Hi!

I am a 3rd year PhD Student in Computer Science at University of California, Irvine, advised by Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi. Prior, I completed my B.S in Computer Science at Texas A&M University, where I had the pleasure to work with James Caverlee. I am broadly interested in developing machine learning solutions for computer networks and systems, working to address performance, explainability and safety. I also love coffee and hiking tall mountains near the ocean.

Email: sagarRAND.patelRANDO@uciRANDOM.edu


Research

CrystalBox: Future-Based Explanations for DRL Network Controllers

Sagar Patel, Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi, Nina Narodytska

arxiv (preprint), 2023

Prioritized Trace Selection: Towards High-Performance DRL-based Network Controllers

Sagar Patel, Junyang Zhang, Sangeetha Abdu Jyothi, Nina Narodytska

arxiv (preprint), 2023


Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

University of California, Irvine

Sep 2020 — Present

M.S in Computer Science

University of California, Irvine

Sep 2020 — Jun 2022

B.S in Computer Science

Texas A&M University

Aug 2017 — May 2020


Experience

Professional Experience

VMware Research, Palo Alto

Research Intern

Jun 2022 — Sep 2022

Teaching Experience

University of California, Irvine

Teaching Assistant

Sep 2020 — Present

CS 256: Systems and ML

Fall 2020

ICS 45C: Programming in C/C++

Spring 2021, Winter 2021

ICS 32: Python Libraries

Fall 2020, Summer 2021

Texas A&M University

Peer Teacher

Aug 2019 — Dec 2019

CSCE 121: C++ Libraries

Fall 2019

CSCE 206: Programming in C

Fall 2019


Community Service

By Any Means, UC Irvine

Jan 2023 — Present

ENGin

Aug 2020 — Present

Memorial Assistance Ministries, Houston

Aug 2020 — Dec 2020