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Hi.

I'm a third-year undergrad double-majoring in math and computer science. I have been active in Europa for the past two years (mostly). On Tuesdays I go shopping.

I am interested in many things. Recently I have enjoyed exploring the possibilities of genetic algorithms. I also have some experience with mathematically-oriented languages, sparse matrices, computer vision, software visualization, and production flow analysis tools. I am also curious about neural networks and algorithmic representation of mathematical objects.

I am working with Brad Penoff on a unified GUI API. Our goal is to design and implement a single intuitive programming interface for Xwindows (X-11), MS Windows, and MacOS. If done correctly, the coder would only have to write his or her program once, and then could compile without any loss of functionality on each of the three platforms. We want to try and give the coder as much power and flexibility as they would have as if they were coding only for their preferred platform, which we want to leverage as an advantage over Java.

I am working with Susan Hohenberger on PFAST = Production Flow Analysis Something Toolkit. The problem is mainly caused by huge data sets that we must deal with, which create a need for an extremely efficient algorithm to generate layouts of production machines for factories. Please see the project page for more details.

I am working on a genetic algorithm project. I have some new ideas about the potential usage of generalized genetic algorithms. I will say more about this project when (if) any positive results pop up.