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I have worked for the Dept. of Computer Science and now the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science for a long time.
I have worked for the Dept. of Computer Science and now the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science since November 20, 1978, that makes it 31 years and 4 months. If I work here until December 1st after my 65th birthday, I have 10 years, 8 months and 11 days to go.
I was originally hired as a programmer working on CDC Cybers, then became a Vax VMS junkie before seeing the light, UNIX.
I am responsible for the installation and maintenance of software on our systems. I keep the INGRES database system up but don't ask me any SQL or ABF questions.
I have a degree in electrical engineering from McGill but found out during my studies that I don't like hardware, I'm a software type of guy.
My claim to fame is being on the team with Prof. Lam, Prof. McKay and Larry Thiel
(my boss) in proving that a finite projective plane of order 10 does not exist. That's us on the right
looking at some of our log files.
The latest piece of software that I have written in collaboration with Prof. Desai is called WebJournal. If you are using Mosaic on a UNIX system, this tool makes navigating the Web easier. You can get both binary and source files from our ftp site.
I used to be interested in a lot of things but now I devote my spare time to
my wife and 2 kids. Here is a picture of my son wearing a Soviet Red Army hat
and my daughter with a sombrero.