Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science at UC Berkeley, 2001
• M.S. in Computer Science at UC Berkeley, 1995
• B.S. in Computer Science at Michigan State University, 1992
• B.S. in Mathematics at Michigan State University, 1992

Hobbies

• Games. My current favorites are Dominion, Notre Dame, Tichu, Puerto Rico, and Tigris & Euphrates.
• Puzzles. I regularly participate in Microsoft Puzzle Hunt and Puzzle Safari, and I am involved with several other puzzle events as well, including the MIT Mystery Hunt, Microsoft Intern PuzzleDay, Shinteki, and SNAP. I've helped run one Puzzle Hunt and several Intern PuzzleDays.
• Hacking
• Self-reference

Awards and Honors

• NSDI Best Paper Award, 2009
• International Achievement Summit Honor Delegate, 2002
• Siebel Scholarship, 2001
• Quest for Shortest Perl RSA Implementation Hall of Fame, 1997
• National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1992–1995
• Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship, 1992