Recommendations
As a member of one of the teams that I oversaw as part of their capstone projects, Saman stood out as highly intelligent, motivated and capable. He pairs a driven enterpreneurial spirit with an excellent engineering and system architectural thought process.
Sina (Saman) was my undergraduate thesis student at the University of Calgary and spent roughly 8 months with me learning about what it means to do academic research. He pursued a research project involving the use of LLMs in cybersecurity (for code explanation and code style changes), where he devised and implemented a set of experiments using LLM APIs, high-performance computing infrastructure, and various compilation flows. Sina matured over the course of the project, building both his technical and communication skills. He also demonstrated his tenacity throughout the semesters, balancing his other academic commitments and maintaining his motivation when faced with "unknowns" (as is common in research). I'm happy to support Sina as he pursues the next steps in his career, and I can endorse his technical skills, independence, and ability to solve technical problems.
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Sina is an exceptional developer. I had the pleasure of working closely with Sina throughout our year-long capstone project, where we developed SigmaPilot, a VSCode extension that allows developers to connect to an LLM of their choosing. His reliability, dedication, and intelligence were consistently evident. Sina took on the crucial task of researching open-source models that could be run on personal machines, demonstrating his deep technical expertise and thorough approach. He tackled this significant portion of the project independently, meticulously documenting his findings and effectively communicating them to the team. His contributions were invaluable, and his ability to handle complex challenges with ease made a significant impact on our project's success. I highly recommend Sina for any development role.
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