My Youth

• Grew up in Raleigh, NC

  

  

  
  
  
• Sanderson High School ('79)

  
  
  

• Marching Band

  

  
  
  

• Motorcycles

  Honda 125, Suzuki 185, Suzuki 250

  

Education

B.S. Mathematics and Computer Science, 1983

• My first semester my first course in Computer Science - PL/1
• PL/1 Wikipedia
• PL/I code
• Environment - I typed punchcards on a keypunch machine


Punch your own card here







• Ph.D. in Computer Science, 1989
  

Got to use Email! Got in trouble for sending email to all the students in my course.

Out In the Real World

• Assistant Professor
  Computer Science
  1989-1994
  
  
  

  
  
  

• Professor of the Practice
  Computer Science
  1994-present
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Spouse and Mother

  Thomas w/ Erich

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Erich	Markus

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Selina, Keaah, and Moe

  
  
  
  
  

  Underwater Family Picture

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  How do I keep my sanity?

  
  
  
  

  Sports openwater swim	Baking	Bond and Star Trek