The Kinderdijk windmills were really beautiful, well worth a visit and a fun water bus ride from central Rotterdam.

In Rotterdam for a concert this weekend!

In beautiful Karlskrona to serve on the examination committee for Waleed Abdeen's PhD thesis at BTH.

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Good turn-out for day 1 of the WASP Software Engineering and Technology workshop! Starting with a keynote from Chris Parnin (Microsoft Research), "Building and Evaluating AI-Powered Apps: Challenges, Lessons, and Future Research Directions".

First fall colors starting to appear. Gorgeous weekend.

Some colleagues and I are exploring #bias in #SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment review activities. If you have a few minutes, please fill out our survey: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

This is valid. Sweden's pernicious anti-immigrant stance and policies are only going to hurt the country. I like a lot of things here, but I don't feel particularly welcome and don't have any faith in its government or confidence in the long-term.

Visiting the gardens in #Jonsered today. The garden is small, but nicely curated, with a lot of hiking paths.

Also revisited Bohus Fortress, a nearby (and more intact) castle. Not as peaceful, but still a great piece of tangible history.

Ventured out to Ragnhildsholmen, the ruins of a 1200s castle outside of Gothenburg. It was beautiful, and nice to be alone with only the sound of wind.

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Been missing American pastrami (made with beef - it's usually pork or poultry in Europe), so I got brisket from a butcher and made my own. Made reubens for dinner, served with the pickles I made the other day.

Fermented pickles in dill, garlic, horseradish, and black pepper. Perfect for summer.

Today's adventures in cooking - lettuce wraps with tofu, a cabbage slaw, and a spicy peanut sauce. Not the prettiest, but the sauce is addictive. Will definitely revisit.

Made a fermented salsa. It was mind blowing. Need to add that to my regular rotation. (Pictured here with fish tacos)

Why are Swedish media suddenly naming Forssell as minister in white supremacism scandal?

At University College London this week for a fun workshop on AI-powered software engineering: www.ucl.ac.uk/crest/events...

do not install any app from Facebook or Meta on any device. Ideally avoid installing ANY social media app. Login through a browser. I highly doubt Facebook is the only company pulling this shit www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-...

🍻 Here’s to you guys finding this funnier than my co-workers did.

One more push: I am hiring 1-2 PhD students to research the use of LLMs to augment human-written test suites. Interested? Apply here: www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha... Reach out if you have questions! Applications due May 15! #softwaretesting #softwareengineering #softwaredevelopment #LLM #AI #PHD

Some colleagues and I are curious about potential biases that can affect review activities during #SoftwareDevelopment. If you do code, document, or other reviews, please take 5-10 minutes to fill out this survey: forms.office.com/r/GhMDKy9s9Y #SoftwareEngineering

Reminder: I am hiring 1-2 PhD students to research the use of LLMs to augment human-written test suites! Interested? Apply here: www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha... Reach out if you have questions! #softwaretesting #softwareengineering #softwaredevelopment #LLM #AI #PHD

I am watching the movie Heat and I wanted to check if the actress is a young Angelina Jolie so I went to google and-

I'm seeking 1-2 Ph.D. students, who will conduct research on how LLMs can extend and augment the software tests created by humans. Please apply, share, and get in touch if you have questions! Apply at: www.chalmers.se/en/about-cha...

they finally did it. they invented a machine that can't run doom.

Love the sentiment but wtf is this data graphic

So good. 🤡 @brendanvduke.bsky.social

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

Congratulations to Ranim Khojah for defending her licentiate (half-way point to a PhD dissertation) today, with @coolsweng.bsky.social as discussion leader!

I'm happy to have been invited to give a keynote at the Mutation Workshop at ICST next month, where I'll discuss mutation testing adoption in industry. If you'll be at the conference, I hope you attend! More info: conf.researchr.org/home/icst-20...

My student Ranim Khojah (ranimkhojah.com) will be giving her licentiate seminar on March 28th at 13:15. Her work is on the intersection of software engineering, natural language processing, and LLMs. Her seminar will also be streamed via Zoom - please contact me or her directly if you want to join.

One last post from Japan (I've been slow to get through the photos) - Fushimi Inari. If you've seen photos of any shrine from Kyoto, it's this one, but still - it remains one of my favorite places on this planet, a mesmerizing and otherworldly place.

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Interested in software engineering education? Consider submitting your work to the LEARNER 2025 workshop, co-located with EASE in Instanbul this June! conf.researchr.org/home/ease-20...

The Philosopher's Path - a winding path between several shrines and temples in northeastern Kyoto - is always one of my favorite parts of the city. Highlights include Eikando, a peaceful and beautiful temple complex, and Ōtoyo, a shrine guarded by animal spirits (1/3).

Oh damn Prime actually published their failed chatgpt prompt in the description

Old American, new Swede.

Still catching up on going through my photos of the Christmas trip. On New Year's Eve, we visited the Arashiyama bamboo forest. Arashiyama itself is very cool, but I was far more impressed with the temples in the hills beyond the forest. They were quiet and beautiful, especially Jojakkoji. (1/3)

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

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MURRICA!

New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."

right now a 25 year old berkeley grad is slapping chat gpt cobol code into the treasury’s electronic payment system. im sure this will be fine.

Ah, the millennial experience of “every time you get some measure of financial and career stability, the world decides to do something extraordinarily stupid again”

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