Frank Tip is a Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University and an Amazon Scholar at Amazon Web Services.

Previously, he was a Senior Principal Engineer at Samsung Research America in Mountain View, California (2014-2016), a Professor and Cheriton Research Chair in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo (2012-2014), and a Research Staff Member and Manager at the Software Technology Department at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (1995-2012). He received his PhD in 1995 from the University of Amsterdam.

Frank's current research interests include: Test Generation using Large Language Models, Securing WebAssembly using Static Analysis and Binary Instrumentation, Asynchronous Programming, Refactoring, Program Optimization, and applications of Static and Dynamic Program Analysis.

Message for Prospective PhD Students:

I am actively looking for PhD students who share my research interests, and who enjoy developing practical tools, conducting thorough experimental evaluations, and making significant contributions to the open-source community. I have a strong preference for candidates who already have some relevant research experience. If you are interested in a PhD position, please send me an e-mail in which you tell me about your research interests/experience.
For more information about current research projects, please take a look at my research page, and read some of my recent publications.