Personal
I'm a Ph.D. product of the
Security and Privacy Research Lab
at the University of Washington
Department of Computer Science
and Engineering. I am currently working on Google's
infrastructure security team.
Stuff I do
Besides academic interests, which take up an extraordinary amount of
time, I also spend the majority of my time doing one of the
following:
- Sometimes lead / help with the
UW CSE Collegiate
Cyber Defence Team. Our team has taken 1st place
at the
Pacific Rim competition in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.
In 2011 and 2012 our team has also taken first place at
Nationals!
- Sitting in a coffee shop. My favorites are: Vita, Bauhaus, Joe Bar, Zoka, and Solstice
- Scuba Diving, Volleyball, Skiing, Running
- Exploring Seattle and beyond
- Riding my motorcycle. Notable trips thus far:
- Seattle <=> Vancouver, BC
- Seattle <=> Leavenworth, WA
- Seattle <=> Neah Bay, WA
- Seattle <=> San Francisco, CA
- Travel (alphabetically):
- Brazil - Rio de Janiero (2013)
- Cambodia - Phnom Penh, Siem Reap (2014)
- Canada - Banff, Calgary (2008); Montreal (2009); Quebec City (2000); Toronto (2013); Vancouver (2009-13); Whistler (2008)
- Belgium - Brussels, Bruges (2010)
- Bonaire - Kralendijk (2012)
- England - Cambridge (2007)
- France - Toulouse (2012)
- Germany - Bochum, Dachau, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich (2012); Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken (2013)
- Gibraltar (2012)
- Japan - Tokyo, Kyoto (2014)
- South Korea Seoul (2014)
- Mexico - Puerto Vallarta (2008);
Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Tulum,
Coba, Valladolid, Chichen Itza,
Cancun (2014)
- Peru - Cusco, Machu Pichu, Maras, Pisac (2015)
- Portugal - Lisbon (2012)
- Russia - Moscow (2004, 2007); Novgorod (2004); St. Petersburg (2004)
- Spain - Barcelona, Granada, Ibiza, Madrid,
Pamplona, Seville, Toledo, Valencia,
Zaragoza (2012)
- Taiwan - Taipei (2014)
- Vietnam - Saigon, Cu Chi (2014)
- USA - Arizona, California, Florida, DC,
Florida, Hawaii (Maui), Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin
(only counting states when I've
actually stopped to see
something).
Graduate Coursework
- Concepts of Programming Languages: Fall 2012, instructor - Dan Grossman
- Ubiquitous Computing: Spring 2011, instructor - Shwetak Patel
- Computer Graphics: Fall 2009, instructor - Brian Curless
- Data Bases: Winter 2008, instructor - Magda Balazinska
- Cryptanalysis: Fall 2008, instructor - John L. Manferdelli (Microsoft)
- Data Mining: Spring 2008, instructor - Pedro Domingos
- Randomized Algorithms & Probabilistic Analysis: Winter 2008, instructor - James R. Lee
- Computer Security and Privacy: Fall 2007, instructor - Tadayoshi Kohno
- Computer Networks: Fall 2007, instructor - Tom Anderson
- Algorithm Design, Analysis, and Implementation: Spring 2007, instructor - Mike Atallah
Grad Life
Comics that have had applicability to my grad school experience thus far:
