CV | Darius Foo

Professional Experience

National University of Singapore

PhD Student

Aug 2020 – Present

SourceClear (and, by acquisition, Veracode)

Senior Software Engineer

May 2016 – Jul 2020

Worked on the SourceClear Agent, a tool which uses a combination of static analysis and instrumentation to discover and automatically upgrade library dependencies from CI/CD pipelines.
Maintained a code analysis pipeline for precomputing partial static analysis results for large numbers of open source libraries.
Authored 4 papers with colleagues on the following tools:
- Update Advisor, a scalable static analysis for detecting breaking changes in order to perform automated library upgrades safely.
- Sapling, a web app which optimizes story assignments for SAFe PI Planning using answer set programming.
- SGL, a domain-specific graph query language able to represent security vulnerabilities.

Past

Experimental Systems & Technology Lab
Ministry of Education Singapore

Software Engineering Intern

Jun 2015 – Aug 2015

Worked on Coursemology, an open source, gamified education platform used in select modules at NUS and various schools in Singapore.

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Teaching Assistant

Aug 2013 – Dec 2015

Led discussion group sessions and graded assignments in CS1101S, an accelerated introduction to programming based on the text Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Abelson, Sussman) and conducted in JavaScript.
Maintained a source-to-source JavaScript-to-Java compiler used by students to run their JavaScript programs on Lego NXT robots.

Singapore University of Technology and Design

Programmer

Dec 2013 – Feb 2014

Game Innovation Programme
Singapore University of Technology and Design

Intern (Programmer)

May 2013 – Aug 2013

Developed Tower of Myr: Crystal Stream, a turn-based strategy game for Android. Implemented major parts of the gameplay and user interface.

BComp (Computer Science)
National University of Singapore
2012 – 2016