Writing · Reading · Practice
A curated shelf of my IEEE Software writing and research that has shaped how I think about software architecture, intelligent systems, and sustainability.
Software Engineering Radio
As a member of the Software Engineering Radio team, I write IEEE Software articles that synthesize conversations from multiple episodes into practical engineering themes.
A panel discussion on maintaining engineering rigor as AI changes how software is designed and developed.
K. Vaidhyanathan. IEEE Software, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 122–126, July–August 2026. DOI: 10.1109/MS.2026.3683181.
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Software engineering, Modeling, Data centers
2026
A digest connecting SE Radio conversations about scale, latency, architectural decisions, and evolving systems.
K. Vaidhyanathan. IEEE Software, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 111–116, May–June 2026. DOI: 10.1109/MS.2026.3662845.
Topics: Software architecture, System design, Design decisions, Scale and latency
2026
A four-episode journey through tool-using language models, secure context, reliability, and AI-driven engineering practice.
K. Vaidhyanathan. IEEE Software, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 144–148, March–April 2026. DOI: 10.1109/MS.2025.3646009.
Topics: Large language models, AI agents, Security, Software reliability
2026
A multi-episode digest tracing the path from AI coding assistance to systems designed with security in mind.
K. Vaidhyanathan. IEEE Software, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 139–143, January–February 2026. DOI: 10.1109/MS.2025.3621022.
Topics: Artificial intelligence, Computer security, Software engineering
2026
The ideas underneath the work
Not a comprehensive bibliography—just papers worth returning to, with a short note on why each one matters.
Software architecture · 1992
Dewayne E. Perry and Alexander L. Wolf
A foundational articulation of software architecture as a discipline and a useful starting point for understanding architectural elements, form, and rationale.
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 40–52. DOI: 10.1145/141874.141884.
Self-adaptive systems · 2003
Jeffrey O. Kephart and David M. Chess
A seminal vision for computing systems that manage themselves in response to complexity, uncertainty, and changing operating conditions.
Computer, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 41–50. DOI: 10.1109/MC.2003.1160055.
Architecture for AI · 2021
Henry Muccini and Karthik Vaidhyanathan
A map of architectural practices for ML-based systems and the open questions that connect software architecture with AI engineering.
2021 IEEE/ACM 1st Workshop on AI Engineering – Software Engineering for AI, pp. 121–128. DOI: 10.1109/WAIN52551.2021.00026.
Sustainable software · 2015
Christoph Becker and colleagues
A concise set of principles for treating sustainability as a systemic software-design concern across technical, environmental, economic, individual, and social dimensions.
Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Software Engineering.
A growing collection
I will continue adding research papers, engineering tools, datasets, and practical references. The aim is to explain why something is useful—not to create another unfiltered link directory.