As much as I'd like to believe Plato, I think that a man's future life is determined by his entire educational career, which includes life after a formal education. My college education was completed exclusively at the University of Southern California. I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science in May 2002 and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science in December 2002. Under the advisement of Professor Ellis Horowitz, I earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science in May 2007, with Professor Ming-Deh Huang and Professor Petros Ioannou comprising my defense committee. The title of my dissertation was "Algorithms and Data Structures for the Real-Time Processing of Traffic Data". Soon thereafter, I accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. More information about my life at UAA can be found on my UAA page.

Throughout my 9 years at USC, I learned that once a Trojan, one will always bleed cardinal and gold. That means that I will always adhere to the five traits that embody every Trojan, as inscribed on Tommy Trojan: faithful, scholarly, skillful, courageous, ambitious.

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