Shahriyar Amini

I am the engineering manager leading the Data Visualization team at Databricks. I am actively recruiting software engineers for the team. If you are interested in a backend, frontend, or fullstack role, please reach out to me on LinkedIn.

I completed my PhD at Carnegie Mellon University, where I conducted research on Mobile and Prevasive Computing. I have been fortunate to contribute to both research and development as well as lead teams in academia and industry. In these roles, I've enjoyed collaborating with extremely talented and passionate groups and individuals.

Media Coverage & Blog Posts

Here you'll find media coverage and blog posts for some of the projects I've worked on as an individual contributor or supported as an engineering manager.

Building the Next Generation Visualization Tools at Databricks

Delivering a Production SQL Development Experience on the Data Lake

Facebook now lets anyone make an Instagram face filter

Facebook adds AR effects and 360 backgrounds to the desktop version of Messenger

Messenger Rooms get Zoom-like backgrounds, more mobile-friendly features

A fresh new design for Facebook, announced by Fidji during F8 2019

Android Developer Preview

Safe Browsing in Android Chrome

Google Play Protect and Find My Device

Shielding you from Potentially Harmful Applications

Google's Verify Apps now shows apps that it has recently scanned

Graduate work on privacy for mobile apps

Publications

J. Min, A. Doryab, J. Wiese, S. Amini, J. Zimmerman, J. I. Hong. Toss ‘n’ Turn: Smartphone as Sleep and Sleep Quality Detector. In Proceedings of CHI 2014.

S. Amini, and Y. Li. CrowdLearner: Rapidly Creating Mobile Recognizers Using Crowdsourcing. In Proceedings of UIST 2013.

E. Hayashi, S. Das, S. Amini, J. I. Hong, and I. Oakley. CASA: Context-Aware Scalable Authentication. In Proceedings of SOUPS 2013.

S. Amini, V. Setlur, Z. Xi, E. Hayashi, and J. I. Hong. Investigating Collaborative Mobile Search Behaviors. In Proceedings of MobileHCI 2013.

S. Amini, J. Lin, J.I. Hong, J. Lindqvist, and J. Zhang. Mobile Application Evaluation Using Automation and Crowdsourcing. Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Tools (PETools). July, 2013.

J. Lin, S. Amini, J. I. Hong, N. Sadeh, J. Lindqvist, and J. Zhang. Expecation and Purpose: Understanding Users’ Mental Models of Mobile App Privacy through Crowdsourcing. In Proceedings of UbiComp 2012.

E. Hayashi, S. Das, S. Amini, E. Owusu, J. Han, J. Hong, I. Oakley, A. Perrig, and J. Zhang. CASA: A Framework for Context-Aware Scalable Authentication. Workshop on Usable Privacy & Security for Mobile Devices (U-PriSM). July, 2012.

S. Amini, A.J. Brush, J. Krumm, J. Teevan, and A. Karlson. Trajectory-Aware Mobile Search. In Proceedings of CHI 2012.

J. Teevan, A. Karlson, S. Amini, A.J. Brush, and J. Krumm. Understanding the Importance of Location, Time, and People in Mobile Local Search Behavior. In Proceedings of MobileHCI 2011.

S. Amini, J. Lindqvist, J.I. Hong, J. Lin, E. Toch, and N. Sadeh. Caché: Caching Location-Enhanced Content to Improve User Privacy. In Proceedings of MobiSys 2011.

S. Amini, J. Lindqvist, J.I. Hong, M. Mou, R. Raheja, J. Lin, N. Sadeh, and E. Toch. MobiCom 2010 Poster: Caché: Caching Location-Enhanced Content to Improve User Privacy. SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review. Rev. 14, 3, 19-21. December, 2010.

Technical Reports

S. Amini, J. Lin, J.I. Hong, J. Lindqvist, and J. Zhang. Towards Scalable Evaluation of Mobile Applications through Crowdsourcing and Automation. Carnegie Mellon University CyLab Technical Report. CMU-CyLab-12- 006. February, 2012.

S. Amini, J. Lindqvist, J.I. Hong, J. Lin, E. Toch, and N. Sadeh. Caché: Caching Location-Enhanced Content to Improve User Privacy [Extended]. Carnegie Mellon University CyLab Technical Report. CMU-CyLab-10-019. December, 2010.

S. Amini and P. Narasimhan. TwitterJacket: An Automated Activity and Health Monitoring Solution for the Elderly. Carnegie Mellon University CyLab Technical Report. CMU-CyLab-10-003. October, 2009.

Patents

Mobile Search Based on Predicted Location
A.J. Brush, J. Krumm, S. Amini, A. Karlson, J. Teevan, and N. B. Priyantha.