J Daniel Brown

Pursuing Ph.D. Computer Sciences, Programming Languages, 2007–present

Northeastern University

Advisor: Riccardo Pucella

B.S. Computer Sciences, 2001–2006

B.S. Mathematics

University of Texas at Austin

Thesis: “Exploring universe polymorphism in Omega”

Advisor: William Cook

Refereed Publications

Daniel Brown and Riccardo Pucella

Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics (MFPS XXV), 2009

Daniel Brown and William R. Cook

Brazilian Symposium on Programming Languages (SBLP), 2009

Research Reports

Teaching

TA	CS 2510H Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 (honors)	Spring 2011	Northeastern University
TA	CS 2500 Fundamentals of Computer Science 1	Fall 2010	Northeastern University
TA	CS 2510 Fundamentals of Computer Science 2	Spring 2010	Northeastern University
TA	CS 2500 Fundamentals of Computer Science 1	Fall 2009	Northeastern University
TA	CS U290 Logic and Computation	Spring 2009	Northeastern University
TA	CS U200 Discrete Structures	Fall 2008	Northeastern University
Instructor	CS U200 Discrete Structures	Spring 2008	Northeastern University
TA	CS U200 Discrete Structures	Fall 2007	Northeastern University

Employment

Bridgewater Associates, Westport CT, Summer 2007

Technology Associate Intern

Automated bookkeeping for mergers, splits, acquisitions, and other corporate actions in a large trading system

Enthought, Austin TX, Spring 2007

Software Engineering Intern

Developed an array-based Python DSL to put a common foundation beneath existing oil exploration applications, with a vision toward scientific applications more generally

Aetion Technologies, Columbus OH, Summer 2006

Software Engineering Intern

Worked in a team of three prototyping a Haskell server that aggregates battlefield data to infer enemy intent
Developed datatype-generic serialization code to eliminate boilerplate

National Instruments, Austin TX, Summer 2005

Software Engineering Intern

Eanes Independent School District, Austin TX, Summers 1999–2001

Network Administration Assistant

Software

UT course scheduler: scourse, 2003–2006

Visual, web-based course scheduler written in Python and assorted web technologies

Audio processing system: hsaudio, 2005

Haskell DSL for building audio pipelines and simple event-driven audio players using the GStreamer multimedia framework

Education