Ph.D. Student, Brandeis Universtity
Greater Boston Area
Ph.D. Student, Brandeis Universtity
Greater Boston Area
I'm in the final stages of a Ph.D. in Computer Science. The subject of my research is the genetic algorithm's remarkable yet mysterious capacity for adaptation. I have developed a new hypothesis about the workings of this algorithm. My hypothesis departs from the building block hypothesis at a fundamental level, and has some deep ramifications for the fields of combinatorial optimization, machine learning, evolutionary biology, and, of course, genetic algorithmics. This hypothesis is based on recent breakthroughs in identifying the computational power underlying the adaptive capacity of genetic algorithms.
genetic algorithms, combinatorial optimization, machine learning, artificial intelligence, complex systems,
(Computer Software industry)
2002 — Present (7 years)
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2000 — August 2002 (2 years 1 month)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)
August 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Ph.D. , Computer Science , 2002 — 2009
Graduate Student , Brain and Cognitive Sciences , 2000 — 2002
A.B. , Computer Science, Mathematics , 1994 — 1998
evolutionary computation, genetic algorithms, machine learning, optimization, complex systems
TinyGA competition Winner, Genetic and Evolutionary Compuation Conference (2006).
Sproull Fellowship (for unusually strong potential for graduate study. The most prestegious fellowship awarded by the University of Rochester, 2000)
Mary Evelyn Wells and Gertrude Smith Prize (for excellence in the study of undergraduate mathematics, Vassar College, 1998)
General Honors, Honors in Mathematics, Honors in Computer Science, Vassar College (1998)