About Me
Dr. Dejice Jacob 
I am a post-doctoral researcher at the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow. I am a member of the Glasgow Systems Section (GLASS).
I currently work on the EPSRC funded M4Secure project. My current research goal is to provide formal guarantees about memory allocators generated from code synthesis tools. Prior to this, I was doing research on the Capable VMs project researching how to improve software security in Programming Language virtual machines using fine grained CPU hardware capabilities as provided by the CHERI architecture.
Have a look through my Resume to see what I have done professionally so far.
I completed my Ph.D degree in 2020 under the supervision of Dr. Jeremy Singer and Prof. Phil Trinder.
Research
The main areas of my research span:
- Compilers
- Runtimes
- Programming Languages
- Heterogeneous Architectures
- Secure Computing
My PhD thesis titled Opportunistic acceleration of array-centric Python computation in heterogeneous environments was shortlisted for the SICSA PhD Award for Best Dissertation in Scotland, September 13-14, 2021. The thesis looks at:
- Mechanisms to automatically JIT compile and accelerate loop constructs
at runtime in a dynamic language (Python) using GPUs and - A cost model to guide the selection of the device to target for JIT compilation.
Blog
If you have time to kill, I sometimes muse some inanities on my blog.
Contact Details
I can be reached at :
F101, Sir Alwyn Williams Building
Lilybank Gardens
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Scotland