Vaastav Anand
PhD Student, MPI-SWS

Saarbruecken, Germany
I am currently on both the academic job market for a faculty position and on the industrial job market for a researcher position. Here are the relevant documents:
I am a Doctoral Researcher at Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) where I work under the supervision of Dr. Antoine Kaufmann and Dr. Deepak Garg. Previously, I was advised by Herr. Dr. Jonathan Mace.
I like building, testing, breaking, and fixing software systems. My primary area of interest is Cloud Systems Reliability and Efficiency.
My hobbies include watching football, Formula 1, and learning new languages. I also like to cook in my free time and I do enjoy writing and reading poetry from time to time.
Previously, I was a M.Sc. student in the Network, Systems, and Security Lab at The University of British Columbia where I worked with Dr. Ivan Beschastnikh and Dr. Margo Seltzer.
News
Aug 30, 2025 | Our paper “Intent Based System Design and Operation” was accepted at PACMI 2025. |
Aug 24, 2025 | Our paper “DMAS-Forge: A Framework for Transparent Deployment of AI Applications as Distributed Systems” was accepted at SAA 2025. |
Aug 5, 2025 | Our paper Generating representative macrobenchmark microservice systems from distributed traces with Palette” was accepted at ApSys 2025. |
May 20, 2025 | I was awarded 3rd Place in the ACM SRC Grand Finals 2025. |
May 19, 2025 | Gave a talk at IISc Bangalore as part of the CNI Seminar Series. |