Checkmate50
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2 years ago Hey Alex,
Thanks for reaching out! Would you mind sending me an email at dag368@cornell.edu so we can setup a time to chat about a potential research project?
-Dietrich
Closed alexLevinson closed 2 years ago
Checkmate50
commented
2 years ago Hey Alex,
Thanks for reaching out! Would you mind sending me an email at dag368@cornell.edu so we can setup a time to chat about a potential research project?
-Dietrich
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Personal Details
Name: Alex Levinson
Major: CS
Year in Cornell & Expected graduation date: Sophomore, 2024
Relevant classes: CS 3410, CS 3110, MATH 2210, and transfer credit equivalents for all pre-reqs
Interested in continuing research during the summer? Yes
Expertise (languages/frameworks/etc.): As it pertains to Capra & its research: Java, Python, C, RISC-V Assembly, OCaml
Research
When do you want to do research? Summer 2022
What is exciting to you about research? Like a lot of CS students, I'm interested in industry, but before I sell out I want to survey all my options, and hopefully make meaningful contributions to academia along the way. I'm also intrigued by the ability to do work at the cutting edge of the fields that I'm interested in.
What kind of research do you want to do? I'm a TA for CS 3410 and I really enjoy the course content, so I would like to do something related to hardware/architecture, but I'm open to exploring new topics.
Background
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Was there a paper that particularly excited you? This article about storing data in DNA molecules comes to mind - I find it incredible that a group of researchers were able to store an image file in DNA and then recover it. Though they may not be practical, papers like this that push the boundaries of what is possible in computer science are thought-provoking and very interesting to read.
Which of the current research projects would you be interested in working on and why? CPU/GPU optimization. Compliers, parsers, and their optimization were a topic that I really enjoyed in 3410 - something about the cleverness involved to make those improvements is very intellectually challenging and appealing. I haven't had the flexibility in my class schedule to take (and everyone I have ever spoken to has warned me against taking) compilers, so working on that project could be a suitable substitute. But again, I'm open to exploring other ideas.
Anything else you want to tell us about yourself? https://xkcd.com/2173/ https://xkcd.com/927/ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Cow_Tools_cartoon.png
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