PhD - Programming languages
Yes it was but not at uWaterloo.
Why
did
you
choose
graduate
studies
and
why
did
you
choose
graduate
studies
in
CS?
Because
I
loved
doing
research
and
believe
that
it
will
open
a
plethora
of
opportunities
once
I'm
done
with
it
(e.g.,
working
in
academia
as
well
as
industry
as
opposed
to
just
the
industry
if
I
haven't
pursued
my
graduate
studies).
What
is
your
research
area
and
why
did
you
choose
it?
I'm
doing
my
PhD
in
programming
languages
and
compiler
design.
I
took
a
course
during
my
MMath
in
compilers
and
was
very
intrigued
by
the
topic.
I
wanted
to
change
my
area
of
studies
in
my
PhD
so
it
made
sense
to
me
to
explore
the
field
of
compiler
design
during
my
PhD.
Who
is
your
supervisor
and
why
did
you
choose
to
work
with
him/her?
Ondřej
Lhoták.
He's
the
instructor
of
that
course
I
took
during
my
MMath.
I
found
him
to
be
a
really
good
instructor
in
class
and
very
helpful
during
office
hours.
He's
a
very
smart
guy
and
exciting
to
work
with.
It
was
the
easiest
decision
I
made
during
my
academic
career
to
do
my
PhD
with
Ondřej.
I
highly
recommend
him
as
a
supervisor
for
prospective
graduate
students!
Why
did
you
choose
Waterloo
for
graduate
studies?
If
you
did
your
undergraduate
at
Waterloo,
why
did
you
stay?
I
applied
to
various
universities
in
Canada
and
the
U.S..
Waterloo
was
the
only
Canadian
school
I
applied
to
though
after
it
was
highly
recommended
by
my
undergraduate
professors
back
in
Egypt
(some
of
whom
did
their
graduate
studies
here
in
Canada
but
not
in
Waterloo).
Even
though
I
got
accepted
at
the
3
schools
I
applied
to,
Waterloo
was
the
only
one
that
guaranteed
me
funding
before
arriving.
That
made
my
decision
easier
to
go
to
Waterloo,
both
for
its
reputation
and
guaranteed
funding.
What
sort
of
research/projects
are
you
working
on?
I'm
working
on
compiler
design,
in
specific
static
analyses
and
call
graph
construction
algorithms
for
Java
and
Scala.
One
of
my
main
PhD
contributions
is
the
Averroes
project
(which
can
be
found
on
my
research
website).
What
classes
are
you
taking?
What
has
been
your
favourite
class
so
far?
I've
finished
all
my
course
requirements.
My
favourite
courses
though
are:
CS 744 - Advanced Compiler Design: that course got me into doing my PhD in programming languages and compiler design.
CS 870 - Numerical Algorithms and Image Processing: by far the most enjoyable course I've taken in my PhD though it has no relation whatsoever with my research interests. Justin Wan is an amazing instructor. I really enjoyed the lectures, the assignments and the project as well.
Any
other
information
you
would
like
to
share
about
yourself?
I
used
to
be
the
president
of
the
Egyptian
Student
Association,
lots
of
fun
events
for
the
Egyptian
and
Arabian
community
in
general
(though
events
are
open
to
everybody).
I'm
also
a
community
assistant
at
CLV
North
(single
grads
and
family
residence).
So
if
somebody
would
like
to
ask
questions
about
CLV,
I
can
definitely
help
out.
You
can
also
share
my
research
webpage
(plg.uwaterloo.ca/~karim).