This I suppose in some ways is the parallel to the Visual Communications portfolio--albeit on the opposite end of the spectrum.  Here you'll find a graduate school paper on the Pentium 4, digital darkroom tips, a link to my undergraduate thesis, small applications I wrote as an undergrad, work I did at NASA, and other web sites I've designed.

   · CS Papers
   · Computer Usage Notes
   · Honors Thesis
   · Programs
   · Work at NASA
   · Web Sites

C o m p u t e r   S c i e n c e   P a p e r s

Intel Pentium 4 and NetBurst Micro-Architecture

Discusses the Intel Pentium 4 processor and accompanying NetBurst Micro-Architecture.  Topics included are: IA-32 instruction set architecture, NetBurst overview, hyper-threading, P4 Memory and I/O, and an analysis of the design decisions.  Information current through the 3.06 GHz version of the processor.

Written for 'Advanced Computer Architecture', University of Utah, December 2002. 
 

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C o m p u t e r   U s a g e   N o t e s

Printing and Scanning

Hardware and software--especially in the "digital darkroom" domain usually require a lot of tweaking in order to work the way you want.  Over the years, I've picked up a lot of useful information on the Internet.  Here are two PDFs on topics I struggled with that I thought I would share with anyone who happens to be looking for such information.  I'm not guaranteeing that these documents are 100% correct, but they work for me.
 

Epson 2200 Printing Suggestions
106 KB

Epson 2000P Printing Suggestions
68 KB

Using Nikon Scan 3
62 KB

Monitor Calibration

Monitor calibration is an important step for computer users (especially digital artists) to ensure that what you see on your monitor will look similar to what others' will see on their monitors.  I've found a few useful web sites that can help those of us who can't afford a high-end calibration system.  I've found the following the steps on the web sites at right to set the brightness and contrast of your monitor and then using Adobe Gamma (comes with Photoshop) to set the gamma is a workable solution.
 

Optimizing Your Monitor
for Web Design

Calibrating Your Monitor

Monitor/Printer Calibration
and Gamma

U n d e r g r a d u a t e   H o n o r s   T h e s i s

Blurring the Line
Algorithms and Aesthetics of Image Filtering

An honors thesis presented to the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Wittenberg University
 
18 April 2001

Abstract:
The computer has been used as a tool in the manipulation of digital images for almost forty years. In the past digital image processing, for the most part, has meant image restoration (or possibly image enhancement) due to the common degradation of image quality in the digital conversion. However recently the computer has been seen by some as an extension of the photographic darkroom, and in many instances, an entire art medium in itself.
 

This research investigates both the technical and non-technical sides of digital image filtering, illustrating a recent ‘blur’ between the once disjoint lines of computer science and art. Both general purpose and ‘artistic’ algorithms for digital image filters (some of which are unique to this research) are explained and implemented in a computer program in order to easily observe the results.

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U n d e r g r a d u a t e   P r o g r a m m i n g   A s s i g n m e n t s

GENESearch

Research was done to find an efficient string-searching algorithm which was then modified to handle the specific assignment as requested by the Wittenberg University Biology Department.  Users may enter a DNA string (input from file acceptable) and a string to search for (with wildcards).  Upon class completion of the assignment Biology chose this implementation to use in their classes.

Written for 'Sequential and Parallel Algorithms', Wittenberg University, Fall 1999.
 

  

GENESearch Package
written with Microsoft Visual C++
runs on Windows 32-bit OSs
1.11 MB

Context-Free Parser

I wrote this program for my Theory of Computation class which dealt primarily with grammar and language study.  The program allows the user to define a context free grammar and then test it on a certain character string to determine if the string is in the language.  There is a help page which lists what each field on the main screen does and the restrictions that are imposed on the grammar.

Written for 'Theory of Computation', Wittenberg University, Fall 1998.
 

 
 

Context Free Parser Package
written with Borland Delphi 3
runs on Windows 32-bit OSs
297 KB

Crazy Eights Card Game

Everyone's favorite game!! (Ok, just kidding.) This was my first real program that did something more than calculate tax or a factorial (or some other simple computation good for beginning programmers).  It was assigned at the end of my introductory Pascal programming class.

Written for 'Computer Programming I', Wittenberg University, Fall 1997.
 
 

  

Crazy Eights Executable
written with Borland Pascal
runs on Windows 32-bit OSs
10 KB
 

W o r k   a t   N A S A

W e b   D e v e l o p m e n t

Besides this, my personal web site, the only others accredited to my design are the Mathematics & Computer Science and Art departmental web sites at Wittenberg, and a site for my uncle's business.  Since graduation, I no longer maintain either of the school sites.