Computer Science 6:
Summer 2003
Mike Miller
General Info
Home:
Year: Graduating Senior
Major: Physics/Math
Activities: Chronicle reporter, Math Union, Vertices writer
Hobbies:
Favorite Book: Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
Favorite Websites: New York Times, Slate, The
Onion
Favorite Painting: Nighthawks
by Edward Hopper
Computer Science
Autobiography
I have been using a
computer for general-purpose use for nearly a decade, all PCs operating on
Windows. However, I have not up until now done any complex programming.
As a physics major and probable physics graduate student in
the future, I am interested in being able to create basic programs useable in
experimental and theoretical science. Over the past 18 months, I have been
working on a research project in theoretical nanophysics that relies heavily on
simple programs in MatLab. I would like to be able to increase my ability in
this area.
The theoretical end of computer science, involving things
like the Halting Problem, also interests me. I have encountered pieces of it in
my math classes, and have read the book Computability
and Logic. I have also read a great deal about artificial intelligence,
and wrote about it in Vertices.
Projects
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Sweeps