Brad Penoff

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Research Interests
Current Projects
Completed Projects
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Research Interests:

In my CS career, I plan on learning more about natural language processing and hopefully getting more involved in Computational Linguistics.

With my research within this group over the past few years, I have been slowly shifting roles. Initially, I was hired on for Java Development on the workbench tools used with the undergraduate introductory computer science sequence. As I've gotten older, I've gotten more and more freedom to work on projects specifically catering to my ever-changing interests. I've developed more of an interest in Computational Linguistics and presently am devoting all of my time to my senior thesis.

My resume can be seen here.

Current Projects:

Indexing on Structured Text

This is my senior thesis project that I am working on. For a general introduction and additional information as to where the project currently stands, click on the link above. Presentation slides and my original proposal can be found at the link above, as well.

Unified GUI API

Working with Tyler Neylon, we are looking to develop an API for GUIs that would easily compile to machine code for X-11, Win32, and MacOS.

Trace Table Generator

Working with Paolo Bucci, I assumed that an internal representation of a piece of C code was in place. I developed this representation. Using it, I pull out various details of the code and exploit these details in the form of a trace table.

Java specifics

I have been learning more about reusable software in Java (JavaBeans). Also, I have been looking into adding printing capabilities to the current workbench.

Completed Projects:

Graphical Sorting Algorithms

Working with Tyler Neylon, Sarah Waterson, and Joe Atzberger, we designed a class hierarchy that we felt, was suitable at the time to visually demonstrate the difference between various sorting algorithms. Our primary goal was to show HOW they worked, not necessarily HOW FAST their speed's compare. As we went along, we learned the basics of Java's Swing components. Our class files are available.

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