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Personal Details
Name: Skye Slattery
Year in Cornell: Freshman
Relevant classes: CS 2110, CS 2800 (current), CS 3110 (current), MATH 2940 (current)
Expertise (languages/frameworks/etc.): Java, Python, SQL, Flask, some C++, some JavaScript, some C#.
Research
When do you want to do research? I am eager to get started learning as soon as I can, so during this semester would be best. That being said, I live in Ithaca and am looking for a summer research experience, so ultimately I would love to be able to be a part of a summer project.
What is exciting to you about research? Upon coming to Cornell, I knew immediately that I wanted to get into research. Being able to become one of the most knowledgeable people in the world in a specific topic, and learning as much as I can about it, learning through failures and triumphs and exploring new ideas is extremely exciting to me. Last semester, I had the pleasure of working with incoming professor Saikat Dutta on a small research project, where I learned about software testing and wrote a plugin for python that would allow rerunning flaky tests multiple times, giving more insight into the issue than just a simple test failure. Ultimately, we didn't pursue further research because working remotely was difficult for me and I wanted to explore a more formal lab experience. However, the experience was great, and made me even more excited to get into research.
What kind of research do you want to do? I would be excited to do work with graphics, anything to do with unique programming languages, and perhaps a bit of math!
Background
Was there a paper that particularly excited you? A paper I love is a famous one: Why Functional Programming Matters by John Hughes. CS 3110 in functional programming made me think question the importance of functional programming when, at the beginning, I found it much harder to do simple tasks in functional languages. That led me to this paper, which helped me answer that question. I love the idea that learning a new language/group of languages teaches you something about becoming a better programmer, and that paper helped me recognize the work I was doing was not in vain.
Which of the current research projects would you be interested in working on and why? Two projects that really interest me are "Geometry Types for Graphics Programming in Gator", and "Reconfiguring the Imaging Pipeline for Computer Vision" as they match my interests very well, but I would be ecstatic to try anything.
Anything else you want to tell us about yourself? I love to get creative, work well with other people, and pick up new things quickly. I hope being a freshman will not prevent you from overlooking my enthusiasm to learn, deep interests in the topics, and friendliness. It would be amazing to work with you!
Attach a CV/Resumé: resume-2-24.pdf