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Who are you?
I am a computer science student at MIT. I received my S.B. degree in June of 2010, and will be starting the Master's in Engineering (MEng) program in September.
For prospective employers, my resume can be found here in PDF format.
While at MIT, I lived in Random Hall, the smallest (and nerdiest) dorm at MIT.
Some personal data about me:
| Email: |  |
| GPG Key: | 0xB7BCF4EA (New Key as of 4/5/10) |
| Callsign: | AC3T |
| Grid Square: | FN42ki |
| Coordinates: | 42.36, -71.09 |
I am "ternus" in a lot of places: ternus on LinkedIn, ternus on Facebook, ternus on Flickr, and ternus on Twitter.
Current Twitter status:
What do you want?
As Gerald Jay Sussman once said to me, "The secret to life is finding out what you want to do, and then finding a way to make someone else pay for you to do it."
Activities:
Right now, here's some things I'm involved in when I'm not tooling:
- I am the Grandmaster and an active participant in MIT's live-action roleplaying society, the MIT Assassins' Guild. During IAP 2009, I was part of a team that wrote and ran a ten-day long game called Thebes. During IAP 2010, a different team ran a ten-day named Arcadia Rising.
- I am the Secretary and former President of W1XM, the MIT UHF Repeater Association, and former Secretary of W1MX, the MIT Radio Society, where I help organize amateur radio activities.
- I am a member of and UA student representative to the Faculty Committee on Student Life, where I help make decisions on behalf of the MIT student body.
- I'm a keyholder and former Vice/Onseck (secretary) of the MIT Science Fiction Society. This generally means that I read a lot of SF.
- I am a member of the MIT Parliamentary Debate Team.
- I am a member of the Student Information Processing Board, where I code, hack, and in general work on technical things. I'll also teach an IAP class from time to time.
- I am a photographer for Technique, MIT's yearbook and photography club.
- I go sailing with the MIT Nautical Association.
Things I used to do:
- I am the former Random Hall Computer Chair, where I was responsible for the maintenance of the bathroom and laundry servers.
- I was the Random Hall Rush Chair in 2007 - you can see me as J. Arthur Random in the 2007 i3 video.
- I used to be a staff photographer for The Tech, MIT's student newspaper, but these days I do photography on my own.
- I'll occasionally teach a class with the MIT Educational Studies Program.
Why are you here?
Ah, that'd be the tooling part!
I am a Master's student in Computer Science, with a focus on computer architecture and operating system design.
As an undergrad, I majored in Course VI-3 (Computer Science), with a minor in Course XVII (Political Science).
Work and Such:
If you're interested in me in a professional capacity, you can view my resume or my LinkedIn profile for more information. Here's a short list of the places I've worked in the past:
- I worked for Ksplice, who produces the Linux security software Uptrack, during January 2010.
- I worked for MokaFive, an OS virtualization startup, during the summer of 2009.
- I worked for Vanu, a radio hardware/software shop, during the summer of 2008.
- I worked for Best Practical, a Perl Web application startup (run by this guy) during the summer of 2007.
- I work for MIT Residential Computing on a more regular basis.
Where are you going?
I can't wait to find out!