Amit Ami
Assistant Professor at International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)
Tampa, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmit Ami is an assistant professor and security-focused software engineering researcher with 15 years of practical and academic experience, currently based in Tampa and transitioning from a PhD at William & Mary to USF. He designs systematic, research-backed evaluation frameworks that reveal soundness-compromising flaws in vulnerability detection tools and pairs those technical analyses with human-centered studies to make findings actionable for both industry and academia. His service roles—Program Chair for ICSE’s MobileSoft Tools & Datasets track and Publicity Chair for IEEE S&P—underscore a commitment to shaping the research community and communicating impact broadly. Prior work spans teaching, policy fellowship experience, and full-stack open-source development, including a well-crafted Linux Brightness Controller that highlights his hands-on engineering and attention to code quality. He brings a rare blend of empirical rigor, tool-building, and outreach, translating complex security problems into practical evaluation methods and usable software.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Software Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Software Engineering at Institute of Information Technology, University of DhakaB.Sc. in Information Technology (BIT) Major in Software Engineering Software Engineering, B.Sc. in Information Technology (BIT) Major in Software Engineering Software Engineering at University of DhakaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at William & Mary
Github Skills (4)
wxpython10
linux10
front-end-development10
python10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
LordAmit/Brightness
Apr 2013 - Jan 2023
Using Brightness Controller, you can control brightness of both primary and external displays in Linux. Check it out!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 331 commits, 48 PRs in 9 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Amit appears to have developed a Linux application, "Brightness Controller," using Python and the wxPython (wx) library. The initial commits focused on setting up the basic UI elements like sliders and buttons, and enabling control of the display brightness. Subsequent commits included features such as automatic display detection, saving and loading configuration settings. The user also refactored the code and made it adhere to PEP 8 standards.
backlightpythoncontrollerdisplayslinux
Secure-Platforms-Lab-W-M/MASC-Artifact
Aug 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:69 commits, 27 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 3 months
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