I work at Google. Before that I worked on Java performance at Sun Microsystems. I have pretty diverse interests that include graph layout, statistical inference and hardware. My M.S. work was on teaching computers to play Go. My Ph.D. work extended Sather, a language quite similar to Java but which placed more emphasis on reuse and high performance, with language constructs that encourage portable locality of reference. Here are my academic publications, and an old resume.

I was born in Akron, Ohio; my parents were born in Virginia and Michigan. My father is a professor and botanist with a penchant for the unique flora found in bogs, and my mother is a primary school teacher. I grew up in Stow, a small town near Akron. I am married to Charlotte, and we live in San Juan Bautista with two dogs and two cats.