About

I have completed my BS CS from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). During my undergrad, I was advised by Dr. Tianyin Xu, Dr. Zafar Ayyub Qazi, and Dr. Ihsan Ayyub Qazi. My research interests lie in Systems and Software Reliability. I will be joining the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for MS CS in Fall’24.

I am actively looking for SWE/MLE or research internships for Summer’25. If you have a referral, please reach out at saadsa2@illinois.edu.

Publications

1. Fidelity of Cloud Emulators: The Imitation Game of Testing Cloud-based Software
   by Anna Mazhar, Saad Sher Alam, Xinze Zheng, Yinfang Chen, Suman Nath, Tianyin Xu
   In Proceedings of the 47th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’25), Ottawa, Canada
   [paper, code]

2. Uncovering the Hidden Data Costs of Mobile YouTube Ads
   by Emaan Atique*, Saad Sher Alam*, Harris Ahmad, Zafar Ayyub Qazi, Ihsan Ayyub Qazi
   In Proceedings of the 33rd ACM Web Conference (TheWebConf’24), Sentosa, Singapore
   *Authors contributed equally
   [paper, code]

Teaching

1. CS225: Data Structures, Fall’24 - Teaching Assistant (UIUC)
2. CS473: Network Security, Spring’24 - Teaching Assistant (LUMS)
3. CS334: Principles and Techniques of Data Science, Fall’23 - Teaching Assistant (LUMS)
4. CS202: Data Structures, Spring’23 - Teaching Assistant (LUMS)
5. CS589: Recent Developments in Blockchain Technologies, Fall’22 - Teaching Assistant (LUMS)