Research
My research interests include computational biology and machine
learning; my advisor is
Steven Salzberg.
I am presently investigating methods to improve genome annotation
using comparative genomics.
Teaching
Fall 2009: TA,
CMSC 313,
Intro. to Computer Systems
Summer 2009: Instructor,
CMSC 212,
Intro. to Low-Level Programming Concepts
Spring 2009: TA, development of CMSC 313,
Intro. to Computer Systems (now named CMSC 216)
Fall 2008: TA,
CMSC 212,
Intro. to Low-Level Programming Concepts
Summer 2004: TA,
UTSA CS 5063,
Computers for Teachers
Fall 2001: TA,
UTSA CS 1723,
Data Structures
Summer 2001: TA,
UTSA CS 1713,
Intro. to Computer Science
Spring 2001: TA,
UTSA CS 1713,
Intro. to Computer Science
Education
Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Maryland, in progress.
M.S. Computer Science, University of Maryland, May 2011.
B.S. Computer Science, University of Texas at San Antonio, Dec. 2004.
Coursework
CMSC 634: Empirical Research Methods for Computer Science
CMSC 828N: Computational Gene Finding and Genome Assembly
CMSC 630: Theory of Programming Languages
CMSC 751: Parallel Algorithms
CMSC 660: Scientific Computing I
CMSC 828G: Bioinformatics for Metagenomics
CMSC 714: High Performance Computing Systems
CMSC 858W: Algorithms for Biosequence Analysis
CMSC 726: Machine Learning
CMSC 498T: Game Theory
