Brock students Yuvraj Sehgal and Sneh Patel are already making their mark in the software engineering industry.<\/p>\n
The Computer Science master\u2019s students and Associate Professor of Computer Science Naser Ezzati-Jivan are working with on a research project with Ciena<\/a>, a global leader in high-speed connectivity.<\/p>\n The project, which began earlier this year and ends next September, explores how artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to more efficiently collect, store and analyze network data as it is generated.<\/p>\n \u201cAs AI-generated code becomes more common, it is increasingly important to understand how software behaves in real-world conditions,\u201d says Ezzati-Jivan. \u201cOur work improves observability so developers can better diagnose problems and improve reliability and performance.\u201d<\/p>\n Funded by a Mitacs<\/a> grant, Sehgal and Patel are developing components of an AI framework that determines what system data to collect and when to collect it. The pair are also using AI agents to help analyze the data and diagnose software problems.<\/p>\n As well as building their technical and research skills, the project has also allowed them to build connections with professionals in the field.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the best parts of this project is our monthly meetings with Ciena engineers, including Fran\u00e7ois T\u00e9treault,\u201d says Sehgal. \u201cA team of around eight people at Ciena reviews our work and presentations, providing feedback on what we\u2019re doing well and where we can improve.\u201d<\/p>\n Patel, for example, developed a prototype that Ciena\u2019s team used during a meeting. Their feedback helped shape the next steps.<\/p>\n \u201cThey brought their industry knowledge to the product and asked difficult questions that AI agents cannot solve right now,\u201d says Patel. \u201cBased on our discussion, they provided input on areas to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n A significant highlight for Sehgal and Patel was being named first and second authors on a research paper, \u201cTraceSynth: Generating Production-Quality Kernel Traces with Constraint-Guided Diffusion Models<\/a>,\u201d which they presented with Ezzati-Jivan at the prestigious 34th Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) in July. The paper is based on their work with Ciena.<\/p>\n Ezzati-Jivan says ACM\u2019s FSE gathering is one of the world\u2019s leading software engineering conferences, bringing together top researchers from universities and industry to share ideas and discuss challenges.<\/p>\n \u201cSeeing Yuvraj\u00a0and Sneh present our work with Ciena was a proud moment for me,\u201d he says. \u201cIt gave them a chance to share their research with the wider community and see how it connects to real industry problems.\u201d<\/p>\n Both Sehgal and Patel say their experiences at Ciena have inspired them to consider PhD studies to deepen their expertise and prepare for careers tackling complex challenges in industry.<\/p>\n For Ciena, Sehgal and Patel\u2019s internships are more than work placements, says Engineering Director Jamie Sanderson.<\/p>\n \u201cThey give students a chance to learn how complex products work, investigate problems and apply their findings to make improvements,\u201d Sanderson says.<\/p>\n T\u00e9treault, an engineer at the company, says the partnership benefits Ciena as well.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the same time, those collaborations expose us to new ideas and perspectives coming from academia and the research community,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Providing students hands-on experience tackling workplace challenges while enabling industry to access new expertise and talent are among aims of Brock LINC<\/a>, a research innovation office that provides research commercialization, entrepreneurship and industry partnership supports to the University and Niagara communities.<\/p>\n Brock researchers and industry partners<\/a> interested in exploring a collaboration through Mitacs or other programs Brock LINC offers are invited to contact brocklinc@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brock students Yuvraj Sehgal and Sneh Patel are already making their mark in the software engineering industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":112470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13793,188,55,41,1],"tags":[8737,5067,15311,567,348,7842,11546],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112472,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112466\/revisions\/112472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}