conf.researchr.org / Eddie Aftandilian
Registered user since Mon 28 Aug 2017
Name:Eddie Aftandilian
Bio:
Eddie Aftandilian is a Principal Researcher in GitHub Next, where he works on AI-powered developer tools. Through these tools, he aims to help developers become happier and more productive.
While in GitHub Next, he helped create the original GitHub Copilot, led development of Copilot for Docs, and currently leads development of Copilot Workspace.
Previously, Eddie led the Java Tools and JVM teams at Google. While at Google, he worked on:
- Error Prone, Google’s static analysis tool for Java
- Fixbot/Graph2Diff, an ML-powered build repair tool integrated into Google’s code review system
- Tricorder, Google’s static analysis platform
- Bazel, Google’s build system
Country:United States
Affiliation:GitHub Next
Personal website: https://github.com/eaftan
X (Twitter): https://x.com/eaftandilian
GitHub: https://github.com/eaftan
Research interests:Machine learning for code, static analysis, engineering productivity, virtual machines, Java
Contributions
2024
2023
ESEC/FSE
- Panelist of Industry careers in SE: pure research vs. applied research vs. dev @ startups, research labs, big companies, government within the Industry Mentoring Symposium-track
- Mentor in Program Committee within the Industry Mentoring Symposium-track
- Panelist of Technical skills you learned in your SE PhD: how they are used in industry, and how to find a job that leverages them within the Industry Mentoring Symposium-track
2019
ICSE
- Author of Panel Post-PhD career: What are the tradeoffs between a research career in industry, academia (research track, teaching track), and government? within the Student Mentoring Workshop-track
- Author of Analyzing and Repairing Compilation Errors within the Posters-track
- Author of Type Migration in Ultra-Large-Scale Codebases within the Technical Track-track