. I was familiarized with nearly all possible common questions. It is better if you have somebody for training (my wife helps me with this part). Finally, don’t expect a friendly interviewer, they are more interested in what’s recording the microphone than in you.</p><h1 id=last-remarks>Last Remarks</h1><p>You should learn about all the types of tasks required in each part of the test. Make your strategy and recall that in the real test, you are going to score lower than in practice because of stress, pressure, and other factors (often one entire point lower than your average score). For instance, if you want to go for a band score of seven, be sure to achieve an eight during practice.</p><h1 id=useful-resources>Useful Resources</h1><ul><li>The Official Cambridge Guide to IELTS Series 1 to 10 - Student’s Book with Answers</li><li>Target Band 7: IELTS Academic Module - how to Maximize Your Score by Simone Braverman</li><li>101 Helpful Hints for IELTS Academic Module by Garry Adams and Terry Peck</li><li><a href=https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/>https://www.ieltsadvantage.com</a></li><li><a href=http://ielts-simon.com/>http://ielts-simon.com</a></li></ul></article><ul class="pager blog-pager"><li class=next><a href=/blog/git-fundamentals.html data-toggle=tooltip data-placement=top title="Git Fundamentals">Next Post &rarr;</a></li></ul><br></div></div></div><script>anchors.options={position:'left'},anchors.add('h1:not(.no-anchor)','h2','h3')</script><div class=container><div class=row><div class="col-lg-10 col-lg-offset-2 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1" style=padding-right:15px><div class=flex-container-footer-badges><section class=share-section><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Personal+useful+list+of+tips+to+pass+the+IELTS+Academic+English+test.+https://www.cesarsotovalero.net/blog/how-i-beat-the-ielts-academic-with-just-a-month-of-self-training.html" class="btn btn-my-icon btn-twitter" title="Share on Twitter"><span id=share-twitter class="fab fa-twitter" aria-hidden=true></span>
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 This problem is known as writer’s block, and most academics suffer from it in one way or the other.
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 Typically, the next move is applying for a <del>temporally</del> position as PostDoc at some good university.
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 That’s very good for you, I think everyone should know how to code these days (in the same way everyone should know about basic math operations such as +, -, *, and / even though we all have calculators).
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 You’ve been dealing with a research paper for months, maybe years.
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 Today, many top conferences allow the authors of a rejected paper to submit a so-called “paper rebuttal.”
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 It was a lot of work, as usual.
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But using art as a form of expression...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/my-phd-as-a-comic.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-give-a-great-technical-presentation.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Give a Great Technical Presentation</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Here's what I've learned</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 22, 2023</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-give-a-great-technical-presentation.html><img src=../img/posts/2023/2023-06-22/circus-cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2023/2023-06-22/circus-cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Public speaking has never been my forte. As a child, I often preferred blending into the crowd rather than standing out.1 However, I’ve since realized that in the pursuit of professional excellence, there is no way to avoid the public eye. Talent and hard work doesn’t really matter if I...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-give-a-great-technical-presentation.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/paper-figures-are-always-subject-to-change.html><h2 class=post-title>Let's Face It: Paper Figures Are Always Subject to Change</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The story of a single figure</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 10, 2023</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/paper-figures-are-always-subject-to-change.html><img src=../img/posts/2023/2023-03-10/initial_whiteboarding_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2023/2023-03-10/initial_whiteboarding_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>There is one painful truth about the process of writing research papers that I haven’t heard anyone talking about during my years as a PhD student: Figures keep changing until the very last moment! It seems that the journey of figures (and other kinds of visualizations) in research papers is...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/paper-figures-are-always-subject-to-change.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/securing-a-permanent-job-in-sweden-before-completing-my-phd.html><h2 class=post-title>Securing a Permanent Job in Sweden Before Completing My PhD</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My personal experiences and tips</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 14, 2023</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/securing-a-permanent-job-in-sweden-before-completing-my-phd.html><img src=../img/posts/2023/2023-03-10/subway_in_red_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2023/2023-03-10/subway_in_red_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>For better or worse, a PhD is a time constrained endeavour. For me, this represented almost 5 years of full-time research in Computer Science at KTH. When approaching completion, the decision of whether to pursue a career in academia or explore other paths lay before me. After some key considerations,...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/securing-a-permanent-job-in-sweden-before-completing-my-phd.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/data-serialization-deserialization-in-java-with-apache-avro.html><h2 class=post-title>Data Serialization/Deserialization in Java With Apache Avro</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Getting started</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 20, 2023</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/data-serialization-deserialization-in-java-with-apache-avro.html><img src=../img/posts/2023/2023-01-20/sparrow-cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2023/2023-01-20/sparrow-cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>When working with data processing in Java, choosing the right file format for storing and transmitting the data is crucial. Each format (such as CSV, JSON, or Parquet) has its particular advantages and disadvantages, as they are specifically designed to cater to different use cases. In this article, I’ll focus...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/data-serialization-deserialization-in-java-with-apache-avro.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-cover-letter-for-a-research-paper.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Write a Good Cover Letter for a Research Paper</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Quick an easy</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 23, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-cover-letter-for-a-research-paper.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/knowledge_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/knowledge_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Submitting a research paper is probably one of the most happy moments in the working life career of PhD students. You’ve been dealing with a research paper for months, maybe years. And you know, clicking that “submit” button represents such a moment of relief. You just want it to be...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-cover-letter-for-a-research-paper.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-true-value-of-attending-academic-conferences.html><h2 class=post-title>The True Value of Attending Academic Conferences</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>It's not only about the technical content</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 19, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-true-value-of-attending-academic-conferences.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/fse_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/fse_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I recently attended the 29th edition of ESEC/FSE 2022 in Singapore. ESEC/FSE is one of the most prestigious conferences in the Software Engineering field.1 This was my first time participating in an academic conference (in person). I went there to present two papers. But let me admit it, I had...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-true-value-of-attending-academic-conferences.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-the-jvm-executes-java-code.html><h2 class=post-title>The Execution Lifecycle of a Java Application</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Or... what happens when you run a Java program?</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 20, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-the-jvm-executes-java-code.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/statue_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/statue_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>If you are reading this post it’s likely that you already know how to write Java code. That’s very good for you, I think everyone should know how to code these days (in the same way everyone should know about basic math operations such as +, -, *, and /...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-the-jvm-executes-java-code.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/on-the-parkinson-law-of-triviality-for-computer-science-researchers.html><h2 class=post-title>On the Parkinson's Law of Triviality for Computer Science Researchers</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>It must stop!</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/on-the-parkinson-law-of-triviality-for-computer-science-researchers.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/whitman_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/whitman_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The Parkinson’s Law of Triviality is a real thing (more on this later). And for Computer Science researchers, it is part of everyday life. As we know, research is a very time-consuming activity. There are uncertain tasks that typically take a lot of time to complete. This state of things...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/on-the-parkinson-law-of-triviality-for-computer-science-researchers.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/why-debloating-third-party-software.html><h2 class=post-title>Why Debloating Third-Party Software?</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The case of the Log4j vulnerability</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 15, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/why-debloating-third-party-software.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/2022-06-15/satyr-cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/2022-06-15/satyr-cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Most software applications today are built using third-party libraries and frameworks that together constitute the application’s software supply chain. These libraries are often large and complex pieces of engineering, with many features and functionalities to support a wide range of use cases. Consequently, most applications only use a small subset...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/why-debloating-third-party-software.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/my-ultimate-terminal-customizations-for-macos.html><h2 class=post-title>My Ultimate Terminal Customizations for macOS</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/my-ultimate-terminal-customizations-for-macos.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/cheers_ascii_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/cheers_ascii_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>There is a common belief that top-class software developers can do their job without ever abandoning the terminal. I think this is true to some extent. It is almost impossible to become an outstanding software developer without knowing how to get the most out of the terminal. Personally, I treat...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/my-ultimate-terminal-customizations-for-macos.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/no-one-cares-about-your-research.html><h2 class=post-title>No One Cares About Your Research!</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A comfortable truth</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 11, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/no-one-cares-about-your-research.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/park_paint_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/park_paint_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>That’s the truth. No one cares about what you’re doing in your PhD, no one, no one!1 But don’t be sad, because this is actually a very comfortable truth. I only came to this realization after a while. Once you get it, then you will start looking at your PhD...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/no-one-cares-about-your-research.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-dynamic-features-of-java.html><h2 class=post-title>The Dynamic Features of Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A long-standing challenge for static analyzers</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on April 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-dynamic-features-of-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/untamed_horse_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/untamed_horse_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The existence of dynamic features built-in within the language allows Java developers to dynamically transform their program executions at runtime. For example, using the Java Reflection API, one can inspect and interact with otherwise static language constructs such as classes, fields, and methods, e.g., to instantiate objects, set fields and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-dynamic-features-of-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/inversion-of-control-and-dependency-injection-in-java.html><h2 class=post-title>Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection in Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The holy grails of modern enterprise Java frameworks</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on April 12, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/inversion-of-control-and-dependency-injection-in-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/universitetet_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2022/universitetet_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Inversion of Control (IoC) is a programming principle. The idea of IoC is delegating the control of parts of our application to a framework that initializes some specific task for us. Dependency injection (DI) is a popular design pattern that applies the IoC principle. This pattern was made popular by...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/inversion-of-control-and-dependency-injection-in-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/aot-vs-jit-compilation-in-java.html><h2 class=post-title>AOT vs. JIT Compilation in Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Which one is better?</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 27, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/aot-vs-jit-compilation-in-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/curves_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/curves_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>There are two ways of compiling a Java application: using Just in Time Compilation (JIT) or Ahead of Time Compilation (AOT). The first is the default mode, and it is used by the Java Hotspot Virtual Machine to translate bytecode into machine code at runtime. The latter is supported by...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/aot-vs-jit-compilation-in-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-revision-letter.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Write a Good Revision Letter For an Academic Paper</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My system to address major revisions and get my papers accepted</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 13, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-revision-letter.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/ring_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/ring_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I just finished a major revision for one of my research papers.1 It was a lot of work, as usual. Writing a response letter for the editor and reviewers is always a challenging process. After receiving the editor’s decision, I had to put aside what I’m working on at the...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-revision-letter.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-phd-profiles-are-evaluated.html><h2 class=post-title>Staying in Academia: How PhD Profiles are Evaluated?</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An overview</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-phd-profiles-are-evaluated.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/red_paint_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/red_paint_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Let’s say that you just finished your PhD and have decided to stay in academia.1 Typically, the next move is applying for a temporally position as PostDoc at some good university. To get a good PostDoc, at the end of the PhD your profile will be rigorously evaluated. At this...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-phd-profiles-are-evaluated.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/bus-factor-a-human-centered-risk-metric-in-the-software-supply-chain.html><h2 class=post-title>Bus Factor: A Human-Centered Risk Metric in the Software Supply Chain</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Public transportation may become hellish</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 6, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/bus-factor-a-human-centered-risk-metric-in-the-software-supply-chain.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/plane_paint_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/plane_paint_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>What if some members of a software project are suddenly hit by a bus? What would happen to the project in such an unfortunate scenario? According to Wikipedia, this question was first pointed out in 1994 when someone publicly asked about what would happen to Python if Guido van Rossum...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/bus-factor-a-human-centered-risk-metric-in-the-software-supply-chain.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-paper-rebuttal.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Write a Good Paper Rebuttal</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A practical guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 29, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-paper-rebuttal.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/maxwell_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/maxwell_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The rejection of a research paper is always a tough spot in the life of researchers. Today, many top conferences allow the authors of a rejected paper to submit a so-called “paper rebuttal.” This is a last chance for the authors to defend their work in case the reviewers made...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-paper-rebuttal.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-do-i-track-the-progress-of-my-research-projects.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Track the Progress of a Research Project</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My methodology based on the weekly delivery of verifiable artifacts</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 17, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-do-i-track-the-progress-of-my-research-projects.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/globe_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/globe_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Academic research is a very intense and mentally demanding activity subject to constant change and evolution. At the beginning of a research project, there is often no clear path to follow. Consequently, researchers have to figure out a good plan to take in order to achieve their objectives. But a...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-do-i-track-the-progress-of-my-research-projects.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/encoding-encryption-hashing-and-obfuscation-in-java.html><h2 class=post-title>Encoding, Encryption, Hashing, and Obfuscation in Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>From concepts to code</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 19, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/encoding-encryption-hashing-and-obfuscation-in-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/paint_on_wall_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/paint_on_wall_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The concepts of encoding, encryption, hashing, and obfuscation are at the core of many critical software technologies. For example, encryption and hashing are the backbones of the blockchain technology that fuels cryptocurrencies, whereas encoding and obfuscation unify and secure the web, respectively. Unfortunately, these concepts are often mistakenly confused or...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/encoding-encryption-hashing-and-obfuscation-in-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/sigbovik-the-ig-nobel-for-academics-and-computer-science-researchers.html><h2 class=post-title>SIGBOVIK: The Ig Nobel for Academics and Computer Science Researchers</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The most wanted proceedings for fruitful procrastination</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 5, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/sigbovik-the-ig-nobel-for-academics-and-computer-science-researchers.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/splatter_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/splatter_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>The SIGBOVIK’s flagship conference is a satiric and incredibly interesting Computer Science venue sponsored by the self-called “Association for Computational Heresy (ACH).” The event has been celebrated annually since 2007 in honor of Harry Quantifiability Bovik, an unconventional professor from Carnegie Mellon University. SIGBOVIK is the cradle of the funniest...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/sigbovik-the-ig-nobel-for-academics-and-computer-science-researchers.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-set-up-a-blockchain-network-with-hyperledger-besu.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Set Up A Blockchain Network With Hyperledger Besu</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Look mom, I'm running my own blockchain!</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 21, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-set-up-a-blockchain-network-with-hyperledger-besu.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/floor_art_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/floor_art_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>If you are a Java developer interested in cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related technologies, you should probably have heard about Hyperledger Besu. Besu is the official Java client of the Ethereum blockchain. As an enterprise-grade client for public and private networks, Besu is able to connect to the blockchain and verify all...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-set-up-a-blockchain-network-with-hyperledger-besu.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-i-overcome-writer-block-when-preparing-a-research-paper.html><h2 class=post-title>How I Overcome Writer's Block When Preparing a Research Paper</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My bulletproof approach</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 7, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-i-overcome-writer-block-when-preparing-a-research-paper.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/stalking_monster.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/stalking_monster.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Every time I start writing a new research paper, the same freezing feeling seems to emerge when I look at the blank page. This problem is known as writer’s block, and most academics suffer from it in one way or the other. I’ve dealt with this invisible monster on many...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-i-overcome-writer-block-when-preparing-a-research-paper.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/seven-reasons-to-go-for-a-phd-in-computer-science.html><h2 class=post-title>Seven Reasons to Go For a PhD In Computer Science</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The good and the ugly</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 21, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/seven-reasons-to-go-for-a-phd-in-computer-science.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/rabbit_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/rabbit_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Pursuing a PhD is a unique and personal experience. Admittedly, it is a journey mostly driven by personal ambitions and pride. The decision to begin this journey (i.e., becoming a PhD student) is a very serious because a PhD can literally change your life. It is not something to be...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/seven-reasons-to-go-for-a-phd-in-computer-science.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-software-supply-chain.html><h2 class=post-title>The Software Supply Chain</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A quick look at the modern software production landscape</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 11, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-software-supply-chain.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/crane_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/crane_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>The software supply chain comprises all the technology involved in shipping a piece of code from development to its deployment in a production environment. Several actors and different technologies participate in this complex process, e.g., developers, IDEs, compilers, package managers, a so on. The success or failure of a software...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-software-supply-chain.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/design-for-microservices.html><h2 class=post-title>Design For Microservices!</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An easy way to boost the popularity of your open-source projects</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on September 20, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/design-for-microservices.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/clouds_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/clouds_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>The microservice architecture style consists of small and independently deployable services that run all together around a business domain. These small services act like living cells in an organism, each providing unique functionalities to protect the health of the whole system. Microservices have transitioned from a mere buzzword ten years...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/design-for-microservices.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/configuring-remote-connections-in-unix-based-systems-using-ssh.html><h2 class=post-title>Configuring Remote Connections in Unix-Based Systems Using SSH</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A noob's guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on September 10, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/configuring-remote-connections-in-unix-based-systems-using-ssh.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/metro_station_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/metro_station_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>When working as a software engineer, you will need to connect to a remote computer hosted on a remote server.1 This is a common task for developers, sysadmins, and researchers. This post will show you how to configure a remote connection in Unix-based systems. You will learn how to create...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/configuring-remote-connections-in-unix-based-systems-using-ssh.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-software-architect.html><h2 class=post-title>What Does It Take to Become a Software Architect?</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A matter of responsibilities</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on August 9, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-software-architect.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/metro_in_stadium_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/metro_in_stadium_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Programmers and software engineers are in high demand today. In particular, those programmers who adapt to the new technological challenges and evolve their skills are more likely to grow professionally. A natural career path for experienced engineers to push forward their lifework is transitioning towards a software architect role. In...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-software-architect.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/hermit-programmers-are-dead.html><h2 class=post-title>Hermit Programmers are Dead</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Don't call yourself a programmer anymore</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 31, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/hermit-programmers-are-dead.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/ladybug_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/ladybug_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>It’s 2021, and the job market has crashed due to a ghastly global pandemic. At the same time, one particular job has taken over an idealized professional place: the computer programmer. They are perceived to be experts who know how to build, fix, and deploy software artifacts. Most of them...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/hermit-programmers-are-dead.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/replace-disqus-with-a-better-alternative.html><h2 class=post-title>Replace the Disqus Commenting System on Your Blog</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>GitHub-based open-source alternatives are better</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 27, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/replace-disqus-with-a-better-alternative.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/angry-emoji.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/angry-emoji.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I started using Disqus in 2018. At that time, it was arguably the leading commenting management system for both small and large websites. Its popularity was well deserved: ubiquitous integration, easy to set up, friendly admin panel, clean comment widget design, excellent spam filters, great content engaging features, etc. Three...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/replace-disqus-with-a-better-alternative.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html><h2 class=post-title>Book Review: The PhD Grind</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A tale of perseverance and learning from failure</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 24, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/phd_grind_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/phd_grind_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>I recently read the amazing short book titled “The PhD Grind” by Prof. Philip Guo. The book (~100 pages) is a compendium of his memories, written right after finishing his PhD in 2012. I felt ecstatic with such a brilliant masterpiece that I could barely put it down once I...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-fork-join-java-framework.html><h2 class=post-title>The Fork/Join Java framework</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Boosting performance through parallelization</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 5, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-fork-join-java-framework.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/night_tree_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/night_tree_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The Fork/Join framework makes it easy for Java developers to take advantage of the parallel execution supported by multicore processors. This API was added to the java.util.concurrent package since JDK 7, and it has been improved in subsequent versions of the JDK. It allows the developer to forget about the...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-fork-join-java-framework.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/use-custom-latex-macros-to-boost-your-writing-productivity.html><h2 class=post-title>Use Custom LaTeX Macros to Boost Your Writing Productivity</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Forget about these annoying numerical glitches in your LaTeX document</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 28, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/use-custom-latex-macros-to-boost-your-writing-productivity.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/snail_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/snail_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>If you ever use LaTeX to write your research papers or technical reports, then you should know how useful and powerful this tool is. Let me just mention three well-known benefits of using LaTeX: 1) beautiful typeset output (especially when dealing with mathematical notations); 2) consistent handling of references and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/use-custom-latex-macros-to-boost-your-writing-productivity.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/enhance-your-readme-with-asciinema.html><h2 class=post-title>Enhance Your Readme With Asciinema</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>How to create beautiful terminal recordings that your users will love</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on April 5, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/enhance-your-readme-with-asciinema.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/asciinema_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/asciinema_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Asciinema is an excellent tool for recording and sharing terminal sessions. The project is open-source and available on GitHub. A key feature of asciinema is that it allows the viewer to copy-paste the text from the player itself directly. The result of a terminal recording is an editable text file...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/enhance-your-readme-with-asciinema.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/dynamic-programming-classics.html><h2 class=post-title>Dynamic Programming by Example</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A handful of representative problems solved in Java</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 21, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/dynamic-programming-classics.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/circular_effect_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/circular_effect_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Dynamic programming (DP) is one of the most basic and, at the same time, challenging programming paradigms. Some of the best algorithms that I know, such as the Levenshtein distance and DTW are implemented using this paradigm. It consists of simplifying a complicated problem by breaking it down into simpler...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/dynamic-programming-classics.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/shortening-the-distance-between-academia-and-industry.html><h2 class=post-title>Shortening the Distance Between Academia and Industry</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An imperative need of researchers</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 2, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/shortening-the-distance-between-academia-and-industry.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/skates_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/skates_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Research is about solving relevant problems for the best of humanity. However, the relevance of certain problems is a highly subjective matter. Is it relevant to send a human being to Mars? Maybe it is, or maybe not. One thing is for sure: research is expensive. As far as I...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/shortening-the-distance-between-academia-and-industry.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/empirical-software-engineering-research-is-harder-than-you-think.html><h2 class=post-title>Empirical Software Engineering Research Is Harder Than You Think</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Trust me</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 15, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/empirical-software-engineering-research-is-harder-than-you-think.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/children_gardening_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2020/children_gardening_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>You are a very talented researcher. Perhaps you come from a popular field such as machine learning (ML) and have a ton of papers. But now, you have decided to expand your horizons and solve software engineering (SE) research problems. Hence, you will collect and analyze empirical data about software...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/empirical-software-engineering-research-is-harder-than-you-think.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-deploy-a-simple-spring-boot-application-in-gcp.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Deploy a Simple Spring Boot Application in GCP</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Getting started with Google Cloud Platform</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 2, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-deploy-a-simple-spring-boot-application-in-gcp.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/2020-07-02/heroes-cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/2020-07-02/heroes-cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>After having my Java Spring Boot web app ready, the next step is to show it to the world. This means deploying it on the internet.1 I landed on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for this task. Why? Well, GCP in 2020 gives a nice starting credit of $100, and after...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-deploy-a-simple-spring-boot-application-in-gcp.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-producer-consumer-pattern-in-java-made-easy.html><h2 class=post-title>The Producer-Consumer Pattern in Java Made Easy</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An example using the BlockingQueue Java interface</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 28, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-producer-consumer-pattern-in-java-made-easy.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/java_design_patterns_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/java_design_patterns_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I see the usage of a recurring handy pattern for doing data collection and analysis in software engineering: the producer-consumer pattern. This pattern simplifies the data acquisition (handled by the Producer), and the data post-processing (handled by the Consumer). The Producer collects the data items one at the time and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-producer-consumer-pattern-in-java-made-easy.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/diversity-driven-software-debloat.html><h2 class=post-title>Diversity-Driven Software Debloat</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Leveraging the wisdom of multiple coverage tools</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 8, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/diversity-driven-software-debloat.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/crowd_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/crowd_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>For months, I have worked on dynamic debloat of Java artifacts with JDBL. To do so, I need to compile and execute software applications to determine what parts of the compiled application are used when executing it using some workloads. Then, with the collected usage information, I debloat the unused...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/diversity-driven-software-debloat.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/unix-command-line-hacks.html><h2 class=post-title>Unix Cmd Hacks</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Boosting automation from the shell</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 23, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/unix-command-line-hacks.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/unix_course_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/unix_course_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I want to share my personal notes of the edX course Unix Tools: Data, Software and Production Engineering, by Prof. Diomidis Spinellis. I attended this course from March to June, 2020. It was my first MOOC experience. I have to say that I learned a lot in this course, and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/unix-command-line-hacks.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/recipes-for-email-based-communication-success-in-academia.html><h2 class=post-title>Recipes for Effective Academic Emailing</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A template-based approach</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 3, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/recipes-for-email-based-communication-success-in-academia.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/word_cloud_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/word_cloud_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>You cannot be a good researchers without being a good communicator. If you are good enough at both, they you may qualify for becoming a supervisor. Being a good academic supervisor is a matter of practice, discipline, and the development of leading skills. Handling tons of emails is the everyday...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/recipes-for-email-based-communication-success-in-academia.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/deploying-to-maven-central.html><h2 class=post-title>Deploying to Maven Central</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A three-steps guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 6, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/deploying-to-maven-central.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/maven_journey_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2020/maven_journey_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Maven Central is the de-facto repository for hosting software artifacts that compile to the JVM. It is one of the world’s largest and oldest archives of software libraries. In this post, I’ll describe the process of releasing a new artifact in Maven Central following a step-by-step approach. &amp;#169; Excerpt of...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/deploying-to-maven-central.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-cuban-revolution-explained.html><h2 class=post-title>The Cuban Revolution</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My personal vision</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 8, 2019</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-cuban-revolution-explained.html><img src=../img/posts/2019/cuban_flag_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2019/cuban_flag_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Recently, a friend of mine kindly requested me for information about Cuba and how the Revolution affected the people. He wanted to educate his child about socialism, from the voice of someone who lived it. The information is intended to be given to middle school kids. These are the five...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-cuban-revolution-explained.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/zip-slip-attacks.html><h2 class=post-title>The Zip Slip Vulnerability Exploitation</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Zip slip attacks</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 16, 2019</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/zip-slip-attacks.html><img src=../img/posts/2019/zipper_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2019/zipper_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>In today’s ever expanding-open source communities, developers rely heavily on third-party libraries and copy-pasted code from community websites like StackOverflow to accelerate productivity. Such code reuse tendency helps to decrease development time and effort, but also means that vulnerability in shared code (i.e., libraries) gets spread dramatically faster, as occurs...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/zip-slip-attacks.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-practice-of-teaching.html><h2 class=post-title>The Practice of Teaching</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The ultimate skill to learn</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 14, 2019</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-practice-of-teaching.html><img src=../img/posts/2019/people_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2019/people_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Nobody can deny that teaching is hard. I strongly believe that teaching is one of the most essential skills to learn in this century. Whether you are a junior software developer or a renowned member of a firm, your ability to communicate your knowledge effectively will determine your future success....<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-practice-of-teaching.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/unneccessary-code.html><h2 class=post-title>Unnecessary Code</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Clarifying the concept</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on September 14, 2018</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/unneccessary-code.html><img src=../img/posts/2018/codecode_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2018/codecode_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>After reading the paper “Is Static Analysis Able to Identify Unnecessary Source Code?” about the negative impact of unnecessary code in the software industry, I felt stuck with the many different (but very related) concepts around this topic. One can think that unnecessary code is all code that is not...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/unneccessary-code.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/a-starting-guide-to-be-a-good-competitive-programmer.html><h2 class=post-title>A Starting Guide to Programming Contests</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Where learning is more important than winning</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 13, 2017</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/a-starting-guide-to-be-a-good-competitive-programmer.html><img src=../img/posts/2017/competitive_programming_brain.png alt=../img/posts/2017/competitive_programming_brain.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>I discovered the world of competitive programming challenges during my first year at university. 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 Communicating science is even harder because it requires a larger doses of creativity.
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 I think this is true to some extent.
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 No one cares about what you’re doing in your PhD, no one, <strong>no one!</strong><sup id=fnref:1 role=doc-noteref><a href=#fn:1 class=footnote rel=footnote>1</a></sup>
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It seems that the journey of figures (and other kinds of visualizations) in research papers is...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/paper-figures-are-always-subject-to-change.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/securing-a-permanent-job-in-sweden-before-completing-my-phd.html><h2 class=post-title>Securing a Permanent Job in Sweden Before Completing My PhD</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My personal experiences and tips</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 14, 2023</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/securing-a-permanent-job-in-sweden-before-completing-my-phd.html><img src=../img/posts/2023/2023-03-10/subway_in_red_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2023/2023-03-10/subway_in_red_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>For better or worse, a PhD is a time constrained endeavour. For me, this represented almost 5 years of full-time research in Computer Science at KTH. When approaching completion, the decision of whether to pursue a career in academia or explore other paths lay before me. After some key considerations,...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/securing-a-permanent-job-in-sweden-before-completing-my-phd.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/data-serialization-deserialization-in-java-with-apache-avro.html><h2 class=post-title>Data Serialization/Deserialization in Java With Apache Avro</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Getting started</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 20, 2023</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/data-serialization-deserialization-in-java-with-apache-avro.html><img src=../img/posts/2023/2023-01-20/sparrow-cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2023/2023-01-20/sparrow-cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>When working with data processing in Java, choosing the right file format for storing and transmitting the data is crucial. Each format (such as CSV, JSON, or Parquet) has its particular advantages and disadvantages, as they are specifically designed to cater to different use cases. In this article, I’ll focus...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/data-serialization-deserialization-in-java-with-apache-avro.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-cover-letter-for-a-research-paper.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Write a Good Cover Letter for a Research Paper</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Quick an easy</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 23, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-cover-letter-for-a-research-paper.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/knowledge_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/knowledge_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Submitting a research paper is probably one of the most happy moments in the working life career of PhD students. You’ve been dealing with a research paper for months, maybe years. And you know, clicking that “submit” button represents such a moment of relief. You just want it to be...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-cover-letter-for-a-research-paper.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-true-value-of-attending-academic-conferences.html><h2 class=post-title>The True Value of Attending Academic Conferences</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>It's not only about the technical content</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 19, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-true-value-of-attending-academic-conferences.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/fse_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/fse_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I recently attended the 29th edition of ESEC/FSE 2022 in Singapore. ESEC/FSE is one of the most prestigious conferences in the Software Engineering field.1 This was my first time participating in an academic conference (in person). I went there to present two papers. But let me admit it, I had...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-true-value-of-attending-academic-conferences.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-the-jvm-executes-java-code.html><h2 class=post-title>The Execution Lifecycle of a Java Application</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Or... what happens when you run a Java program?</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 20, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-the-jvm-executes-java-code.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/statue_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/statue_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>If you are reading this post it’s likely that you already know how to write Java code. That’s very good for you, I think everyone should know how to code these days (in the same way everyone should know about basic math operations such as +, -, *, and /...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-the-jvm-executes-java-code.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/on-the-parkinson-law-of-triviality-for-computer-science-researchers.html><h2 class=post-title>On the Parkinson's Law of Triviality for Computer Science Researchers</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>It must stop!</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/on-the-parkinson-law-of-triviality-for-computer-science-researchers.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/whitman_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/whitman_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The Parkinson’s Law of Triviality is a real thing (more on this later). And for Computer Science researchers, it is part of everyday life. As we know, research is a very time-consuming activity. There are uncertain tasks that typically take a lot of time to complete. This state of things...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/on-the-parkinson-law-of-triviality-for-computer-science-researchers.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/why-debloating-third-party-software.html><h2 class=post-title>Why Debloating Third-Party Software?</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The case of the Log4j vulnerability</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 15, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/why-debloating-third-party-software.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/2022-06-15/satyr-cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/2022-06-15/satyr-cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Most software applications today are built using third-party libraries and frameworks that together constitute the application’s software supply chain. These libraries are often large and complex pieces of engineering, with many features and functionalities to support a wide range of use cases. Consequently, most applications only use a small subset...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/why-debloating-third-party-software.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/my-ultimate-terminal-customizations-for-macos.html><h2 class=post-title>My Ultimate Terminal Customizations for macOS</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/my-ultimate-terminal-customizations-for-macos.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/cheers_ascii_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/cheers_ascii_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>There is a common belief that top-class software developers can do their job without ever abandoning the terminal. I think this is true to some extent. It is almost impossible to become an outstanding software developer without knowing how to get the most out of the terminal. Personally, I treat...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/my-ultimate-terminal-customizations-for-macos.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/no-one-cares-about-your-research.html><h2 class=post-title>No One Cares About Your Research!</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A comfortable truth</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 11, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/no-one-cares-about-your-research.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/park_paint_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/park_paint_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>That’s the truth. No one cares about what you’re doing in your PhD, no one, no one!1 But don’t be sad, because this is actually a very comfortable truth. I only came to this realization after a while. Once you get it, then you will start looking at your PhD...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/no-one-cares-about-your-research.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-dynamic-features-of-java.html><h2 class=post-title>The Dynamic Features of Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A long-standing challenge for static analyzers</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on April 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-dynamic-features-of-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/untamed_horse_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/untamed_horse_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The existence of dynamic features built-in within the language allows Java developers to dynamically transform their program executions at runtime. For example, using the Java Reflection API, one can inspect and interact with otherwise static language constructs such as classes, fields, and methods, e.g., to instantiate objects, set fields and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-dynamic-features-of-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/inversion-of-control-and-dependency-injection-in-java.html><h2 class=post-title>Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection in Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The holy grails of modern enterprise Java frameworks</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on April 12, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/inversion-of-control-and-dependency-injection-in-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/universitetet_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2022/universitetet_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Inversion of Control (IoC) is a programming principle. The idea of IoC is delegating the control of parts of our application to a framework that initializes some specific task for us. Dependency injection (DI) is a popular design pattern that applies the IoC principle. This pattern was made popular by...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/inversion-of-control-and-dependency-injection-in-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/aot-vs-jit-compilation-in-java.html><h2 class=post-title>AOT vs. JIT Compilation in Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Which one is better?</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 27, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/aot-vs-jit-compilation-in-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/curves_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/curves_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>There are two ways of compiling a Java application: using Just in Time Compilation (JIT) or Ahead of Time Compilation (AOT). The first is the default mode, and it is used by the Java Hotspot Virtual Machine to translate bytecode into machine code at runtime. The latter is supported by...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/aot-vs-jit-compilation-in-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-revision-letter.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Write a Good Revision Letter For an Academic Paper</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My system to address major revisions and get my papers accepted</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 13, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-revision-letter.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/ring_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/ring_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I just finished a major revision for one of my research papers.1 It was a lot of work, as usual. Writing a response letter for the editor and reviewers is always a challenging process. After receiving the editor’s decision, I had to put aside what I’m working on at the...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-revision-letter.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-phd-profiles-are-evaluated.html><h2 class=post-title>Staying in Academia: How PhD Profiles are Evaluated?</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An overview</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-phd-profiles-are-evaluated.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/red_paint_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/red_paint_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Let’s say that you just finished your PhD and have decided to stay in academia.1 Typically, the next move is applying for a temporally position as PostDoc at some good university. To get a good PostDoc, at the end of the PhD your profile will be rigorously evaluated. At this...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-phd-profiles-are-evaluated.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/bus-factor-a-human-centered-risk-metric-in-the-software-supply-chain.html><h2 class=post-title>Bus Factor: A Human-Centered Risk Metric in the Software Supply Chain</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Public transportation may become hellish</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 6, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/bus-factor-a-human-centered-risk-metric-in-the-software-supply-chain.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/plane_paint_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/plane_paint_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>What if some members of a software project are suddenly hit by a bus? What would happen to the project in such an unfortunate scenario? According to Wikipedia, this question was first pointed out in 1994 when someone publicly asked about what would happen to Python if Guido van Rossum...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/bus-factor-a-human-centered-risk-metric-in-the-software-supply-chain.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-paper-rebuttal.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Write a Good Paper Rebuttal</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A practical guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 29, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-paper-rebuttal.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/maxwell_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/maxwell_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The rejection of a research paper is always a tough spot in the life of researchers. Today, many top conferences allow the authors of a rejected paper to submit a so-called “paper rebuttal.” This is a last chance for the authors to defend their work in case the reviewers made...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-paper-rebuttal.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-do-i-track-the-progress-of-my-research-projects.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Track the Progress of a Research Project</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My methodology based on the weekly delivery of verifiable artifacts</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 17, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-do-i-track-the-progress-of-my-research-projects.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/globe_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/globe_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Academic research is a very intense and mentally demanding activity subject to constant change and evolution. At the beginning of a research project, there is often no clear path to follow. Consequently, researchers have to figure out a good plan to take in order to achieve their objectives. But a...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-do-i-track-the-progress-of-my-research-projects.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/encoding-encryption-hashing-and-obfuscation-in-java.html><h2 class=post-title>Encoding, Encryption, Hashing, and Obfuscation in Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>From concepts to code</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 19, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/encoding-encryption-hashing-and-obfuscation-in-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/paint_on_wall_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/paint_on_wall_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The concepts of encoding, encryption, hashing, and obfuscation are at the core of many critical software technologies. For example, encryption and hashing are the backbones of the blockchain technology that fuels cryptocurrencies, whereas encoding and obfuscation unify and secure the web, respectively. Unfortunately, these concepts are often mistakenly confused or...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/encoding-encryption-hashing-and-obfuscation-in-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/sigbovik-the-ig-nobel-for-academics-and-computer-science-researchers.html><h2 class=post-title>SIGBOVIK: The Ig Nobel for Academics and Computer Science Researchers</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The most wanted proceedings for fruitful procrastination</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 5, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/sigbovik-the-ig-nobel-for-academics-and-computer-science-researchers.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/splatter_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/splatter_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>The SIGBOVIK’s flagship conference is a satiric and incredibly interesting Computer Science venue sponsored by the self-called “Association for Computational Heresy (ACH).” The event has been celebrated annually since 2007 in honor of Harry Quantifiability Bovik, an unconventional professor from Carnegie Mellon University. SIGBOVIK is the cradle of the funniest...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/sigbovik-the-ig-nobel-for-academics-and-computer-science-researchers.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-set-up-a-blockchain-network-with-hyperledger-besu.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Set Up A Blockchain Network With Hyperledger Besu</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Look mom, I'm running my own blockchain!</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 21, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-set-up-a-blockchain-network-with-hyperledger-besu.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/floor_art_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/floor_art_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>If you are a Java developer interested in cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related technologies, you should probably have heard about Hyperledger Besu. Besu is the official Java client of the Ethereum blockchain. As an enterprise-grade client for public and private networks, Besu is able to connect to the blockchain and verify all...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-set-up-a-blockchain-network-with-hyperledger-besu.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-i-overcome-writer-block-when-preparing-a-research-paper.html><h2 class=post-title>How I Overcome Writer's Block When Preparing a Research Paper</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My bulletproof approach</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 7, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-i-overcome-writer-block-when-preparing-a-research-paper.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/stalking_monster.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/stalking_monster.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Every time I start writing a new research paper, the same freezing feeling seems to emerge when I look at the blank page. This problem is known as writer’s block, and most academics suffer from it in one way or the other. I’ve dealt with this invisible monster on many...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-i-overcome-writer-block-when-preparing-a-research-paper.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/seven-reasons-to-go-for-a-phd-in-computer-science.html><h2 class=post-title>Seven Reasons to Go For a PhD In Computer Science</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The good and the ugly</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 21, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/seven-reasons-to-go-for-a-phd-in-computer-science.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/rabbit_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/rabbit_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Pursuing a PhD is a unique and personal experience. Admittedly, it is a journey mostly driven by personal ambitions and pride. The decision to begin this journey (i.e., becoming a PhD student) is a very serious because a PhD can literally change your life. It is not something to be...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/seven-reasons-to-go-for-a-phd-in-computer-science.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-software-supply-chain.html><h2 class=post-title>The Software Supply Chain</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A quick look at the modern software production landscape</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 11, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-software-supply-chain.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/crane_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/crane_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>The software supply chain comprises all the technology involved in shipping a piece of code from development to its deployment in a production environment. Several actors and different technologies participate in this complex process, e.g., developers, IDEs, compilers, package managers, a so on. The success or failure of a software...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-software-supply-chain.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/design-for-microservices.html><h2 class=post-title>Design For Microservices!</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An easy way to boost the popularity of your open-source projects</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on September 20, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/design-for-microservices.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/clouds_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/clouds_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>The microservice architecture style consists of small and independently deployable services that run all together around a business domain. These small services act like living cells in an organism, each providing unique functionalities to protect the health of the whole system. Microservices have transitioned from a mere buzzword ten years...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/design-for-microservices.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/configuring-remote-connections-in-unix-based-systems-using-ssh.html><h2 class=post-title>Configuring Remote Connections in Unix-Based Systems Using SSH</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A noob's guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on September 10, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/configuring-remote-connections-in-unix-based-systems-using-ssh.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/metro_station_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/metro_station_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>When working as a software engineer, you will need to connect to a remote computer hosted on a remote server.1 This is a common task for developers, sysadmins, and researchers. This post will show you how to configure a remote connection in Unix-based systems. You will learn how to create...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/configuring-remote-connections-in-unix-based-systems-using-ssh.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-software-architect.html><h2 class=post-title>What Does It Take to Become a Software Architect?</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A matter of responsibilities</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on August 9, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-software-architect.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/metro_in_stadium_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/metro_in_stadium_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Programmers and software engineers are in high demand today. In particular, those programmers who adapt to the new technological challenges and evolve their skills are more likely to grow professionally. A natural career path for experienced engineers to push forward their lifework is transitioning towards a software architect role. In...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-software-architect.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/hermit-programmers-are-dead.html><h2 class=post-title>Hermit Programmers are Dead</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Don't call yourself a programmer anymore</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 31, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/hermit-programmers-are-dead.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/ladybug_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/ladybug_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>It’s 2021, and the job market has crashed due to a ghastly global pandemic. At the same time, one particular job has taken over an idealized professional place: the computer programmer. They are perceived to be experts who know how to build, fix, and deploy software artifacts. Most of them...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/hermit-programmers-are-dead.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/replace-disqus-with-a-better-alternative.html><h2 class=post-title>Replace the Disqus Commenting System on Your Blog</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>GitHub-based open-source alternatives are better</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 27, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/replace-disqus-with-a-better-alternative.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/angry-emoji.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/angry-emoji.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I started using Disqus in 2018. At that time, it was arguably the leading commenting management system for both small and large websites. Its popularity was well deserved: ubiquitous integration, easy to set up, friendly admin panel, clean comment widget design, excellent spam filters, great content engaging features, etc. Three...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/replace-disqus-with-a-better-alternative.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html><h2 class=post-title>Book Review: The PhD Grind</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A tale of perseverance and learning from failure</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 24, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/phd_grind_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/phd_grind_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>I recently read the amazing short book titled “The PhD Grind” by Prof. Philip Guo. The book (~100 pages) is a compendium of his memories, written right after finishing his PhD in 2012. I felt ecstatic with such a brilliant masterpiece that I could barely put it down once I...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-fork-join-java-framework.html><h2 class=post-title>The Fork/Join Java framework</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Boosting performance through parallelization</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 5, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-fork-join-java-framework.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/night_tree_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/night_tree_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The Fork/Join framework makes it easy for Java developers to take advantage of the parallel execution supported by multicore processors. This API was added to the java.util.concurrent package since JDK 7, and it has been improved in subsequent versions of the JDK. It allows the developer to forget about the...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-fork-join-java-framework.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/use-custom-latex-macros-to-boost-your-writing-productivity.html><h2 class=post-title>Use Custom LaTeX Macros to Boost Your Writing Productivity</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Forget about these annoying numerical glitches in your LaTeX document</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 28, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/use-custom-latex-macros-to-boost-your-writing-productivity.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/snail_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/snail_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>If you ever use LaTeX to write your research papers or technical reports, then you should know how useful and powerful this tool is. Let me just mention three well-known benefits of using LaTeX: 1) beautiful typeset output (especially when dealing with mathematical notations); 2) consistent handling of references and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/use-custom-latex-macros-to-boost-your-writing-productivity.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/enhance-your-readme-with-asciinema.html><h2 class=post-title>Enhance Your Readme With Asciinema</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>How to create beautiful terminal recordings that your users will love</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on April 5, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/enhance-your-readme-with-asciinema.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/asciinema_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/asciinema_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Asciinema is an excellent tool for recording and sharing terminal sessions. The project is open-source and available on GitHub. A key feature of asciinema is that it allows the viewer to copy-paste the text from the player itself directly. The result of a terminal recording is an editable text file...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/enhance-your-readme-with-asciinema.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/dynamic-programming-classics.html><h2 class=post-title>Dynamic Programming by Example</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A handful of representative problems solved in Java</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 21, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/dynamic-programming-classics.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/circular_effect_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/circular_effect_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Dynamic programming (DP) is one of the most basic and, at the same time, challenging programming paradigms. Some of the best algorithms that I know, such as the Levenshtein distance and DTW are implemented using this paradigm. It consists of simplifying a complicated problem by breaking it down into simpler...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/dynamic-programming-classics.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/shortening-the-distance-between-academia-and-industry.html><h2 class=post-title>Shortening the Distance Between Academia and Industry</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An imperative need of researchers</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 2, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/shortening-the-distance-between-academia-and-industry.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/skates_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/skates_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Research is about solving relevant problems for the best of humanity. However, the relevance of certain problems is a highly subjective matter. Is it relevant to send a human being to Mars? Maybe it is, or maybe not. One thing is for sure: research is expensive. As far as I...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/shortening-the-distance-between-academia-and-industry.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/empirical-software-engineering-research-is-harder-than-you-think.html><h2 class=post-title>Empirical Software Engineering Research Is Harder Than You Think</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Trust me</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 15, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/empirical-software-engineering-research-is-harder-than-you-think.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/children_gardening_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2020/children_gardening_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>You are a very talented researcher. Perhaps you come from a popular field such as machine learning (ML) and have a ton of papers. But now, you have decided to expand your horizons and solve software engineering (SE) research problems. Hence, you will collect and analyze empirical data about software...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/empirical-software-engineering-research-is-harder-than-you-think.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-deploy-a-simple-spring-boot-application-in-gcp.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Deploy a Simple Spring Boot Application in GCP</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Getting started with Google Cloud Platform</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 2, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-deploy-a-simple-spring-boot-application-in-gcp.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/2020-07-02/heroes-cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/2020-07-02/heroes-cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>After having my Java Spring Boot web app ready, the next step is to show it to the world. This means deploying it on the internet.1 I landed on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for this task. Why? Well, GCP in 2020 gives a nice starting credit of $100, and after...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-deploy-a-simple-spring-boot-application-in-gcp.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-producer-consumer-pattern-in-java-made-easy.html><h2 class=post-title>The Producer-Consumer Pattern in Java Made Easy</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An example using the BlockingQueue Java interface</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 28, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-producer-consumer-pattern-in-java-made-easy.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/java_design_patterns_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/java_design_patterns_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I see the usage of a recurring handy pattern for doing data collection and analysis in software engineering: the producer-consumer pattern. This pattern simplifies the data acquisition (handled by the Producer), and the data post-processing (handled by the Consumer). The Producer collects the data items one at the time and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-producer-consumer-pattern-in-java-made-easy.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/diversity-driven-software-debloat.html><h2 class=post-title>Diversity-Driven Software Debloat</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Leveraging the wisdom of multiple coverage tools</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 8, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/diversity-driven-software-debloat.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/crowd_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/crowd_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>For months, I have worked on dynamic debloat of Java artifacts with JDBL. To do so, I need to compile and execute software applications to determine what parts of the compiled application are used when executing it using some workloads. Then, with the collected usage information, I debloat the unused...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/diversity-driven-software-debloat.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/unix-command-line-hacks.html><h2 class=post-title>Unix Cmd Hacks</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Boosting automation from the shell</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 23, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/unix-command-line-hacks.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/unix_course_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/unix_course_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I want to share my personal notes of the edX course Unix Tools: Data, Software and Production Engineering, by Prof. Diomidis Spinellis. I attended this course from March to June, 2020. It was my first MOOC experience. I have to say that I learned a lot in this course, and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/unix-command-line-hacks.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/recipes-for-email-based-communication-success-in-academia.html><h2 class=post-title>Recipes for Effective Academic Emailing</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A template-based approach</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 3, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/recipes-for-email-based-communication-success-in-academia.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/word_cloud_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/word_cloud_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>You cannot be a good researchers without being a good communicator. If you are good enough at both, they you may qualify for becoming a supervisor. Being a good academic supervisor is a matter of practice, discipline, and the development of leading skills. Handling tons of emails is the everyday...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/recipes-for-email-based-communication-success-in-academia.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/deploying-to-maven-central.html><h2 class=post-title>Deploying to Maven Central</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A three-steps guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 6, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/deploying-to-maven-central.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/maven_journey_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2020/maven_journey_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Maven Central is the de-facto repository for hosting software artifacts that compile to the JVM. It is one of the world’s largest and oldest archives of software libraries. In this post, I’ll describe the process of releasing a new artifact in Maven Central following a step-by-step approach. &amp;#169; Excerpt of...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/deploying-to-maven-central.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-cuban-revolution-explained.html><h2 class=post-title>The Cuban Revolution</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My personal vision</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 8, 2019</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-cuban-revolution-explained.html><img src=../img/posts/2019/cuban_flag_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2019/cuban_flag_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Recently, a friend of mine kindly requested me for information about Cuba and how the Revolution affected the people. He wanted to educate his child about socialism, from the voice of someone who lived it. The information is intended to be given to middle school kids. These are the five...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-cuban-revolution-explained.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/zip-slip-attacks.html><h2 class=post-title>The Zip Slip Vulnerability Exploitation</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Zip slip attacks</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 16, 2019</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/zip-slip-attacks.html><img src=../img/posts/2019/zipper_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2019/zipper_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>In today’s ever expanding-open source communities, developers rely heavily on third-party libraries and copy-pasted code from community websites like StackOverflow to accelerate productivity. Such code reuse tendency helps to decrease development time and effort, but also means that vulnerability in shared code (i.e., libraries) gets spread dramatically faster, as occurs...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/zip-slip-attacks.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-practice-of-teaching.html><h2 class=post-title>The Practice of Teaching</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The ultimate skill to learn</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 14, 2019</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-practice-of-teaching.html><img src=../img/posts/2019/people_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2019/people_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Nobody can deny that teaching is hard. I strongly believe that teaching is one of the most essential skills to learn in this century. Whether you are a junior software developer or a renowned member of a firm, your ability to communicate your knowledge effectively will determine your future success....<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-practice-of-teaching.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/unneccessary-code.html><h2 class=post-title>Unnecessary Code</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Clarifying the concept</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on September 14, 2018</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/unneccessary-code.html><img src=../img/posts/2018/codecode_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2018/codecode_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>After reading the paper “Is Static Analysis Able to Identify Unnecessary Source Code?” about the negative impact of unnecessary code in the software industry, I felt stuck with the many different (but very related) concepts around this topic. One can think that unnecessary code is all code that is not...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/unneccessary-code.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/a-starting-guide-to-be-a-good-competitive-programmer.html><h2 class=post-title>A Starting Guide to Programming Contests</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Where learning is more important than winning</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 13, 2017</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/a-starting-guide-to-be-a-good-competitive-programmer.html><img src=../img/posts/2017/competitive_programming_brain.png alt=../img/posts/2017/competitive_programming_brain.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>I discovered the world of competitive programming challenges during my first year at university. At that time, I didn’t know much about computer algorithms or even mind sports. However, the idea of learning how to code by myself just using an online judge attracted my attention since the first moment....<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/a-starting-guide-to-be-a-good-competitive-programmer.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/git-fundamentals.html><h2 class=post-title>Git Fundamentals</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The must-know git commands for software developers</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 14, 2017</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/git-fundamentals.html><img src=../img/posts/2017/git_logo_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2017/git_logo_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Git is the standard version-control system for software development. Git was created by Linux Torvals in 2005 to support the development of the Linux kernel. Since then, Git has become an essential tool for both junior and senior developers. It allows to have a complete history and full version-tracking of...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/git-fundamentals.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-i-beat-the-ielts-academic-with-just-a-month-of-self-training.html><h2 class=post-title>How I Beat the IELTS Academic With Just a Month of Self-Training</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My personal comments and suggestions</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 26, 2017</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-i-beat-the-ielts-academic-with-just-a-month-of-self-training.html><img src=../img/posts/2017/IELTS.jpg alt=../img/posts/2017/IELTS.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is one of the major English language tests for higher education and immigration in the world. It is jointly managed by the British Council, IELTS Australia, and Cambridge English Language Assessment. 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It seems that the journey of figures (and other kinds of visualizations) in research papers is...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/paper-figures-are-always-subject-to-change.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/securing-a-permanent-job-in-sweden-before-completing-my-phd.html><h2 class=post-title>Securing a Permanent Job in Sweden Before Completing My PhD</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My personal experiences and tips</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 14, 2023</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/securing-a-permanent-job-in-sweden-before-completing-my-phd.html><img src=../img/posts/2023/2023-03-10/subway_in_red_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2023/2023-03-10/subway_in_red_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>For better or worse, a PhD is a time constrained endeavour. For me, this represented almost 5 years of full-time research in Computer Science at KTH. When approaching completion, the decision of whether to pursue a career in academia or explore other paths lay before me. After some key considerations,...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/securing-a-permanent-job-in-sweden-before-completing-my-phd.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/data-serialization-deserialization-in-java-with-apache-avro.html><h2 class=post-title>Data Serialization/Deserialization in Java With Apache Avro</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Getting started</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 20, 2023</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/data-serialization-deserialization-in-java-with-apache-avro.html><img src=../img/posts/2023/2023-01-20/sparrow-cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2023/2023-01-20/sparrow-cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>When working with data processing in Java, choosing the right file format for storing and transmitting the data is crucial. Each format (such as CSV, JSON, or Parquet) has its particular advantages and disadvantages, as they are specifically designed to cater to different use cases. In this article, I’ll focus...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/data-serialization-deserialization-in-java-with-apache-avro.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-cover-letter-for-a-research-paper.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Write a Good Cover Letter for a Research Paper</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Quick an easy</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 23, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-cover-letter-for-a-research-paper.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/knowledge_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/knowledge_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Submitting a research paper is probably one of the most happy moments in the working life career of PhD students. You’ve been dealing with a research paper for months, maybe years. And you know, clicking that “submit” button represents such a moment of relief. You just want it to be...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-cover-letter-for-a-research-paper.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-true-value-of-attending-academic-conferences.html><h2 class=post-title>The True Value of Attending Academic Conferences</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>It's not only about the technical content</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 19, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-true-value-of-attending-academic-conferences.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/fse_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/fse_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I recently attended the 29th edition of ESEC/FSE 2022 in Singapore. ESEC/FSE is one of the most prestigious conferences in the Software Engineering field.1 This was my first time participating in an academic conference (in person). I went there to present two papers. But let me admit it, I had...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-true-value-of-attending-academic-conferences.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-the-jvm-executes-java-code.html><h2 class=post-title>The Execution Lifecycle of a Java Application</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Or... what happens when you run a Java program?</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 20, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-the-jvm-executes-java-code.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/statue_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/statue_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>If you are reading this post it’s likely that you already know how to write Java code. That’s very good for you, I think everyone should know how to code these days (in the same way everyone should know about basic math operations such as +, -, *, and /...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-the-jvm-executes-java-code.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/on-the-parkinson-law-of-triviality-for-computer-science-researchers.html><h2 class=post-title>On the Parkinson's Law of Triviality for Computer Science Researchers</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>It must stop!</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/on-the-parkinson-law-of-triviality-for-computer-science-researchers.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/whitman_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/whitman_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The Parkinson’s Law of Triviality is a real thing (more on this later). And for Computer Science researchers, it is part of everyday life. As we know, research is a very time-consuming activity. There are uncertain tasks that typically take a lot of time to complete. This state of things...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/on-the-parkinson-law-of-triviality-for-computer-science-researchers.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/why-debloating-third-party-software.html><h2 class=post-title>Why Debloating Third-Party Software?</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The case of the Log4j vulnerability</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 15, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/why-debloating-third-party-software.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/2022-06-15/satyr-cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/2022-06-15/satyr-cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Most software applications today are built using third-party libraries and frameworks that together constitute the application’s software supply chain. These libraries are often large and complex pieces of engineering, with many features and functionalities to support a wide range of use cases. Consequently, most applications only use a small subset...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/why-debloating-third-party-software.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/my-ultimate-terminal-customizations-for-macos.html><h2 class=post-title>My Ultimate Terminal Customizations for macOS</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/my-ultimate-terminal-customizations-for-macos.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/cheers_ascii_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/cheers_ascii_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>There is a common belief that top-class software developers can do their job without ever abandoning the terminal. I think this is true to some extent. It is almost impossible to become an outstanding software developer without knowing how to get the most out of the terminal. Personally, I treat...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/my-ultimate-terminal-customizations-for-macos.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/no-one-cares-about-your-research.html><h2 class=post-title>No One Cares About Your Research!</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A comfortable truth</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 11, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/no-one-cares-about-your-research.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/park_paint_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/park_paint_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>That’s the truth. No one cares about what you’re doing in your PhD, no one, no one!1 But don’t be sad, because this is actually a very comfortable truth. I only came to this realization after a while. Once you get it, then you will start looking at your PhD...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/no-one-cares-about-your-research.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-dynamic-features-of-java.html><h2 class=post-title>The Dynamic Features of Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A long-standing challenge for static analyzers</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on April 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-dynamic-features-of-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/untamed_horse_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/untamed_horse_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The existence of dynamic features built-in within the language allows Java developers to dynamically transform their program executions at runtime. For example, using the Java Reflection API, one can inspect and interact with otherwise static language constructs such as classes, fields, and methods, e.g., to instantiate objects, set fields and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-dynamic-features-of-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/inversion-of-control-and-dependency-injection-in-java.html><h2 class=post-title>Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection in Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The holy grails of modern enterprise Java frameworks</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on April 12, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/inversion-of-control-and-dependency-injection-in-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/universitetet_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2022/universitetet_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Inversion of Control (IoC) is a programming principle. The idea of IoC is delegating the control of parts of our application to a framework that initializes some specific task for us. Dependency injection (DI) is a popular design pattern that applies the IoC principle. This pattern was made popular by...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/inversion-of-control-and-dependency-injection-in-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/aot-vs-jit-compilation-in-java.html><h2 class=post-title>AOT vs. JIT Compilation in Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Which one is better?</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 27, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/aot-vs-jit-compilation-in-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/curves_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/curves_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>There are two ways of compiling a Java application: using Just in Time Compilation (JIT) or Ahead of Time Compilation (AOT). The first is the default mode, and it is used by the Java Hotspot Virtual Machine to translate bytecode into machine code at runtime. The latter is supported by...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/aot-vs-jit-compilation-in-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-revision-letter.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Write a Good Revision Letter For an Academic Paper</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My system to address major revisions and get my papers accepted</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 13, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-revision-letter.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/ring_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/ring_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I just finished a major revision for one of my research papers.1 It was a lot of work, as usual. Writing a response letter for the editor and reviewers is always a challenging process. After receiving the editor’s decision, I had to put aside what I’m working on at the...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-revision-letter.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-phd-profiles-are-evaluated.html><h2 class=post-title>Staying in Academia: How PhD Profiles are Evaluated?</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An overview</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 22, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-phd-profiles-are-evaluated.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/red_paint_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/red_paint_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Let’s say that you just finished your PhD and have decided to stay in academia.1 Typically, the next move is applying for a temporally position as PostDoc at some good university. To get a good PostDoc, at the end of the PhD your profile will be rigorously evaluated. At this...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-phd-profiles-are-evaluated.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/bus-factor-a-human-centered-risk-metric-in-the-software-supply-chain.html><h2 class=post-title>Bus Factor: A Human-Centered Risk Metric in the Software Supply Chain</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Public transportation may become hellish</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 6, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/bus-factor-a-human-centered-risk-metric-in-the-software-supply-chain.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/plane_paint_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/plane_paint_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>What if some members of a software project are suddenly hit by a bus? What would happen to the project in such an unfortunate scenario? According to Wikipedia, this question was first pointed out in 1994 when someone publicly asked about what would happen to Python if Guido van Rossum...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/bus-factor-a-human-centered-risk-metric-in-the-software-supply-chain.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-paper-rebuttal.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Write a Good Paper Rebuttal</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A practical guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 29, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-paper-rebuttal.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/maxwell_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/maxwell_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The rejection of a research paper is always a tough spot in the life of researchers. Today, many top conferences allow the authors of a rejected paper to submit a so-called “paper rebuttal.” This is a last chance for the authors to defend their work in case the reviewers made...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-write-a-good-paper-rebuttal.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-do-i-track-the-progress-of-my-research-projects.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Track the Progress of a Research Project</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My methodology based on the weekly delivery of verifiable artifacts</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 17, 2022</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-do-i-track-the-progress-of-my-research-projects.html><img src=../img/posts/2022/globe_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2022/globe_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Academic research is a very intense and mentally demanding activity subject to constant change and evolution. At the beginning of a research project, there is often no clear path to follow. Consequently, researchers have to figure out a good plan to take in order to achieve their objectives. But a...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-do-i-track-the-progress-of-my-research-projects.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/encoding-encryption-hashing-and-obfuscation-in-java.html><h2 class=post-title>Encoding, Encryption, Hashing, and Obfuscation in Java</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>From concepts to code</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 19, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/encoding-encryption-hashing-and-obfuscation-in-java.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/paint_on_wall_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/paint_on_wall_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The concepts of encoding, encryption, hashing, and obfuscation are at the core of many critical software technologies. For example, encryption and hashing are the backbones of the blockchain technology that fuels cryptocurrencies, whereas encoding and obfuscation unify and secure the web, respectively. Unfortunately, these concepts are often mistakenly confused or...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/encoding-encryption-hashing-and-obfuscation-in-java.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/sigbovik-the-ig-nobel-for-academics-and-computer-science-researchers.html><h2 class=post-title>SIGBOVIK: The Ig Nobel for Academics and Computer Science Researchers</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The most wanted proceedings for fruitful procrastination</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 5, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/sigbovik-the-ig-nobel-for-academics-and-computer-science-researchers.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/splatter_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/splatter_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>The SIGBOVIK’s flagship conference is a satiric and incredibly interesting Computer Science venue sponsored by the self-called “Association for Computational Heresy (ACH).” The event has been celebrated annually since 2007 in honor of Harry Quantifiability Bovik, an unconventional professor from Carnegie Mellon University. SIGBOVIK is the cradle of the funniest...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/sigbovik-the-ig-nobel-for-academics-and-computer-science-researchers.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-to-set-up-a-blockchain-network-with-hyperledger-besu.html><h2 class=post-title>How to Set Up A Blockchain Network With Hyperledger Besu</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Look mom, I'm running my own blockchain!</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 21, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-to-set-up-a-blockchain-network-with-hyperledger-besu.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/floor_art_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/floor_art_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>If you are a Java developer interested in cryptocurrencies and blockchain-related technologies, you should probably have heard about Hyperledger Besu. Besu is the official Java client of the Ethereum blockchain. As an enterprise-grade client for public and private networks, Besu is able to connect to the blockchain and verify all...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-set-up-a-blockchain-network-with-hyperledger-besu.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-i-overcome-writer-block-when-preparing-a-research-paper.html><h2 class=post-title>How I Overcome Writer's Block When Preparing a Research Paper</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My bulletproof approach</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 7, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-i-overcome-writer-block-when-preparing-a-research-paper.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/stalking_monster.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/stalking_monster.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Every time I start writing a new research paper, the same freezing feeling seems to emerge when I look at the blank page. This problem is known as writer’s block, and most academics suffer from it in one way or the other. I’ve dealt with this invisible monster on many...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-i-overcome-writer-block-when-preparing-a-research-paper.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/seven-reasons-to-go-for-a-phd-in-computer-science.html><h2 class=post-title>Seven Reasons to Go For a PhD In Computer Science</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The good and the ugly</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 21, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/seven-reasons-to-go-for-a-phd-in-computer-science.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/rabbit_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/rabbit_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Pursuing a PhD is a unique and personal experience. Admittedly, it is a journey mostly driven by personal ambitions and pride. The decision to begin this journey (i.e., becoming a PhD student) is a very serious because a PhD can literally change your life. It is not something to be...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/seven-reasons-to-go-for-a-phd-in-computer-science.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-software-supply-chain.html><h2 class=post-title>The Software Supply Chain</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A quick look at the modern software production landscape</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 11, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-software-supply-chain.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/crane_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/crane_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>The software supply chain comprises all the technology involved in shipping a piece of code from development to its deployment in a production environment. Several actors and different technologies participate in this complex process, e.g., developers, IDEs, compilers, package managers, a so on. The success or failure of a software...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-software-supply-chain.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/design-for-microservices.html><h2 class=post-title>Design For Microservices!</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An easy way to boost the popularity of your open-source projects</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on September 20, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/design-for-microservices.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/clouds_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/clouds_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>The microservice architecture style consists of small and independently deployable services that run all together around a business domain. These small services act like living cells in an organism, each providing unique functionalities to protect the health of the whole system. Microservices have transitioned from a mere buzzword ten years...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/design-for-microservices.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/configuring-remote-connections-in-unix-based-systems-using-ssh.html><h2 class=post-title>Configuring Remote Connections in Unix-Based Systems Using SSH</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A noob's guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on September 10, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/configuring-remote-connections-in-unix-based-systems-using-ssh.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/metro_station_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/metro_station_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>When working as a software engineer, you will need to connect to a remote computer hosted on a remote server.1 This is a common task for developers, sysadmins, and researchers. This post will show you how to configure a remote connection in Unix-based systems. You will learn how to create...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/configuring-remote-connections-in-unix-based-systems-using-ssh.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-software-architect.html><h2 class=post-title>What Does It Take to Become a Software Architect?</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A matter of responsibilities</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on August 9, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-software-architect.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/metro_in_stadium_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/metro_in_stadium_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Programmers and software engineers are in high demand today. In particular, those programmers who adapt to the new technological challenges and evolve their skills are more likely to grow professionally. A natural career path for experienced engineers to push forward their lifework is transitioning towards a software architect role. In...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/what-does-it-take-to-become-a-software-architect.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/hermit-programmers-are-dead.html><h2 class=post-title>Hermit Programmers are Dead</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Don't call yourself a programmer anymore</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 31, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/hermit-programmers-are-dead.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/ladybug_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/ladybug_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>It’s 2021, and the job market has crashed due to a ghastly global pandemic. At the same time, one particular job has taken over an idealized professional place: the computer programmer. They are perceived to be experts who know how to build, fix, and deploy software artifacts. Most of them...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/hermit-programmers-are-dead.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/replace-disqus-with-a-better-alternative.html><h2 class=post-title>Replace the Disqus Commenting System on Your Blog</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>GitHub-based open-source alternatives are better</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on July 27, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/replace-disqus-with-a-better-alternative.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/angry-emoji.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/angry-emoji.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I started using Disqus in 2018. At that time, it was arguably the leading commenting management system for both small and large websites. Its popularity was well deserved: ubiquitous integration, easy to set up, friendly admin panel, clean comment widget design, excellent spam filters, great content engaging features, etc. Three...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/replace-disqus-with-a-better-alternative.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html><h2 class=post-title>Book Review: The PhD Grind</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A tale of perseverance and learning from failure</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 24, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/phd_grind_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2021/phd_grind_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>I recently read the amazing short book titled “The PhD Grind” by Prof. Philip Guo. The book (~100 pages) is a compendium of his memories, written right after finishing his PhD in 2012. I felt ecstatic with such a brilliant masterpiece that I could barely put it down once I...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/book-review-the-phd-grind.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-fork-join-java-framework.html><h2 class=post-title>The Fork/Join Java framework</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Boosting performance through parallelization</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 5, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-fork-join-java-framework.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/night_tree_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/night_tree_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The Fork/Join framework makes it easy for Java developers to take advantage of the parallel execution supported by multicore processors. This API was added to the java.util.concurrent package since JDK 7, and it has been improved in subsequent versions of the JDK. It allows the developer to forget about the...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-fork-join-java-framework.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/use-custom-latex-macros-to-boost-your-writing-productivity.html><h2 class=post-title>Use Custom LaTeX Macros to Boost Your Writing Productivity</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Forget about these annoying numerical glitches in your LaTeX document</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 28, 2021</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/use-custom-latex-macros-to-boost-your-writing-productivity.html><img src=../img/posts/2021/snail_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2021/snail_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>If you ever use LaTeX to write your research papers or technical reports, then you should know how useful and powerful this tool is. 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The project is open-source and available on GitHub. A key feature of asciinema is that it allows the viewer to copy-paste the text from the player itself directly. The result of a terminal recording is an editable text file...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/enhance-your-readme-with-asciinema.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/dynamic-programming-classics.html><h2 class=post-title>Dynamic Programming by Example</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A handful of representative problems solved in Java</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 21, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/dynamic-programming-classics.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/circular_effect_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/circular_effect_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Dynamic programming (DP) is one of the most basic and, at the same time, challenging programming paradigms. 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Perhaps you come from a popular field such as machine learning (ML) and have a ton of papers. But now, you have decided to expand your horizons and solve software engineering (SE) research problems. 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This means deploying it on the internet.1 I landed on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for this task. Why? Well, GCP in 2020 gives a nice starting credit of $100, and after...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/how-to-deploy-a-simple-spring-boot-application-in-gcp.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-producer-consumer-pattern-in-java-made-easy.html><h2 class=post-title>The Producer-Consumer Pattern in Java Made Easy</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>An example using the BlockingQueue Java interface</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 28, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-producer-consumer-pattern-in-java-made-easy.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/java_design_patterns_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/java_design_patterns_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I see the usage of a recurring handy pattern for doing data collection and analysis in software engineering: the producer-consumer pattern. This pattern simplifies the data acquisition (handled by the Producer), and the data post-processing (handled by the Consumer). The Producer collects the data items one at the time and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-producer-consumer-pattern-in-java-made-easy.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/diversity-driven-software-debloat.html><h2 class=post-title>Diversity-Driven Software Debloat</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Leveraging the wisdom of multiple coverage tools</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on June 8, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/diversity-driven-software-debloat.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/crowd_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/crowd_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>For months, I have worked on dynamic debloat of Java artifacts with JDBL. To do so, I need to compile and execute software applications to determine what parts of the compiled application are used when executing it using some workloads. Then, with the collected usage information, I debloat the unused...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/diversity-driven-software-debloat.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/unix-command-line-hacks.html><h2 class=post-title>Unix Cmd Hacks</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Boosting automation from the shell</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on May 23, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/unix-command-line-hacks.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/unix_course_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/unix_course_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>I want to share my personal notes of the edX course Unix Tools: Data, Software and Production Engineering, by Prof. Diomidis Spinellis. I attended this course from March to June, 2020. It was my first MOOC experience. I have to say that I learned a lot in this course, and...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/unix-command-line-hacks.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/recipes-for-email-based-communication-success-in-academia.html><h2 class=post-title>Recipes for Effective Academic Emailing</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A template-based approach</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on March 3, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/recipes-for-email-based-communication-success-in-academia.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/word_cloud_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2020/word_cloud_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>You cannot be a good researchers without being a good communicator. If you are good enough at both, they you may qualify for becoming a supervisor. Being a good academic supervisor is a matter of practice, discipline, and the development of leading skills. Handling tons of emails is the everyday...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/recipes-for-email-based-communication-success-in-academia.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/deploying-to-maven-central.html><h2 class=post-title>Deploying to Maven Central</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>A three-steps guide</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on January 6, 2020</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/deploying-to-maven-central.html><img src=../img/posts/2020/maven_journey_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2020/maven_journey_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Maven Central is the de-facto repository for hosting software artifacts that compile to the JVM. It is one of the world’s largest and oldest archives of software libraries. In this post, I’ll describe the process of releasing a new artifact in Maven Central following a step-by-step approach. &amp;#169; Excerpt of...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/deploying-to-maven-central.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-cuban-revolution-explained.html><h2 class=post-title>The Cuban Revolution</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My personal vision</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on December 8, 2019</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-cuban-revolution-explained.html><img src=../img/posts/2019/cuban_flag_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2019/cuban_flag_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>Recently, a friend of mine kindly requested me for information about Cuba and how the Revolution affected the people. He wanted to educate his child about socialism, from the voice of someone who lived it. The information is intended to be given to middle school kids. These are the five...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-cuban-revolution-explained.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/zip-slip-attacks.html><h2 class=post-title>The Zip Slip Vulnerability Exploitation</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Zip slip attacks</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 16, 2019</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/zip-slip-attacks.html><img src=../img/posts/2019/zipper_cover.jpg alt=../img/posts/2019/zipper_cover.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>In today’s ever expanding-open source communities, developers rely heavily on third-party libraries and copy-pasted code from community websites like StackOverflow to accelerate productivity. Such code reuse tendency helps to decrease development time and effort, but also means that vulnerability in shared code (i.e., libraries) gets spread dramatically faster, as occurs...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/zip-slip-attacks.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/the-practice-of-teaching.html><h2 class=post-title>The Practice of Teaching</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The ultimate skill to learn</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on February 14, 2019</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/the-practice-of-teaching.html><img src=../img/posts/2019/people_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2019/people_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Nobody can deny that teaching is hard. I strongly believe that teaching is one of the most essential skills to learn in this century. Whether you are a junior software developer or a renowned member of a firm, your ability to communicate your knowledge effectively will determine your future success....<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/the-practice-of-teaching.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/unneccessary-code.html><h2 class=post-title>Unnecessary Code</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>Clarifying the concept</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on September 14, 2018</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/unneccessary-code.html><img src=../img/posts/2018/codecode_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2018/codecode_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>After reading the paper “Is Static Analysis Able to Identify Unnecessary Source Code?” about the negative impact of unnecessary code in the software industry, I felt stuck with the many different (but very related) concepts around this topic. 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At that time, I didn’t know much about computer algorithms or even mind sports. However, the idea of learning how to code by myself just using an online judge attracted my attention since the first moment....<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/a-starting-guide-to-be-a-good-competitive-programmer.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/git-fundamentals.html><h2 class=post-title>Git Fundamentals</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>The must-know git commands for software developers</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on November 14, 2017</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/git-fundamentals.html><img src=../img/posts/2017/git_logo_cover.png alt=../img/posts/2017/git_logo_cover.png></a></div><div class=post-entry>Git is the standard version-control system for software development. Git was created by Linux Torvals in 2005 to support the development of the Linux kernel. Since then, Git has become an essential tool for both junior and senior developers. It allows to have a complete history and full version-tracking of...<p class=post-read-more-block><a href=/blog/git-fundamentals.html class=post-read-more>Continue reading...</a></p></div></div></article><article class=post-preview><span class=text-left><a href=/blog/how-i-beat-the-ielts-academic-with-just-a-month-of-self-training.html><h2 class=post-title>How I Beat the IELTS Academic With Just a Month of Self-Training</h2></a><h3 class=post-subtitle>My personal comments and suggestions</h3><p class=post-meta-index>Posted on October 26, 2017</p></span><div class=post-entry-container><div class=post-image style=height:auto;width:auto><a href=/blog/how-i-beat-the-ielts-academic-with-just-a-month-of-self-training.html><img src=../img/posts/2017/IELTS.jpg alt=../img/posts/2017/IELTS.jpg></a></div><div class=post-entry>The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is one of the major English language tests for higher education and immigration in the world. 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 <a href=https://www.kth.se/profile/cesarsv>For me</a>, this represented almost 5 years of full-time research in Computer Science at KTH.
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 Admittedly, it is a journey <del>mostly</del> driven by personal ambitions and pride.
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 The event has been celebrated annually since 2007 in honor of <a href=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/bovik/www/index.html>Harry Quantifiability Bovik</a>, an unconventional professor from Carnegie Mellon University.
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 Batista took the presidency by force, receiving some support from the US government. In 1959, the Cuban Revolution triumphed, and Batista exiled to the US.</p><p>Having said this, I’ll refer to the Cuban Revolution from my opinion (the children will not be able to find this part on Wikipedia). First, the Cuban Revolution was necessary because Batista was not an elected president but (arguably) a military imposing a regime of fear and terror. This is the main reason why the Revolution, led by Fidel Castro, triumphed in 1959. Cuban guerrillas have everything they need to succeed in its battle: local support from the people, a well-defined leader, and good reasons to change the current regime. When Fidel Castro arrived at La Habana in 1959 with his army, they were received as heroes of liberty, and that was the beginning of the end for Cuban people.</p><p>The new Cuban government basically stole all the properties from rich Cubans and used that money to finance the new regime and made some social concessions, such as education and health to everyone, in order to gain popular support. Then Fidel Castro established a centralized government and pushed Cuba towards a full-fledged Communist system modeled on the USSR. Fidel Castro, with his military allies inside Cuba and the support of the USSR, basically took control of everything and everyone in the country. After years with this Communist regime, Cuba degenerated from being a prosperous country in the mid of 1940 into an impoverished nation by the end of 1990.</p><p>The figure of Fidel Castro is one of the most important aspects of the Cuban Revolution. I think he was one of the most successful dictators in human history for several reasons. I’ll mention just a few here. First and foremost, he took power and never let it go until his death in 2016 (49 years is a lot for a dictator). Second, he faced the US government (very close geographically) many times and was not defeated. Third, he managed to control the situation in Cuba during very critical circumstances, e.g., when the USSR collapsed in 1991, the country faced a severe economic downturn resulting in critical effects such as food and energy shortages. Fidel Castro was able to control the situation all these years because he removed several liberties to Cubans: the freedom to speak, the free market, the freedom to emigrate, the political freedom to celebrate elections, even the freedom to think critically because he changed the Cuban history, as well as the mind of people according to his own interests.</p><p>The Cuban Revolution represented the end of Batista’s dictatorship and the beginning of one dictator even worse. Today, more than ten years after the death of Fidel Castro, Cuba is still under the control of the Castro family. Cubans have an extreme lack of several civil rights and serious problems to find basic things such as food or medicines. Communist ideology devastated the Cuban nation. Fidel Castro pushed Cuba 30 years behind the rest of the world in terms of technology. Nowadays, Cubans cannot change the situation because the country is thoroughly militarized, and the current government ensures that no Cuban have the money to do anything else than survive a daily basis.</p><p>At the moment, the only solution that Cubans of my generation foresee is trying to emigrate to foreign countries (usually to the US or Europe) for a better future.
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 Several actors and different technologies participate in this complex process, e.g., developers, IDEs, compilers, package managers, a so on.
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 ESEC/FSE is one of the most prestigious conferences in the Software Engineering field.<sup id=fnref:1 role=doc-noteref><a href=#fn:1 class=footnote rel=footnote>1</a></sup>
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 So, they are actually a bunch of very disordered Unix command line hacks and tricks <img class=emoji title=:grin: alt=:grin: src=https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f601.png height=20 width=20>.</p><h1 id=display-elapsed-time-from-the-start-to-the-end-of-process>Display elapsed time from the start to the end of process</h1><figure class=highlight><pre><code class=language-bash data-lang=bash><table class=rouge-table><tbody><tr>
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One can think that unnecessary code is all code that is not needed for an application to run correctly. However, the fact is that the concept is more complicated than it seems, and sometimes it is not very easy to understand what <strong>unnecessary</strong> means in this context. For example, there is a slight (but quite important) difference between what we know as dead code (code that will never be used) and unnecessary code (code that can be used or not, but definitely is not required for the application).</p><p>Thus, to put all the important related concepts together, I made the following diagram:</p><figure class=jb_picture><img width=100% src=/assets/resized/general-diagram-640x340.png alt="Diagram showing the concept of unnecessary code" data-srcset="/assets/resized/general-diagram-640x340.png 640w,/assets/resized/general-diagram-768x408.png 768w," class="blur-up lazyautosizes lazyload"></figure><p>Le me clarify each concept in the diagram presented before:</p><ul><li><strong>Used code:</strong> code that is executed at runtime, within a specific time in a production environment. It depends directly on the entry point of the application that is being considered.</li><li><strong>Unused code:</strong> code that is not being executed at runtime within a specific time period in a production environment.</li><li><strong>Dead code:</strong> code that is not reachable in the control flow graph from any entry vertex from the application code. Therefore, it cannot be executed during runtime, and hence, dead code is always unused code.</li><li><strong>Bloated code:</strong> code that is perceived as unnecessarily long, slow, or otherwise wasteful of resources. It generally refers to source code size or binary file size. The term “bloatware” refers to software that has become bloated through inefficiency or accretion of features.</li><li><strong>Unnecessary code:</strong> code that can be deleted from the codebase without affecting the expected functionality of the software project.</li></ul><aside class=quote><em>“Getting rid of dead or obsolete code is one of the best ways to improve the overall health of a codebase.”</em> ― In <cite><a href="https://www.amazon.se/Software-Engineering-Google-Lessons-Programming/dp/1492082791/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2HOKAR45ZOESM&keywords=software+engineering+at+google">SE at Google</a></cite></aside><p>Unnecessary code is not the same as dead code, because unnecessary code can still be reachable in the control flow. So, dead code can be unnecessary but does not necessarily need to be. For example, the implementation of a new feature that has not been yet integrated into the software system and is not reachable. Unused code is also not necessarily unnecessary code. For instance, error handling, recovery, or migration code is considered as useful even if it is not executed. The same applies for test code, which is not executed in a deployed production environment.</p><p>Unnecessary code usually is very hard to detect, and even more difficult to remove for sure. Just imagine a scenery in which a developer must decide between removing a very old piece of code that is likely unneeded (but he knows that it works) or keep it safe (just for the care of not breaking something). Probably the developer will choose not to make the change.</p><p>For the above reason, modern applications are becoming very bloated nowadays.
 \Developers commonly do not care about the size or the resources consumed at runtime, as long as their apps work correctly.
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 These libraries are often large and complex pieces of engineering, with many features and functionalities to support a wide range of use cases.
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 easily miss security flaws, even if the practice is known.”</em> ― <cite>Guy Podjarny</cite></aside><p>This vulnerability is exploited using a specially crafted archive that holds directory traversal filenames (e.g., <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">../../evil.sh</code>). The two parts required to exploit this vulnerability are (1) a malicious archive and (2) extraction code that does not perform validation checking.</p><p>This post aims to to explain how it works, and includes the following additional resources:</p><ul><li>Installation scripts and instructions to deploy a target example: <a href=https://github.com/cesarsotovalero/zip-slip-exploit-example>https://github.com/cesarsotovalero/zip-slip-exploit-example</a></li></ul><h1 id=overview>Overview</h1><p>The following is a list of vulnerability identifiers:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Technical Description:</strong> Zip Slip is a form of <em>directory
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Potential thesis topics are related to my research in the areas of debloating and software diversity, in particular with a focus on code analysis and transformations.</p><p>The following is a list of research topics that I’m particularly interested in doing further investigation. Any kind of external collaboration is also welcome.</p><h1 id=list-of-topics>List of Topics</h1><ul><li><a href=#1-debloat-of-mobile-apps>1. Debloat of mobile apps</a></li><li><a href=#2-automatic-migration-from-java--8-to-java-11-modular-system>2. Automatic migration from Java &lt; 8 to Java 11 modular system</a></li><li><a href=#3-identification-of-program-hotpots-by-monitoring-system-calls>3. Identification of program hotpots by monitoring system calls</a></li><li><a href=#4-automatic-repair-of-dependency-conflicts-in-java>4. Automatic repair of dependency conflicts in Java</a></li><li><a href=#5-feature-guided-program-debloating>5. Feature-guided program debloating</a></li><li><a href=#6-fine-grained-specialization-of-js-libraries>6. Fine-grained specialization of JS libraries</a></li><li><a href=#7-towards-automatic-untangling-of-apis>7. Towards automatic untangling of APIs</a></li><li><a href=#8-automatic-debloat-of-bots-dependency-alerts>8. Automatic Debloat of Bots Dependency Alerts</a></li><li><a href=#9-vulnerability-analysis-through-debloating>9. Vulnerability Analysis Through Debloating</a></li><li><a href=#10-automatic-debloating-iac-files>10. Automatic Debloating IaC Files</a></li></ul><h1 id=1-debloat-of-mobile-apps>1. Debloat of mobile apps</h1><h3 id=motivation>Motivation</h3><p>The size of mobile apps keeps increasing, reaching tens of MB on average. This happens because app companies hope to grow their market with more and more features. However, this is a significant issue for users. Users of smartphones can run these apps because their phones have the necessary power (a recent smartphone is orders of magnitude more powerful than Apollo 11 [1]). Still, they regularly remove them to save memory [2]. Yet, the issues are even more significant for the millions of users who do not have access to smartphones and cannot even install the apps because of a lack of resources.</p><h3 id=approach>Approach</h3><p>We use an aggressive approach to debloat mobile apps. Ideally, it would be based on actual usage traces rather than test cases.</p><h3 id=validation>Validation</h3><p>Select a set of Android applications for which we have the source code and that have test cases (we can start from the collection of applications collected by Matias [3]. Compare tool with ProGuard, concerning the size of the final binary, number of classes in the final binary, number of dependencies in the final dependency tree. Check that some of the debloated versions can be installed on cell phones that have limited resources compared to modern smartphones.</p><h3 id=references>References</h3><p>[1] <a href=https://www.zmescience.com/research/technology/smartphone-power-compared-to-apollo-432>https://www.zmescience.com/research/technology/smartphone-power-compared-to-apollo-432</a></p><p>[2] <a href=https://techjury.net/stats-about/app-usage>https://techjury.net/stats-about/app-usage</a></p><p>[3] Bruno Gois Mateus and Matias Martinez. <a href=https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.00025.pdf>An empirical study on quality of Android applications written in Kotlin language</a>.</p><div align=right><a href=#list-of-topics onclick="return scrollToTop(),!1">Back to Top &uarr;</a></div><hr><h1 id=2-automatic-migration-from-java--8-to-java-11-modular-system>2. Automatic migration from Java &lt; 8 to Java 11 modular system</h1><h3 id=motivation-1>Motivation</h3><p>On Linux, the full JDK 8 was 364 Mb, the JRE just 197 Mb. Users who were concerned about disk space could install the JRE and happily run their applications. The Java Platform Module System (JPMS), introduced in the Java 9, divides the monolithic <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">rt.jar</code> and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">tools.jar</code> files into 75 distinct modules [3]. The idea is to build Java runtimes that are tailored to the requirements of a specific application. To do so, Oracle provides the <a href=https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/tools/jlink.htm#JSWOR-GUID-CECAC52B-CFEE-46CB-8166-F17A8E9280E9>jlink</a> command to assemble and optimize a set of modules and their dependencies into a custom runtime image [1]. Rather than including all 75 modules, you need only include the <a href=https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java.base-summary.html><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">java.base</code></a> module (which all runtimes must include by definition) as well as any other modules the application references. However, since jlink only works with modules, it can’t be used to generate a runtime image for non-module based applications [2].</p><h3 id=approach-1>Approach</h3><p>We use code analysis techniques to determine which modules are used by an application. This will make possible to use jlink for generating a custom JRE that contains only the platform modules that are required for running the given application.</p><h3 id=validation-1>Validation</h3><p>Select a set of Java applications for which we have the source code that compiles with Java 8. Automatically generate a modularizable version of the applications with the tool and compare the result w.r.t previous version. For example, concerning the size of the final binary, number of classes in the final binary, number of dependencies in the final dependency tree, ect.</p><h3 id=references-1>References</h3><p>[1] <a href=https://www.baeldung.com/jlink>https://www.baeldung.com/jlink</a>)</p><p>[2] <a href=https://medium.com/azulsystems/using-jlink-to-build-java-runtimes-for-non-modular-applications-9568c5e70ef4>https://medium.com/azulsystems/using-jlink-to-build-java-runtimes-for-non-modular-applications-9568c5e70ef4</a></p><p>[3] <a href=https://www.baeldung.com/java-9-modularity>https://www.baeldung.com/java-9-modularity</a></p><div align=right><a href=#list-of-topics onclick="return scrollToTop(),!1">Back to Top &uarr;</a></div><hr><h1 id=3-identification-of-program-hotpots-by-monitoring-system-calls>3. Identification of program hotpots by monitoring system calls</h1><h3 id=motivation-2>Motivation</h3><p>The system call is the fundamental interface between an application and the Linux kernel [1]. The execution of <strong>any</strong> program written in <strong>any</strong> language will trigger the execution of some system calls. System calls are typically not invoked directly, but rather invoked through corresponding wrapper functions in the core library (e.g., <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">glibc</code> or <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">musl-libc</code>). There are 335 unique systems calls in the x86_84 architecture. The observation of system calls provides a uniform way to understand the execution of programs written in different languages, as well as a unique manner for monitoring their behavior.</p><p>Inspired by the <a href=https://drewdevault.com/2020/01/04/Slow.html>Hello world</a> blog post, we aim at monitoring system calls executed at distinct part of programs in order to determine which regions are causing overhead in terms their quantity and diversity. The ultimate goal is to automatically remove (or reduce) the bloated system calls from the program.</p><h3 id=approach-2>Approach</h3><p>We start by monitoring the system calls triggered when exercising distinct regions of the program (e.g., from various entry points). Then, we cluster the system calls to determine the <strong>core regions</strong> of the application (i.e., the methods that use more system calls). Then, we debloat the program with several tools and measure the impact of debloating on the reduction of system calls.</p><h3 id=validation-2>Validation</h3><p>Select a set of Java applications and monitor their systems calls according to different workloads. System calls can be obtained with <a href=https://strace.io><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">strace</code></a>. Then, implement a tool to debloat the application based on the results of the system calls monitoring (see examples of deboating tools <a href=https://www.cesarsotovalero.net/software-debloating-tools>here</a>).</p><h3 id=references-2>References</h3><p>[1] <a href=http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscalls.2.html>http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/syscalls.2.html</a></p><div align=right><a href=#list-of-topics onclick="return scrollToTop(),!1">Back to Top &uarr;</a></div><hr><h1 id=4-automatic-repair-of-dependency-conflicts-in-java>4. Automatic repair of dependency conflicts in Java</h1><h3 id=motivation-3>Motivation</h3><p>The <a href=https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/ext/basics/load.html>Java class loading mechanism</a> does not permit to have multiple classes with the same fully-qualified name in the classpath of an application. Consequently, Maven has to choose a single version for every dependency. The <a href=http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html>Maven dependency resolution mechanism</a> determines the library version that is nearest to the root of the dependency tree and “shadows” the other versions, i.e., the dependency tree will contain only one version per dependency.</p><p>Currently, Maven triggers warnings on the console to alert developers if dependency conflicts exist in the project [1]. The occurrence of conflicting versions is an issue known as the JAR hell in the Java ecosystems; and it is a best practice that developers solve them manually as soon as possible [2]. However, there is currently no tool to fix dependency conflicts at runtime in the Java ecosystem.</p><h3 id=approach-3>Approach</h3><p>We rely on dynamic program analysis to determine what dependencies are causing the conflicts. To do so, we execute the test suite of the project and inspect its dependency tree. The goal is to analyze the dependencies with respect to their actual usage and manipulate the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">pom.xml</code> file accordingly to find the class members that might create the conflicts. The approach is similar to [3], with the difference that we perform the repair at run-time (ideally through the implementation of a dedicated Maven plugin).</p><h3 id=validation-3>Validation</h3><p>Select a set of open-source projects that use Maven and have dependency conflicts causing build breakages at some stage of its build history, e.g., mining the Travis CI log files. Then clone the project at that stage and use the implemented tool to repair the conflict automatically. Report on the results obtained and compare to the static approach proposed in [3].</p><h3 id=references-3>References</h3><p>[1] Wang, Ying, et al. <a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3236024.3236056>“Do the dependency conflicts in my project matter?”</a>. FSE, 2018.</p><p>[2] Wang, Ying, et al. <a href=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8812128/>“Could I have a stack trace to examine the dependency conflict issue?”</a>. ICSE, 2019.</p><p>[3] Macho, Christian, Shane McIntosh, and Martin Pinzger. <a href=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8330201/>“Automatically repairing dependency-related build breakage”</a>. SANER, 2018.</p><div align=right><a href=#list-of-topics onclick="return scrollToTop(),!1">Back to Top &uarr;</a></div><hr><h1 id=5-feature-guided-program-debloating>5. Feature-guided program debloating</h1><h3 id=motivation-4>Motivation</h3><p>One of the fundamental challenges of debloating consists in trimming unused features from an application [3]. There could be several reasons that motivate this approach. For example, the maintenance of unused (or unpopular) features leads to unnecessary costs. Thus, the identification and removal of unneeded features can help product owners to prioritize maintenance efforts [4].</p><p>Recent work focuses on the addition of feature sets to maps to facilitate the debloating process [1]. However, these approaches are not automatic and depend on the developers criteria to label features in the program.</p><h3 id=approach-4>Approach</h3><p>We approximate the feature space in the program by constructing a static call graph first, and then collecting dynamic traces representing specific executions of it. This approach will allow us to get diverse sets concerning the utilization of the program in distinct user scenarios. Our approach is similar to [2], with the difference that we will identify the features using community graph-based algorithms over the static call graph, and we’ll perform the dynamic analysis automatically through the execution of the test suite of the program.</p><h3 id=validation-4>Validation</h3><p>We evaluate our approach by conducting case studies on removing cross-cutting features from real-world Java programs. We’ll compare the programs before and after the debloat w.r.t correctness, size, performance, and reduction of the attack surface.</p><h3 id=references-4>References</h3><p>[1] Brown, Michael D. and Pande, Santosh <a href=https://dl-acm-org.focus.lib.kth.se/doi/10.1145/3338502.3359764>“CARVE: Practical Security-Focused Software Debloating Using Simple Feature Set Mappings”</a>. FEAST, 2019.</p><p>[2] Xin, et al. <a href=https://dl-acm-org.focus.lib.kth.se/doi/10.5555/3340730.3340740>“Identifying features of Android apps from execution traces”</a>. MOBILESoft, 2019.</p><p>[3] Jiang, et al. <a href=https://dl-acm-org.focus.lib.kth.se/doi/10.1109/HASE.2016.27>“Feature-Based Software Customization: Preliminary Analysis, Formalization, and Methods”</a>. HASE, 2016.</p><p>[4] Eder, et al. <a href=https://dl-acm-org.focus.lib.kth.se/doi/10.1109/ICSME.2014.71>“Which Features Do My Users (Not) Use?”</a>. ICSME, 2014.</p><div align=right><a href=#list-of-topics onclick="return scrollToTop(),!1">Back to Top &uarr;</a></div><hr><h1 id=6-fine-grained-specialization-of-js-libraries>6. Fine-grained specialization of JS libraries</h1><h3 id=motivation-5>Motivation</h3><p>A common reuse practice in web development is to include JavaScript (JS) libraries in the header of the web pages. These libraries are shared across all the website sub-pages and loaded every time a user visits a new page. This approach leads to web applications being bloated with significant portions of JS code that are actually not used, which unnecessarily slow down website loading because of the extra unused code. The bloated code also increases the attack surface by providing more entry-points to a possible attacker.</p><p>Although static and dynamic techniques have been proposed for removing unused code and specializing JS libraries [2, 3], there is still room for improvements on the users’ side. No previous work has focused on debloating JS dependencies at a per-page level.</p><h3 id=approach-5>Approach</h3><p>We’ll perform a static analysis of JS libraries usages by decomposing the web application on a per-page basis. This approach will give us a specialized version of the library for each page. The goal is to implement a tool that performs this analysis automatically, caching the specialized version of the library at a fine grained level for the user.</p><h3 id=validation-5>Validation</h3><p>Our approach will be evaluated by conducting case studies of specializing in real-world web applications. We’ll compare these applications before and after the specialization in terms of size reduction and data bandwidth saving w.r.t users’ page views [1]. Ideally, we’ll deploy at least one real application and monitor the performance improvement through time.</p><h3 id=references-5>References</h3><p>[1] <a href=https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/175/wikipedia_s_javascript_initialisation_on_a_budget>Wikipedia’s JavaScript initialisation on a budget</a></p><p>[2] Vázquez, Hernán Ceferino, et al. <a href=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584918302210>“Slimming javascript applications: An approach for removing unused functions from javascript libraries.”</a> Information and Software Technology 107 (2019): 18-29.</p><p>[3] Morales, Rodrigo, Rubén Saborido, and Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc. <a href=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8966499>“MoMIT: Porting a JavaScript Interpreter on a Quarter Coin.”</a> IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (2020).</p><div align=right><a href=#list-of-topics onclick="return scrollToTop(),!1">Back to Top &uarr;</a></div><hr><h1 id=7-towards-automatic-untangling-of-apis>7. Towards automatic untangling of APIs</h1><h3 id=motivation-6>Motivation</h3><p>Multi-purpose libraries deliver several functionalities through their public API, which are often unused by their clients. On the other hand, libraries tend to grow in functionalities, and sometimes this can negatively influence the user experience. Those libraries should be refactored, i.e., by dividing the API into a set of smaller and more focused and independent sub-modules [2].</p><p>As an example, the <a href=https://junit.org/junit4/>JUnit 4</a> framework was heavily refactored and divided into several modules. The next generation, <a href=https://junit.org/junit5>JUnit 5</a>, contains specific modules to provide certain functionalities each (e.g., <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">junit-jupiter-engine</code>, <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">junit-platform-launcher</code>).</p><h3 id=approach-6>Approach</h3><p>We’ll explore the possibilities of automatically untangling libraries into two or more specialized components. To do so, we’ll construct dynamic call graphs based on the usage that their client applications make of them [1]. Ideally, we’ll create a tool that detects the features and performs the division of the library and functionality isolation in an unsupervised manner. We can obtain information about features from several sources, e.g., version changes, git history, etc.</p><h3 id=validation-6>Validation</h3><p>We evaluate our approach by conducting case studies on real-world fat and popular multi-purpose libraries (e.g., <a href=https://github.com/google/guava>guava</a>, <a href=jcabi-immutable>jcabi-immutable</a>, <a href=https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka>weka</a>), with a special focus on user acceptance. In other words, we plan to propose the reuse of smaller pieces of the library to their users.</p><h3 id=references-6>References</h3><p>[1] de Matos, Anderson Severo, João Bosco Ferreira Filho, and Lincoln Souza Rocha. <a href=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8816781>“Splitting APIs: an exploratory study of software unbundling”.</a> 2019 IEEE/ACM 16th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR). IEEE, 2019.</p><p>[2] Ferreira Filho, João Bosco, Mathieu Acher, and Olivier Barais. <a href=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-46969-0_6>“Software unbundling: Challenges and perspectives”.</a> Transactions on Modularity and Composition I. Springer, Cham, 2016. 224-237.</p><div align=right><a href=#list-of-topics onclick="return scrollToTop(),!1">Back to Top &uarr;</a></div><hr><h1 id=8-automatic-debloat-of-bots-dependency-alerts>8. Automatic Debloat of Bots Dependency Alerts</h1><h3 id=motivation-7>Motivation</h3><p>In modern software projects, developers rely on bots to manage several common tasks automatically [1]. An example of such tasks is dependency management, in which software bots allow to find and fix vulnerabilities in open-source libraries by proposing the update of their third-party dependencies (e.g., <a href=https://snyk.io/>Snyk</a>, <a href=https://dependabot.com/>Dependabot</a>). These tools analyze the dependency versions used in software projects and mine repositories and CVE databases in order to spot known vulnerabilities in the dependencies used by the clients.</p><p>However, in complex projects, developers might be overwhelmed by many dependency alerts coming from such bots. They have to revise each alert (triggered mostly as pull requests) manually, in order to approve or reject it. In our previous research works [2, 3], we have found that clients use only a small part of their declared dependencies (or even do not use them them at all). Therefore, the goal of this project is to study the dependency alerts triggered by bots and shrink the ones that are unused by developers. This will save developers’ time and effort, at the same time that eases their interaction with software bots.</p><h3 id=approach-7>Approach</h3><p>First, we mine GitHub projects in order to filter the commits that are related to dependency bots. Then, we analyze the difference between the vulnerable version of the dependency used, and the new one proposed by the bot. The goal is to determine if the code introduced in the new version is actually used by the project, i.e., if the dependency update is relevant for the project in particular.</p><h3 id=validation-7>Validation</h3><p>For validation, we collect dependency related commits from open-source Java projects on GitHub, and analyze the dependency usage of the project with <a href=https://github.com/castor-software/depclean>DepClean</a>. We will report on the number of alerts that can be filtered out with our approach.</p><h3 id=references-7>References</h3><p>[1] <a href=https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.02597.pdf>Explainable Software Bot Contributions:Case Study of Automated Bug Fixes</a></p><p>[2] <a href=https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.09757.pdf>Analyzing 2.3 Million Maven Dependencies to Reveal an Essential Core in APIs</a></p><p>[3] <a href=https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.07808.pdf>A Comprehensive Study of Bloated Dependencies in the Maven Ecosystem</a></p><div align=right><a href=#list-of-topics onclick="return scrollToTop(),!1">Back to Top &uarr;</a></div><hr><h1 id=9-vulnerability-analysis-through-debloating>9. Vulnerability Analysis Through Debloating</h1><h3 id=motivation-8>Motivation</h3><p>Software debloating has been fundamentally used to remove vulnerabilties by eliminating the unnecessary parts of the code [1, 3].
 In this context, the benefits of debloating for security are a side effect of removing code (i.e., less code potentially leads to fewer bugs and vulnerabilities).</p><p>Existing software vulnerability assessment tools allow finding critical security bugs and provide feedback to developers using static analysis (e.g., <a href=https://snyk.io/>Snyk</a>, <a href=https://dependabot.com/>Dependabot</a>).
 These tools facilitate the localization of the vulnerable portions of code in the analyzed repository [2].
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DevOps</a>, given by <a href=https://www.monperrus.net/martin>Martin Monperrus</a> & <a href=https://softwarediversity.eu>Benoit Baudry</a> at KTH, Spring 2021</p></li><li><p><a href=https://wasp-sweden.org/graduate-school/courses/software-engineering-and-cloud-computing>WASP Software Engineering and Cloud Computing</a>, given by <a href=https://www.monperrus.net/martin>Martin Monperrus</a> & <a href=https://softwarediversity.eu>Benoit Baudry</a> at KTH, Spring 2021</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.kth.se/student/kurser/kurs/DD2480?l=en">DD2480 Software Engineering Fundamentals</a>, given by <a href=https://www.kth.se/profile/artho>Cyrille Artho</a> at KTH, Spring 2021</p></li></ul><h3 id=2020>2020</h3><ul><li><p><a href=https://www.kth.se/social/course/DD1369/>DD1369 Software Engineering in Project Form</a>, given by <a href=https://www.kth.se/profile/denah/>Dena Hussain</a> at KTH, Fall 2020</p></li><li><p><a href=https://www.kth.se/social/course/DD2460>DD2460 Software Safety and Security</a>, given by <a href=https://www.kth.se/profile/artho>Cyrille Artho</a> at KTH, Spring 2020</p></li><li><p><a href=https://www.kth.se/student/kurser/kurs/DD2482>DD2482 Automated Software Testing and DevOps</a>, given by <a href=https://www.monperrus.net/martin>Martin Monperrus</a> & <a href=https://softwarediversity.eu>Benoit Baudry</a> at KTH, Spring 2020</p></li><li><p><a href=https://www.kth.se/student/kurser/kurs/DM1590>DM1590 Machine Learning for Media Technology</a>, given by <a href=http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~sturm/>Bob Sturm</a> at KTH, Spring 2020</p></li></ul><h3 id=2019>2019</h3><ul><li><p><a href=https://www.kth.se/social/course/DA2210>DA2210 Introduction to the Philosophy of Science and Research Methodology for Computer Scientists</a>, given by <a href=http://www.csc.kth.se/~lk>Linda Kann</a> at KTH, Fall 2019</p></li><li><p><a href=https://wasp-sweden.org/graduate-school/courses/software-engineering-and-cloud-computing>WASP Software Engineering and Cloud Computing</a>, given by <a href=https://www.monperrus.net/martin>Martin Monperrus</a> & <a href=https://softwarediversity.eu>Benoit Baudry</a> at KTH, Spring 2019</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.kth.se/student/kurser/kurs/ID2211?l=en">ID2211 Data Mining, Basic Course</a>, given by <a href="https://scholar-google-se.focus.lib.kth.se/citations?user=mhqpsO4AAAAJ&hl=en">Sarunas Girdzijauskas</a> at KTH, Spring 2019</p></li></ul><h1 id=thesis-supervisor>Thesis Supervisor</h1><ul><li><p><a href=../files/publications/The_State_Of_Software_Diversity_In_The_Software_Supply_Chain.pdf>The State of Software Diversity in the Software Supply Chain of Ethereum Clients</a>, Noak Jönsson, <strong>Bachelor Thesis</strong>, KTH 2022</p></li><li><p><a href=https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1523606/FULLTEXT01.pdf>Using NLP Techniques for Log Analysis to Recommend Activities for Troubleshooting Processes</a>, Martin Sköld, <strong>Master Thesis</strong>, KTH 2020</p></li><li><p><a 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Engineering</a>, 2023</li><li><a href=https://www.springer.com/journal/10664>Springer Empirical Software Engineering</a>, 2022</li><li><a href=https://sciendo.com/journal/IJCSS>International Journal of Computer Science in Sport</a>, 2021</li><li><a href=https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tjba20/current>Journal of Business Analytics</a>, 2021</li><li><a href=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15320634>Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience</a>, 2019</li><li><a href=https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjsp20/current>Journal of Sports Sciences</a>, 2018</li><li><a href=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20477481>Journal of Software: Evolution and Process</a>, 2017</li></ul><p>Also,</p><ul><li><a href=https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.13384>EOLANG and φ-calculus</a>, 2021 (my name is listed in the acknowledgments)</li></ul><h1 id=co-reviewer>Co-Reviewer</h1><ul><li><a href=https://conf.researchr.org/home/icst-2023>ICST</a>, 2023</li><li><a 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However, this strategy can result in software bloat and many serious issues, such as slow download speed, and large attack surfaces. Existing solutions cannot effectively debloat an app as they either lack flexibility or require human efforts. This work proposes a novel feature-oriented debloating approach and builds a prototype, named XDebloat , to automate this process in a flexible manner. First, We propose three feature location approaches to mine features in an app. XDebloat supports feature location approaches at a fine granularity. It also makes the feature location results editable. Second, XDebloat considers several Android-oriented issues (i.e., callbacks) to perform a more precise analysis. Third, XDebloat supports two major debloating strategies: pruning-based debloating and module-based debloating. We evaluate XDebloat with 200 open-source and 1,000 commercial apps. The results show that XDebloat can successfully remove components from apps or transform apps into on-demand modules within 10 minutes. For the pruning-based debloating strategy, on average, XDebloat can remove 32.1% code from an app. For the module-based debloating strategy, XDebloat can help developers build instant apps or app bundles automatically.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [ACMQUEUE] <strong>OCCAM-v2: Combining Static and Dynamic Analysis for Effective and Efficient Whole-program Specialization</strong> [<a href="https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?ref=rss&id=3570922">link</a>] <details>Software has evolved to support diverse sets of features. Agile software engineering practices, such as code designed for reusability, introduce redundant code. In a common motif, entire libraries are linked where only a small number of functions are needed. The accumulation of extraneous code can negatively impact application users who need to access only a subset of these features.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [ASPLOS] <strong>One size does not fit all: security hardening of MIPS embedded systems via static binary debloating for shared libraries</strong> [<a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3503222.3507768>link</a>] <details>Embedded systems have become prominent targets for cyberattacks. To exploit firmware’s memory corruption vulnerabilities, cybercriminals harvest reusable code gadgets from the large shared library codebase (e.g., uClibc). Unfortunately, unlike their desktop counterparts, embedded systems lack essential computing resources to enforce security hardening techniques. Recently, we have witnessed a surge of software debloating as a new defense mechanism against code-reuse attacks; it erases unused code to significantly diminish the possibilities of constructing reusable gadgets. Because of the single firmware image update style, static library debloating shows promise to fortify embedded systems without compromising performance and forward compatibility. However, static library debloating on stripped binaries (e.g., firmware’s shared libraries) is still an enormous challenge. In this paper, we show that this challenge is not insurmountable for MIPS firmware. We develop a novel system, named uTrimmer, to identify and wipe out unused basic blocks from shared libraries’ binary code, without causing additional runtime overhead or memory consumption. We propose a new method to identify address-taken blocks/functions, which further help us maintain an inter-procedural control flow graph to conservatively include library code that could be potentially used by firmware. By capturing address access patterns for position-independent code, we circumvent the challenge of determining code-pointer targets and safely eliminate unused code. We run uTrimmer to debloat shared libraries for SPEC CPU2017 benchmarks, popular firmware applications (e.g., Apache, BusyBox, and OpenSSL), and a real-world wireless router firmware image. Our experiments show that not only does uTrimmer deliver functional programs, but also it can cut the exposed code surface and eliminate various reusable code gadgets remarkably. uTrimmer’s debloating capability can compete with the static linking results.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [CCS] <strong>C2C: Fine-grained Configuration-driven System Call Filtering</strong> [<a href=https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~mikepo/papers/c2c.ccs22.pdf>link</a>] <details>Configuration options allow users to customize application features according to the desired requirements. While the code that corresponds to disabled features is never executed, it still resides in process memory and comprises part of the application’s attack surface, e.g., it can be reused for the construction of exploit code. Automatically reducing the attack surface of disabled application features according to a given configuration is thus a desirable defense-in-depth capability. The intricacies of modern software design and the complexities of popular programming languages, however, introduce significant challenges in automatically deriving the mapping of configuration options to
 their corresponding application code. In this paper, we present Configuration-to-Code (C2C), a generic configuration-driven attack surface reduction technique that automatically maps configuration options to application code using static code analysis and instrumentation. C2C operates at a fine-grained level by pruning configuration-dependent conditional branches in the control flow graph, allowing the precise identification of a given configuration option’s code at the basic block level. At runtime, C2C reduces the application’s attack surface by filtering any system calls required exclusively by disabled features. Using popular applications, we show how security-critical system calls (such as execve) can be automatically disabled when not needed, limiting an attacker’s vulnerability exploitation capabilities. System call filtering also reduces the exposed attack surface of the underlying Linux kernel, neutralizing 32 additional CVEs (for a total of 88) compared to previous software specialization techniques.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [ICSR] <strong>Scratching the Surface of ./configure: Learning the Effects of Compile-Time Options on Binary Size and Gadgets</strong> [<a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1007/978-3-031-08129-3_3>link</a>] <details>Numerous software systems are configurable through compile-time options and the widely used ./configure. However, the combined effects of these options on binary’s non-functional properties (size and attack surface) are often not documented, and or not well understood, even by experts. Our goal is to provide automated support for exploring and comprehending the configuration space (a.k.a., surface) of compile-time options using statistical learning techniques. In this paper, we perform an empirical study on four C-based configurable systems. We measure the variation of binary size and attack surface (by quantifying the number of code reuse gadgets) in over 400 compile-time configurations of a subject system. We then apply statistical learning techniques on top of our build infrastructure to identify how compile-time options relate to non-functional properties. Our results show that, by changing the default configuration, the system’s binary size and gadgets vary greatly (roughly to and to , respectively). Then, we found out that identifying the most influential options can be accurately learned with a small training set, while their relative importance varies across size and attack surface for the same system. Practitioners can use our approach and artifacts to explore the effects of compile-time options in order to take informed decisions when configuring a system with ./configure.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [EISA] <strong>JSLIM: Reducing the Known Vulnerabilities of JavaScript Application by Debloating</strong> [<a href=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-93956-4_8>link</a>] <details>As the complexity of software projects increases, more and more developers choose to package various external dependency libraries into software projects to simplify software development. Unfortunately, these introduced dependent libraries are likely to introduce many potential security risks. This phenomenon is called software bloat. One way to handle this increased threat is through software debloating, i.e., the removal of dead code and code corresponding to vulnerabilities introduced from external dependency libraries. In our paper, we proposed JSLIM, an effective vulnerability-aware software debloating system. First, JSLIM processes the public vulnerability information through natural language processing technology, obtains the mapping relationship between the vulnerability and the NPM package, and determines which function in the package causes a specific vulnerability. Then, according to the generated function call graph, determine whether the program calls the method that generates the vulnerability in the dependent library. JSLIM removes the code that isn’t called by the program and uses the sandbox to isolate the code that has vulnerabilities but cannot be removed. We conduct experiments on popular open-source JavaScript applications. The experimental results show that our method removes most of the code related to the known vulnerabilities of the application and effectively prevents attackers from exploiting known vulnerabilities in the NPM package to launch attacks on applications</details></p></li></ul><h1 id=2021>2021</h1><ul><li><p><img alt title=Monographs src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#f8c91f;width:18px;height:18px> [Doctoral Thesis] <strong>Reducing Software’s Attack Surface With Code Debloating</strong> [<a href="https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/64787/QIAN-DISSERTATION-2021.pdf?sequence=1">link</a>] <details>Current software is designed to support a large spectrum of features to meet various users’ needs. However, each end-user only requires a small set of the features to perform required tasks, rendering the software bloated. The bloated code not only hinders optimal execution, but also leads to a larger attack surface. Code debloating technique, which aims to remove the unneeded features’ code, has been proposed to reduce the bloated software’s attack surface. However, there is a fundamental gap between the features needed by a user and the implementation, so it is challenging to identify the code that only supports the needed features. Previous works ask end-users to provide a set of sample inputs to demonstrate how they will use the software and generate a debloated version of the software that only contains the code triggered from running the sample inputs. Unfortunately, software debloated by this approach only supports running given inputs, presenting an unusable notion of debloating: if the debloated software only needs to support a fixed set of inputs, the debloating process is as simple as synthesizing a map from the input to the observed output. We call this Over-debloating Problem. This dissertation focuses on removing software’s unneeded code while providing high robustness for debloated software to run more inputs sharing the same functionalities with the given inputs, with approaches either using heuristics, feature-code map, or code partitioning. First, the thesis presents RAZOR, which first collects executed code for running the software on the given inputs and then uses heuristics to infer non-executed code related to the given inputs. In the end, RAZOR rewrites the software to keep not only the executed code but also the inferred code, which makes the debloated software support running other inputs besides the given ones. However, in RAZOR, the heuristics are syntax-based and can only infer a limited set of related code, which fails on debloating large-scale and complex software such as web browsers. Later, the thesis presents SLIMIUM, which uses a feature-code map to debloat the web browser Chromium at feature-level. In SLIMIUM, the feature-code map is initially created from manual analysis and then it is expanded using static program analysis. However, relying on manual efforts to identify features and relevant code is time-consuming and difficult to be applied to other software. Finally, the thesis presents DEPART, which provides a general approach to debloat large-scale and complex software written with object-oriented programming (OOP) languages without any manual efforts. DEPART performs pure static analysis to automatically partitions a program into distinct groups implementing different features, which is later used for debloating. The key idea of DEPART is to relate the software’s code and types (i.e., defined objects sharing unique behaviors in OOP) by analyzing the code’s various operations. Based on the relations, we propose several rules to describe the conditions that should be satisfied for including types and code into a same group.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Journal Articles" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#c32b72;width:18px;height:18px;padding-right:18px> [TOSEM] <strong>Guided Feature Identification and Removal for Resource-constrained Firmware</strong> [<a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3487568>link</a>] <details>Background. IoT firmware oftentimes incorporates third-party components, such as network-oriented middleware and media encoders/decoders. These components consist of large and mature codebases, shipping with a variety of non-critical features. Feature bloat increases code size, complicates auditing/debugging, and reduces stability. This is problematic for IoT devices, which are severely resource-constrained and must remain operational in the field for years. Unfortunately, identification and complete removal of code related to unwanted features requires familiarity with codebases of interest, cumbersome manual effort, and may introduce bugs. We address these difficulties by introducing PRAT, a system that takes as input the codebase of software of interest, identifies and maps features to code, presents this information to a human analyst, and removes all code belonging to unwanted features. PRAT solves the challenge of identifying feature-related code through a novel form of differential dynamic analysis and visualizes results as user-friendly feature graphs. Evaluation on diverse codebases shows superior code removal compared to both manual feature deactivation and state-of-art debloating tools, and generality across programming languages. Furthermore, a user study comparing PRAT to manual code analysis shows that it can significantly simplify the feature identification workflow.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [PLDI] <strong>Logical bytecode reduction</strong> <a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3453483.3454091>[link]</a> <details>Reducing a failure-inducing input to a smaller one is challenging for input with internal dependencies because most sub-inputs are invalid. Kalhauge and Palsberg made progress on this problem by mapping the task to a reduction problem for dependency graphs that avoids invalid inputs entirely. Their tool J-Reduce efficiently reduces Java bytecode to 24 percent of its original size, which made it the most effective tool until now. However, the output from their tool is often too large to be helpful in a bug report. In this paper, we show that more fine-grained modeling of dependencies leads to much more reduction. Specifically, we use propositional logic for specifying dependencies and we show how this works for Java bytecode. Once we have a propositional formula that specifies all valid sub-inputs, we run an algorithm that finds a small, valid, failure-inducing input. Our algorithm interleaves runs of the buggy program and calls to a procedure that finds a minimal satisfying assignment. Our experiments show that we can reduce Java bytecode to 4.6 percent of its original size, which is 5.3 times better than the 24.3 percent achieved by J-Reduce. The much smaller output is more suitable for bug reports.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [USENIX] <strong>LIGHTBLUE: Automatic Profile-Aware Debloating of Bluetooth Stacks</strong> <a href=https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity21/presentation/wu-jianliang>[link]</a> <details>The Bluetooth standard is ubiquitously supported by computers, smartphones, and IoT devices. Due to its complexity, implementations require large codebases, which are prone to security vulnerabilities, such as the recently discovered BlueBorne and BadBluetooth attacks. While defined by the standard, most of the Bluetooth functionality, as defined by different Bluetooth profiles, is not required in the common usage scenarios. Starting from this observation, we implement LIGHTBLUE, a framework performing automatic, profile-aware debloating of Bluetooth stacks, allowing users to automatically minimize their Bluetooth attack surface by removing unneeded Bluetooth features. L IGHT B LUE starts with a target Bluetooth application, detects the associated Bluetooth profiles, and applies a combination of control-flow and data-flow analysis to remove unused code within a Bluetooth host code. Furthermore, to debloat the Bluetooth firmware, LIGHTBLUE extracts the used Host Controller Interface (HCI) commands and patches the HCI dispatcher in the Bluetooth firmware automatically, so that the Bluetooth firmware avoids processing unneeded HCI commands. We evaluate LIGHTBLUE on four different Bluetooth hosts and three different Bluetooth controllers. Our evaluation shows that LIGHTB LUE achieves between 32% and 50% code reduction in the Bluetooth host code and between 57% and 83% HCI command reduction in the Bluetooth firmware. This code reduction leads to the prevention of attacks</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [ArXiv] <strong>Muzeel: A Dynamic JavaScript Analyzer for Dead Code Elimination in Today’s Web</strong> <a href=https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.08948>[link]</a> <details>JavaScript contributes to the increasing complexity of today’s web. To support user interactivity and accelerate the development cycle, web developers heavily rely on large general-purpose third-party JavaScript libraries. This practice increases the size and the processing complexity of a web page by bringing additional functions that are not used by the page but unnecessarily downloaded and processed by the browser. In this paper, an analysis of around 40,000 web pages shows that 70% of JavaScript functions on the median page are unused, and the elimination of these functions would contribute to the reduction of the page size by 60%. Motivated by these findings, we propose Muzeel (which means eliminator in Arabic); a solution for eliminating JavaScript functions that are not used in a given web page (commonly referred to as dead code). Muzeel extracts all of the page event listeners upon page load, and emulates user interactions using a bot that triggers each of these events, in order to eliminate the dead code of functions that are not called by any of these events. Our evaluation results spanning several Android mobile phones and browsers show that Muzeel speeds up the page load by around 30% on low-end phones, and by 25% on high-end phones under 3G network. It also reduces the speed index (which is an important user experience metric) by 23% and 21% under the same network on low-end, and high-end phones, respectively. Additionally, Muzeel reduces the overall download size while maintaining the visual content and interactive functionality of the pages.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Journal Articles" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#c32b72;width:18px;height:18px;padding-right:18px> [EMSE] <strong>An Exploratory Study on Dead Methods in Open-source Java Desktop Applications</strong> <a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3475716.3475773>[link]</a> <details>Background. Dead code is a code smell. It can refer to code blocks, fields, methods, etc. that are unused and/or unreachable. Empirical evidence shows that dead code harms source code comprehensibility and maintainability in software applications. Researchers have gathered little empirical evidence on the spread of dead code in software applications. Moreover, we know little about the role of this code smell during software evolution. Aims. Our goal is to gather preliminary empirical evidence on the spread and evolution of dead methods in open-source Java desktop applications. Given the exploratory nature of our investigation, we believe that its results can justify more resource and time-demanding research on dead methods. Method. We quantitatively analyzed the commit histories of 13 open-source Java desktop applications, whose software projects were hosted on GitHub, for a total of 1,044 commits. We focused on dead methods detected at a commit level to investigate the spread and evolution of dead methods in the studied applications. The perspective of our explorative study is that of both practitioners and researchers. Results. The most important take-away results can be summarized as follows: (i) dead methods seems to affect open-source Java desktop applications; (ii) dead methods generally survive for a long time, in terms of commits, before being “buried” or “revived;” (iii) dead methods are rarely revived; and (iv) most dead methods are dead since the creation of the corresponding methods. Conclusions. We conclude that developers should carefully handle dead methods in open-source Java desktop applications since this code smell is harmful, widespread, rarely revived, and survives for a long time in software applications. Our results also justify future research on dead methods.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [ICSME] <strong>The Used, the Bloated, and the Vulnerable: Reducing the Attack Surface of an Industrial Application</strong> <a href=https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.05115.pdf>[link]</a> <details>Software reuse may result in software bloat when significant portions of application dependencies are effectively unused. Several tools exist to remove unused (byte)code from an application or its dependencies, thus producing smaller artifacts and, potentially, reducing the overall attack surface. In this paper we evaluate the ability of three debloating tools to distinguish which dependency classes are necessary for an application to function correctly from those that could be safely removed. To do so, we conduct a case study on a real-world commercial Java application. Our study shows that the tools we used were able to correctly identify a considerable amount of redundant code, which could be removed without altering the results of the existing application tests. One of the redundant classes turned out to be (formerly) vulnerable, confirming that this technique has the potential to be applied for hardening purposes. However, by manually reviewing the results of our experiments, we observed that none of the tools can handle a widely used default mechanism for dynamic class loading.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Journal Articles" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#c32b72;width:18px;height:18px;padding-right:18px> [ArXiv] <strong>Stubbifier: Debloating Dynamic Server-Side JavaScript Applications</strong> <a href=https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.14162.pdf>[link]</a> <details>JavaScript is an increasingly popular language for server-side development, thanks in part to the Node.js runtime environment and its vast ecosystem of modules. With the Node.js package manager npm, users are able to easily include external modules as dependencies in their projects. However, npm installs modules with all of their functionality, even if only a fraction is needed, which causes an undue increase in code size. Eliminating this unused functionality from distributions is desirable, but the sound analysis required to find unused code is difficult due toJavaScript’s extreme dynamicity. We present a fully automatic technique that identifies unused code by constructing static or dynamic call graphs from the application’s tests, and replacing code deemed unreachable with either file- or function-level stubs. If a stub is called, it will fetch and execute the original code on-demand, thus relaxing the requirement that the call graph be sound. The technique also provides an optional guarded execution mode to guard application against injection vulnerabilities in untested code that resulted from stub expansion. This technique is implemented in an open source tool called Stubbifier, which supports the ECMAScript 2019 standard. In an empirical evaluation on 15 Node.js applications and 75 clients of these applications, Stubbifier reduced application size by 56% on average while incurring only minor performance overhead. The evaluation also shows that Stubbifier’s guarded execution mode is capable of preventing several known injection vulnerabilities that are manifested in stubbed-out code. Finally, Stubbifier can work alongside bundlers, popular JavaScript tools for bundling an application with its dependencies. For the considered subject applications, we measured an average size reduction of 37% in bundled distributions.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [arXiv] <strong>Lightweight, Multi-Stage, Compiler-Assisted Application Specialization</strong> <a href=https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.02775.pdf>[link]</a> <details>Program debloating aims to enhance the performance and reduce the attack surface of bloated applications. Several techniques have been recently proposed to specialize programs. These approaches are either based on unsound strategies or demanding techniques, leading to unsafe results or a high overhead debloating process. In this paper, we address these limitations by applying partial-evaluation principles to generate specialized applications. Our approach relies on a simple observation that an application typically consists of configuration logic, followed by the main logic of the program. The configuration logic specifies what functionality in the main logic should be executed. LMCAS performs partial interpretation to capture a precise program state of the configuration logic based on the supplied inputs. LMCAS then applies partial-evaluation optimizations to generate a specialized program by propagating the constants in the captured partial state, eliminating unwanted code, and preserving the desired functionalities. Our evaluation of LMCAS on commonly used benchmarks and real-world applications shows that it successfully removes unwanted features while preserving the functionality and robustness of the deblated programs, runs faster than prior tools, and reduces the attack surface of specialized programs. LMCAS runs 1500x, 4.6x, and 1.2x faster than the state-of-the-art debloating tools CHISEL, RAZOR, and OCCAM, respectively; achieves 25% reduction in the binary size; reduces the attack surface of code-reuse attacks by removing 51.7% of the total gadgets and eliminating 83% of known CVE vulnerabilities</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [arXiv] <strong>The Used, the Bloated, and the Vulnerable: Reducing the Attack Surface of an Industrial Application</strong> <a href=https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.05115>[link]</a> <details>Software reuse may result in software bloat when significant portions of application dependencies are effectively unused. Several tools exist to remove unused (byte)code from an application or its dependencies, thus producing smaller artifacts and, potentially, reducing the overall attack surface. In this paper we evaluate the ability of three debloating tools to distinguish which dependency classes are necessary for an application to function correctly from those that could be safely removed. To do so, we conduct a case study on a real-world commercial Java application. Our study shows that the tools we used were able to correctly identify a considerable amount of redundant code, which could be removed without altering the results of the existing application tests. One of the redundant classes turned out to be (formerly) vulnerable, confirming that this technique has the potential to be applied for hardening purposes. However, by manually reviewing the results of our experiments, we observed that none of the tools can handle a widely used default mechanism for dynamic class loading.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Journal Articles" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#c32b72;width:18px;height:18px;padding-right:18px> [TSE] <strong>Evolving JavaScript Code to Reduce Load Time</strong> <a href=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8762190>[link]</a> <details>JavaScript is one of the most used programming languages for front-end development of Web applications. The increase in complexity of front-end features brings concerns about performance, especially the load and execution time of JavaScript code. In this paper, we propose an evolutionary program improvement technique to reduce the size of JavaScript programs and, therefore, the time required to load and execute them in Web applications. To guide the development of this technique, we performed an experimental study to characterize the patches applied to JavaScript programs to reduce their size while keeping the functionality required to pass all test cases in their test suites. We applied this technique to 19 JavaScript programs varying from 92 to 15,602 LOC and observed reductions from 0.2 to 73.8 percent of the original code, as well as a relationship between the quality of a program’s test suite and the ability to reduce the size of its source code.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [ENASE] <strong>BloatLibD: Detecting Bloat Libraries in Java Applications</strong> <a href=https://www.scitepress.org/Papers/2021/104594/104594.pdf>[link]</a> <details>Third-party libraries (TPLs) provide ready-made implementations of various software functionalities and are frequently used in software development. However, as software development progresses through various iteractions, there often remains an unused set of TPLs referenced in the application’s distributable. These unused TPLs become a prominent source of software bloating and are responsible for excessive consumption of resources, such as CPU cycles, memory, and mobile devices’ battery-usage. Thus, the identification of such bloat-TPLs is essential. We present a rapid, storage-efficient, obfuscation-resilient method to detect the bloat TPLs. Our approach’s novel aspects are i) Computing a vector representation of a .class file using a model that we call Jar2Vec. The Jar2Vec model is trained using the Paragraph Vector Algorithm. ii) Before using it for training the Jar2Vec models, a .class file is converted to a normalized form via semantics-preserving transformations. iii) A Bloated Library Detector (BloatLibD) developed and tested with 27 different Jar2Vec models. These models were trained using different parameters and >30000 .class files taken from >100 different Java libraries available at MavenCentral.com. BloatLibD achieves an accuracy of 99% with an F1 score of 0.968 and outperforms the existing tools, viz., LibScout, LiteRadar, and LibD with an accuracy improvement of 74.5%, 30.33%, and 14.1%, respectively. Compared with LibD, BloatLibD achieves a response time improvement of 61.37% and a storage reduction of 87.93%. Our program artifacts are available at https://bit.ly/2WFALXf.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [ESEC/FSE] <strong>A Longitudinal Analysis of Bloated Java Dependencies</strong> <a href=https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.14226.pdf>[link]</a> <details>Motivated by the negative impact of software bloat on security, performance, and maintenance, several works have proposed techniques to remove bloat. However, no work has analyzed how bloat evolves over time or how it emerges in software projects. In particular, a concern when removing bloated code is to know if it might be useful in subsequent versions of the application. In this work, we study the evolution and emergence of bloated Java dependencies. These are third-party libraries that are packaged in the application binary but are not needed to run the application. We analyze the history of 435 Java projects. This historical data includes 48,469 distinct dependencies, which we study across a total of 31,515 versions of Maven dependency trees. We empirically demonstrate the constant increase of the amount of bloated dependencies over time. A key finding of our analysis is that 89.2% of the direct dependencies that are bloated remain bloated in all subsequent versions of the studied projects. This empirical evidence suggests that developers can safely remove a bloated dependency. We further report novel insights regarding the unnecessary maintenance efforts induced by bloat, we identify that 22% of dependency updates are made on bloated dependencies.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Journal Articles" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#c32b72;width:18px;height:18px;padding-right:18px> [EMSE] <strong>A comprehensive study of bloated dependencies in the Maven ecosystem</strong> <a href=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10664-020-09914-8>[link]</a> <details>Build automation tools and package managers have a profound influence on software development. They facilitate the reuse of third-party libraries, support a clear separation between the application’s code and its external dependencies, and automate several software development tasks. However, the wide adoption of these tools introduces new challenges related to dependency management. In this paper, we propose an original study of one such challenge: the emergence of bloated dependencies. Bloated dependencies are libraries that are packaged with the application’s compiled code but that are actually not necessary to build and run the application. They artificially grow the size of the built binary and increase maintenance effort. We propose DepClean, a tool to determine the presence of bloated dependencies in Maven artifacts. We analyze 9,639 Java artifacts hosted on Maven Central, which include a total of 723,444 dependency relationships. Our key result is as follows: 2.7% of the dependencies directly declared are bloated, 15.4% of the inherited dependencies are bloated, and 57% of the transitive dependencies of the studied artifacts are bloated. In other words, it is feasible to reduce the number of dependencies of Maven artifacts to 1/4 of its current count. Our qualitative assessment with 30 notable open-source projects indicates that developers pay attention to their dependencies when they are notified of the problem. They are willing to remove bloated dependencies: 21/26 answered pull requests were accepted and merged by developers, removing 140 dependencies in total: 75 direct and 65 transitive.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Journal Articles" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#c32b72;width:18px;height:18px;padding-right:18px> [TSE] <strong>TRIMMER: An Automated System for Configuration-based Software Debloating</strong> <a href=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9478582>[link]</a> <details>Software bloat has negative implications for security, reliability, and performance. To counter bloat, we propose TRIMMER, a static analysis-based system for pruning unused functionality. TRIMMER removes code that is unused with respect to user-provided command-line arguments and application-specific configuration files (no low-level source annotations required). TRIMMER uses concrete memory tracking and a custom inter-procedural constant propagation analysis that facilitates dead code elimination. Our system supports both context-sensitive and context-insensitive constant propagation. We show that context-sensitive constant propagation is important for effective software pruning in most applications. We introduce sparse constant propagation that performs constant propagation only for configuration-hosting variables and show that it performs better (higher code size reductions) compared to constant propagation for all program variables. Overall, our results show that TRIMMER reduces binary sizes for real-world programs with reasonable analysis times. Across 20 evaluated programs, we observe a mean binary size reduction of 22.7% and a maximum reduction of 62.7%. For 5 programs, we observe performance speedups ranging from 5% to 53%. Moreover, we show that winnowing software applications can reduce the program attack surface by removing code that contains exploitable vulnerabilities. We find that debloating using TRIMMER removes CVEs in 4 applications.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [CODASPY] <strong>Code Specialization through Dynamic Feature Observation</strong> <a href=http://hexhive.epfl.ch/publications/files/21CODASPY.pdf>[link]</a> <details>Modern software (both programs and libraries) provides large amounts of functionality, vastly exceeding what is needed fora single given task. This additional functionality results in an increased attack surface: first, an attacker can use bugs in the unnecessary functionality to compromise the software,and second, defenses such as control-flow integrity (CFI) relyon conservative analyses that gradually lose precision with growing code size.Removing unnecessary functionality is challenging as the debloating mechanism must remove as much code as possi-ble, while keeping code required for the program to function.Unfortunately, most software does not come with a formal description of the functionality that it provides, or even a mapping between functionality and code. We therefore require a mechanism that—given a set of representable inputs and con-figuration arameters—automatically infers the underlying functionality, and discovers all reachable code corresponding to this functionality.We propose Ancile, a code specialization technique that leverages fuzzing (based on user provided seeds) to discover the code necessary to perform the functionality required bythe user. From this, we remove all unnecessary code and tailor indirect control-flow transfers to the minimum necessary foreach location, vastly reducing the attack surface. We evaluate Ancile using real-world software known to have a large attack surface, including image libraries and network daemons like ng-inx. For example, our evaluation shows that Ancile can remove up to 93.66% of indirect call transfer targets and up to 78%of functions in libtiff’stiffcrop utility, while still maintaining its original functionality.</details></p></li></ul><h1 id=2020>2020</h1><ul><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [ICSE-SEIP] <strong>DECAF: Automatic, Adaptive De-bloating and Hardening of COTS Firmware</strong> <a href=https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity20/presentation/christensen>[link]</a> <details>Once compromised, server firmware can surreptitiously and permanently take over a machine and any stack running thereon, with no hope for recovery, short of hardware-level intervention. To make things worse, modern firmware contains millions of lines of unnecessary code and hundreds of unnecessary modules as a result of a long firmware supply chain designed to optimize time-to-market and cost, but not security. As a result, off-the-shelf motherboards contain large, unnecessarily complex, closed-source vulnerability surfaces that can completely and irreversibly compromise systems. In this work, we address this problem by dramatically and automatically reducing the vulnerability surface. DECAF is an extensible platform for automatically pruning a wide class of commercial UEFI firmware. DECAF intelligently runs dynamic iterative surgery on UEFI firmware to remove a maximal amount of code with no regressive effects on the functionality and performance of higher layers in the stack (OS, applications). DECAF has successfully pruned over 70% of unnecessary, redundant, reachable firmware in leading server-grade motherboards with no effect on the upper layers, and increased resulting system performance and boot times.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [ICSE-SEIP] <strong>Piranha: Reducing Feature Flag Debt at Uber</strong> <a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3377813.3381350>[link]</a> <details>Feature flags are commonly used in mobile app development and can introduce technical debt related to deleting their usage from the codebase. This can adversely affect the overall reliability of the apps and increase their maintenance complexity. Reducing this debt without imposing additional overheads on the developers necessitates the design of novel tools and automated workflows. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of Piranha, an automated code refactoring tool which is used to automatically generate differential revisions (a.k.a diffs) to delete code corresponding to stale feature flags. Piranha takes as input the name of the flag, expected treatment behavior, and the name of the flag’s author. It analyzes the ASTs of the program to generate appropriate refactorings which are packaged into a diff. The diff is assigned to the author of the flag for further processing, who can land it after performing any additional refactorings. We have implemented Piranha to delete code in Objective-C, Java, and Swift programs, and deployed it to handle stale flags in multiple Uber apps. We present our experiences with the deployment of Piranha from Dec 2017 to May 2019, including the following highlights: (a) generated code cleanup diffs for 1381 flags (17% of total flags), (b) 65% of the diffs landed without any changes, (c) over 85% of the generated diffs compile and pass tests successfully, (d) around 80% of the diffs affect more than one file, (e) developers process more than 88% of the generated diffs, (f) 75% of the generated diffs are processed within a week, and (g) Piranha diffs have been interacted with by ~200 developers across Uber. Piranha is available as open source at https://github.com/uber/piranha.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Conference and Workshop Papers" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#196ca3;width:18px;height:18px> [FSE] <strong>JShrink: In-Depth Investigation into Debloating Modern JavaApplications</strong> <a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3368089.3409738>[link]</a> <details>Modern software is bloated. Demand for new functionality has led developers to include more and more features, many of which become unneeded or unused as software evolves. This phenomenon, known as software bloat, results in software consuming more resources than it otherwise needs to. How to effectively and automatically debloat software is a long-standing problem in software engineering. Various debloating techniques have been proposed since the late 1990s. However, many of these techniques are built upon pure static analysis and have yet to be extended and evaluated in the context of modern Java applications where dynamic language features are prevalent. To this end, we develop an
 end-to-end bytecode debloating framework called JShrink. It augments traditional static reachability analysis with dynamic profiling and type dependency analysis and renovates existing bytecode transformations to account for new language features in modern Java. We highlight several nuanced technical challenges that must be handled properly and examine behavior preservation of debloated software via regression testing. We find that (1) JShrink is able to debloat our real-world Java benchmark suite by up to 47% (14% on average); (2) accounting for dynamic language features is indeed crucial to ensure behavior preservation—reducing 98% of test failures incurred by a purely static equivalent, Jax, and 84% for ProGuard; and (3) compared with purely dynamic approaches, integrating static analysis with dynamic profiling makes the debloated software more robust to unseen test executions—in 22 out of 26 projects, the debloated software ran successfully under new tests.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Journal Articles" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#c32b72;width:18px;height:18px;padding-right:18px> [APSEC] <strong>Don’t Trust Me, Test Me: 100% Code Coverage for a 3rd-party Android App</strong> <a href=https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/44480>[link]</a> <details>The incompleteness of 3rd-party app testing is an accepted fact in Software Engineering. This issue makes it impossible to verify the app functionality and to confirm its safety to the end-user. To solve this problem, enterprises developed strict policies. A company, willing to use modern apps, may perform an expensive security analysis, rely on trust or forbid the app. These strategies may lead companies to high direct and indirect spending with no guarantee of safety. In this work, we present a novel approach, called Dynamic Binary Shrinking, that allows a user to review app functionality and leave only tested code. The shrunk app produces 100% instruction coverage on observed behaviors and in this way guarantees the absence of unexplored, and therefore, potentially malicious code. On our running examples, we demonstrate that apps use less than 20% of the codebase. We developed an approach and the ACVCut tool to shrink Android apps towards the executed code.</details></p></li><li><p><img alt title="Journal Articles" src=https://dblp.uni-trier.de/img/n.png style=background:#c32b72;width:18px;height:18px;padding-right:18px> [Digital Threats: Research and Practice] <strong>Large-scale Debloating of Binary Shared Libraries</strong> <a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3414997>[link]</a> <details>Developers nowadays have access to an arsenal of toolkits and libraries for rapid application prototyping. However,when an application loads a library, the entirety of that library’s code is mapped into the process address space,even if only a single function is actually needed. The unused portion isbloatthat can negatively impact softwaredefenses by unnecessarily inflating their overhead or increasing the attack surface. In this paper, we investigatewhether debloating is possible and practical at the binary level. To this end, we presentNibbler: a system thatidentifies and erases unused functions within dynamic shared libraries. Nibbler works in tandem with
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(<a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3338906.3338956>paper</a>).</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/apache/maven-jlink-plugin><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://www.baeldung.com/jlink>jlink</a> is a tool to assemble and optimize a set of Java modules and their dependencies into a custom runtime image.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/Guardsquare/proguard><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://www.guardsquare.com/en/products/proguard>Proguard</a> is a shrinker, optimizer and obfuscator of Java bytecode.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/uber/piranha><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/uber/piranha>Piranha</a> is a tool for refactoring code related to feature flag APIs (<a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3377813.3381350>paper</a>).</p></li><li><p><a href=https://figshare.com/articles/software/JShrink_Artifact/12435542>JShrink</a> is a Java shrinker (<a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3368089.3409738>paper</a>).</p></li><li><p><a href=http://www.e-t.com/jshrink.html>JShrink</a> is a Java shrinker and obfuscator.</p></li></ul><h1 id=docker>Docker</h1><ul><li><p><a href=https://github.com/docker-slim/docker-slim><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://dockersl.im/>docker-slim</a> a tool to minify and secure docker containers.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/jon-bell/javaslicer><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/jon-bell/javaslicer>JavaSlicer</a> is an open-source dynamic slicing tool developed at Saarland University.</p></li></ul><h1 id=cc>C/C++</h1><ul><li><p><a href=https://github.com/cxreet/razor><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/cxreet/razor>RAZOR</a> is a framework for post-deployment software debloating (<a href=https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec19-qian.pdf>paper</a>).</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/cxreet/Slimium><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/cxreet/Slimium>Slimium</a> is a tool to debloat Chromium (<a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3372297.3417866>paper</a>).</p></li><li><p><a href=https://gitlab.com/brown-ssl/libfilter>Nibbler</a> is a tatic analysis tool to automatically find functions in the program and its shared library functions that are not used by the program. (<a href=https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3414997>paper</a>).</p></li></ul><h1 id=javascript>JavaScript</h1><ul><li><p><a href=https://github.com/moar82/jMetalPy><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/moar82/jMetalPy>MoMIT</a> is a JavaScript interpreter minimizer (<a href=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8966499>paper</a>).</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/hcvazquez/UFFRemover><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/hcvazquez/UFFRemover>UFFRemover</a> is a slimming JavaScript tool for identifying and removing unused foreign functions (UFF) (<a href=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0950584918302210>paper</a>).</p></li><li><p><a href=https://r8.googlesource.com/r8><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://r8.googlesource.com/r8>R8</a> is the Google substitute of Proguard.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/tedious/JShrink><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/tedious/JShrink>JShrink</a> is a Javascript minifier built in PHP.</p></li></ul><h1 id=related-tools>Related tools</h1><ul><li><p><a href=https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace>bpftrace</a> High-level tracing language for Linux eBPF.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/strace/strace><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://strace.io/>STrace</a> A diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility for Linux.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/dkarv/jdcallgraph><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/dkarv/jdcallgraph>JDCallgraph</a> Dynamic call graph generation for Java.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/jenkinsci/constant-pool-scanner><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/jenkinsci/constant-pool-scanner>constant-pool-scanner</a> Simple utility to scan Java bytecode for class references in the constant pool.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/gousiosg/java-callgraph><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/gousiosg/java-callgraph>java-callgraph</a> Programs for producing static and dynamic (runtime) call graphs for Java programs.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/axt/jvm-callgraph><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/axt/jvm-callgraph>jvm-callgraph</a> Call graph generator for JVM bytecode.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/aragozin/jvm-tools><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/aragozin/jvm-tools>jvm-tools</a> Small set of tools for JVM troublshooting, monitoring and profiling.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/jon-bell/bytecode-examples><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/jon-bell/bytecode-examples>bytecode-examples</a> Java Bytecode Engineering Examples & Tutorials.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/jon-bell/maven-lifecycle-logger><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/jon-bell/maven-lifecycle-logger>maven-lifecycle-logger</a> Logger to record maven lifecycle events and timing.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://github.com/mihaip/dex-method-counts><i class="fab fa-github"></i></a> <a href=https://github.com/mihaip/dex-method-counts>dex-method-counts</a> Command-line tool to count per-package methods in Android .dex files.</p></li><li><p><a href=http://dtrace.org/guide/preface.html#preface>DTrace</a> A comprehensive dynamic tracing framework</p></li></ul></div></div></div><script>anchors.options={position:'left'},anchors.add('h1:not(.no-anchor)','h2','h3')</script><footer><div class="container beautiful-jekyll-footer"><div class=row><div class="col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1"><div style=text-align:center><div class=call-to-subscribe><span class=highlighted-text>Subscribe<span class=highlight></span></span><b> and get my posts before anyone else!</b></div><div id=mailchimp-subscribe-section-footer class=mailchimp-subscribe-section><div id=mc_embed_signup-footer><form action="https://cesarsotovalero.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=61bdf9dd615a10fd3c31cf8bc&id=294200bc67" method=post id=mc-embedded-subscribe-form-footer name=mc-embedded-subscribe-form class=validate target=_blank novalidate><div id=mc_embed_signup_scroll-footer><div class=container><div class=row><div class="col-sm-8 col-12"><input type=email name=EMAIL class=email id=mce-EMAIL-footer placeholder=Email required></div><div class="col-sm-4 col-12"><input type=submit value=Subscribe name=subscribe id=mc-embedded-subscribe-footer class=button></div></div></div><div style=position:absolute;left:-5e3px aria-hidden=true><input type=text name=b_61bdf9dd615a10fd3c31cf8bc_294200bc67 tabindex=-1></div></div></form></div></div><div class=flex-container-footer-badges><a href=https://github.com/cesarsotovalero><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/followers/cesarsotovalero?logoColor=black&style=social" alt="Follow me on GitHub"></a>
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 The following is a non-exhaustive list of my technical presentations (in reverse chronological order).</p><h1 id=2023>2023</h1><ul><li><p><a href="https://youtu.be/7IoXciSucw4?si=CiANlBQtgmibmWci">Preventing Software Supply Chain Attacks With Dependency Management Best Practices</a>. Presented at <em>SEB Tech Day</em> in Arenastaden Stockholm, September 2023.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ki5KITPSciccI1Qdh3wb7GOjdw8jq-CFbY-mvXLUv2c/edit?usp=sharing">Software Supply Chain Security</a>. Presented with <a href=https://www.monperrus.net/martin/>Martin Monperrus</a> at <a href=https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/>Digital Futures</a> in KTH, Sponsored by the <a href=https://snht.se/>Swedish National Hacking Team</a> and <a href=https://www.cparta.se/>Cparta Cyber Defense</a>, June 2023.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Ub684G_aM5Q?si=5Ow61XFEGmtP9ZZw">Debloating Java Dependencies</a>. PhD defense presented at KTH, June 2023.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14A3n_ZT13ealkTVUNnchS7pE03vOL6cDIQpiIZghuHY/edit?usp=sharing">The Software Supply Chain of Crypto and Decentralization</a>. Presented with <a href=https://www.monperrus.net/martin/>Martin Monperrus</a> at <a href=https://www.meetup.com/decentralized-camp/events/290035869/><em>2nd Descentralized Camp Meetup</em></a>, Developers Bay, January 2023.</p></li></ul><h1 id=2022>2022</h1><ul><li><p><a href=../talks/80_percent_2022.pdf title=pdf target=_blank>Automatic Software Debloating</a>. 80% PhD Seminar. Presented at KTH, November 2022.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://youtu.be/HXj2B8eHmt4 title=video target=_blank>Coverage-Based Debloating for Java Bytecode</a>. Presented at ESEC/FSE, Singapore, November 2022.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16yingW3HUNj6XmAfFFc_qz1bSI-ZRfV0/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117859204590242341300&rtpof=true&sd=true">The Multibillion Dollar Software Supply Chain of Ethereum</a>. Presented at <em>1st Workshop on the Software Supply Chain</em>, KTH, Sweden, October 2022.</p></li><li><p><a href=../../files/posters/poster-scs-48x36.pdf>Automatic Software Debloating</a>. Poster presented during <a href=https://www.kth.se/castorsoftwaredays/photos><em>2nd Edition of CASTOR Software Days</em></a>, KTH, Sweden, September 2022.</p></li><li><p><a href=../../files/posters/poster-scs-48x36.pdf>Automatic Software Debloating</a>. Poster presented during <em>EECS Summer Event</em>, KTH, Sweden, June 2022.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JDVerE77ZWLqwtWP430QXF1KTd4RhKoD/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117859204590242341300&rtpof=true&sd=true" target=_blank>Java is Going to the Moon: Native Images with GraalVM</a>. Presented at KTH, May 2022.</p></li><li><p><a href=../talks/A_Prime_On_Software_Debloating.pdf title=pdf target=_blank>A Prime on Software Debloating</a>. Presented at KTH, March 2022.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pZGJ_9X_mvOzaqlelQbSyPI9opo6V_e1/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117859204590242341300&rtpof=true&sd=true" target=_blank>The Software Supply Chain of Enterprise Java Ethereum Nodes</a>. Presented at KTH, January 2022.</p></li></ul><h1 id=2021>2021</h1><ul><li><p><a href=../files/presentations/software-production-landscape.pptx target=_blank>The Software Production Landscape</a>. Presented at KTH, September 2021.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://youtu.be/cePEl485E_s title=video target=_blank>A Longitudinal Analysis of Bloated Java Dependencies</a>. Presented at ESEC/FSE, August 2021.</p></li><li><p><a href=../talks/50percent_seminar_kth_2021.pdf title=pdf target=_blank>Automated Software Debloat</a>. 50% PhD Seminar. Presented at KTH, April 2021.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://youtu.be/8SndbPMwdWE title=video target=_blank>DepClean: Automatically Revealing Bloated Software Dependencies in Maven Projects</a>. Presented at FOSDEM, February 2021.</p></li></ul><h1 id=2020>2020</h1><ul><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cwBaOIJ2ZgGP62sCod_a_KrdhRg2puDlIkFKpjxPC6E/edit?usp=sharing">An Introduction to Bloat History Analysis</a>. Presented at <em>20th ASSERT Software Engineering Workshop</em>, Stockholm, Sweden, November 2020.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://www.cesarsotovalero.net/presentations/assert-13th/#/><img class=emoji title=:earth_americas: alt=:earth_americas: src=https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f30e.png height=20 width=20> Are Developers Willing to Remove Bloated Dependencies?</a> Presented at <em>13th ASSERT Software Engineering Workshop</em>, Stockholm, Sweden, January 2020.</p></li></ul><h1 id=2019>2019</h1><ul><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KpB16Ibfn3yjxTIxeRPcmR4JcZn3aujEl2EThyOC88U/edit?usp=sharing">Presentation for FDT3303</a>. Paper reading presented at KTH, Stockholm, December 2019.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17V5PBGj2n7dHrOmbtC0Tfzn_g6xX2mg2GFAWQtRapCY/edit?usp=sharing">Do the Dependency Conflicts in my Project Matters?</a>. Presented at <em>11th ASSERT Software Engineering Workshop</em>, Stockholm, Sweden, November 2019.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1C_-0rQHYvuz7RqPj0dlNhUkjYX1lm9y6gBRri4BTfxk/edit?usp=sharing">Tool Presentation</a>. Presented at SL, Stockholm, November 2019.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-B3YfX5xulYgq30IVhv0bLwPHFrtbaRbzZu61TA_U2k/edit?usp=sharing">WASP Presentation</a>. Presented at <em>Nanyang Technological University</em>, Singapore, October 2019.</p></li><li><p><a href=../../files/posters/Castor-Software-Days-WASP-Poster.pdf>Studying Bloated Dependencies in the Maven Ecosystem</a>. Poster presented during <em>CASTOR Software Days</em>, KTH, Sweden, October 2019.</p></li><li><p><a href=https://dl.serveur-du-placard.ml/these/reveal.js-3.7.0/presentations/MSR2.html><img class=emoji title=:earth_americas: alt=:earth_americas: src=https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f30e.png height=20 width=20> The Emergence of Software Diversity in Maven Central</a>. Presented at <em>16th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories</em> (MSR), Montreal, Canada, May 2019.</p></li></ul><h1 id=2018>2018</h1><ul><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LYvt7fFdGf_VvdlD2XRHzUTfZZOqM55Wopw6IYM6PNQ/edit?usp=sharing">Bloatware Mitigation and Analysis</a>. Presented at <em>5th ASSERT Software Engineering Workshop</em>, Stockholm, Sweden, November 2018.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IMhDIJjDIT_KuFLYSa5agPMvbCA8klBCemSLZI4id04/edit?usp=sharing">Mining Software Dependencies at Large Scale: A Preliminary Study on the Maven Central Repository</a>. Presented at <em>4th ASSERT Software Engineering Workshop</em>, Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 2018.</p></li></ul><h1 id=footnotes>Footnotes</h1><div class=footnotes role=doc-endnotes><ol><li id=fn:1 role=doc-endnote><p>If you are interested in placing me at your event, just <a href=mailto:cesarsotovalero@gmail.com>email me</a>. It’s free. 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 <span class=cd-timeline__time-left>January 8, 2020</span><p class=color-contrast-high>Published a research paper</p><div class="flex justify-between items-center"><a href=# target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer">Check it out</a></div></div></div></div><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1440 320"><path fill="#fff" fill-opacity="1" d="M0 64l40-5.3C80 53 160 43 240 69.3c80 26.7 160 90.7 240 96C560 171 640 117 720 128s160 85 240 101.3c80 15.7 160-26.3 240-58.6 80-31.7 160-53.7 2e2-64L1440 96V320h-40c-40 0-120 0-2e2.0s-160 0-240 0-160 0-240 0-160 0-240 0-160 0-240 0-160 0-2e2.0H0z"/></svg></div><script src=js/timeline.js></script></div></div></div><script>anchors.options={position:'left'},anchors.add('h1:not(.no-anchor)','h2','h3')</script><footer><div class="container beautiful-jekyll-footer"><div class=row><div class="col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2 col-md-10 col-md-offset-1"><div style=text-align:center><div class=call-to-subscribe><span class=highlighted-text>Subscribe<span class=highlight></span></span><b> and get my posts before anyone else!</b></div><div id=mailchimp-subscribe-section-footer class=mailchimp-subscribe-section><div id=mc_embed_signup-footer><form action="https://cesarsotovalero.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=61bdf9dd615a10fd3c31cf8bc&id=294200bc67" method=post id=mc-embedded-subscribe-form-footer name=mc-embedded-subscribe-form class=validate target=_blank novalidate><div id=mc_embed_signup_scroll-footer><div class=container><div class=row><div class="col-sm-8 col-12"><input type=email name=EMAIL class=email id=mce-EMAIL-footer placeholder=Email required></div><div class="col-sm-4 col-12"><input type=submit value=Subscribe name=subscribe id=mc-embedded-subscribe-footer class=button></div></div></div><div style=position:absolute;left:-5e3px aria-hidden=true><input type=text name=b_61bdf9dd615a10fd3c31cf8bc_294200bc67 tabindex=-1></div></div></form></div></div><div class=flex-container-footer-badges><a href=https://github.com/cesarsotovalero><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/followers/cesarsotovalero?logoColor=black&style=social" alt="Follow me on GitHub"></a>
