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It's entirely possible that Aditya is actually just working on a static analysis tool, it is buggy, and he wasn't aware of the other research his advisor does.
by oh_sigh 6y ago
It's entirely possible that Aditya is actually just working on a static analysis tool, it is buggy, and he wasn't aware of the other research his advisor does. If that is the case, I can kind of understand his response. I would be pretty upset if I knew I was just trying to submit some honest(if buggy) patches, but was accused of being a scoundrel because of something that didn't even involve me.
Of course, it's also possible that he is just gaslighting Greg and actually was doing the same kind of "research" as other people did before.
I think that UMN will get to the bottom of it - it will be pretty clear to them what kind of research he was doing, and whether he represented himself honestly.
- gomijacogeo 6y agoThere does appear to be a static analysis tool. https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/papers/eecatch.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0isr1QLNlofPBDpR1tf8rYUEknEeTHf2VdmIxZZboAmR4-FpCLfbaIYrQ https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/papers/eecatch.pdf?fbclid... Still, given that he is 4+ years into a PhD (after a Masters), and has published on this topic before, his first deflection is "We are not experts in the linux kernel" seems disingenuous - kinda like "Hey guys, I'm not malicious, just not good at my job."
- burnished 6y agoGreg did make it clear that social convention was also violated by delivering a patch, evidently the result of a tool, without stating as such.