Author: glick

I am a third-year undergraduate student at Lewis & Clark College. My majors are Mathematics/Computer Science (combined major) and Physics. Prior to attending Lewis & Clark, I went to high school at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. My academic interests include solid-state physics and thermodynamics, high-performance computing and parallelism, cloud and grid computing, discrete mathematics and combinatorics, and linear algebra. I'm particularly interested in the intersection of computation and science. Some of the most interesting things I've been able to do are helping domain scientists meet their computational needs. Much of the work I've done has to do with making computational scientific resources easier to access and utilize in order to streamline the process of computation-based science. I'm also a big supporter of the open-source software movement and I try to release almost all the code I write on GitHub. I strongly believe that the free sharing of knowledge, be it through open source computer code or open access scientific journals leads to better science and better society.

Colloquium Series: Unleashing the power of biodiversity data with data science

2019-04-102019-04-18glick0

Biodiversity data can take many forms, from photographs of bird feathers from museums to 3D CT-scans of extinct animals. Natural History Museums and Botanical Gardens have been digitizing their collections for over ten years yielding billions of data points culminating in one of the most exciting data resources the world has to offer. Evolutionary Biologist, […]

Workshop Series: Computational Physics and Information Theory

2019-04-082019-04-08glick0

This week’s ACM workshop series is conducted by Brian Smith ’20, a physics major. He will discuss computational physics, Monte Carlo simulation, thermodynamics, information theory, and the intersection of all of those topics. Join us at 3:30 in the Watzek classroom, on Wednesday, April 10th for the workshop, snacks, and conversation.

Featured Student: Roshan Bhatia

2019-04-042019-04-04glick2

Bio Course of Study: CS Major, Religious Studies Minor Hometown: San Diego, CA Main Interests: Distributed Systems, Network Security, Loud Music, Basketball Github: https://github.com/roshbhatia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roshan-bhatia-2b1970a7/ What’s some advice you have for other computationally minded students? Work on some personal projects! To be honest, just doing the coursework isn’t going to prepare you for the […]

Colloquium Series: Medical Informatics and the Electronic Health Record with Isaac Goldstein, ’16

2019-04-012019-04-10glick0

Medical Informatics is an applied research field that seeks to answer questions of interest to medical professionals through computer science, anthropology, statistics, industrial engineering, biology, and many other fields. This talk will serve as an introduction to medical informatics, give a sense of the day to day work of an informatics research assistant, and present […]

Workshop Series: Information Freedom and Cybersecurity

2019-04-012019-04-04glick0

How do we keep our secrets private on the internet? How do we make sure our information stays safe? Who is looking for our information and what do they want it for? If you’re interested in these extremely important questions, you might want to attend this week’s Information Freedom Workshop. This week’s exciting ACM workshop […]

Featured Student: Adriana Rogers

2019-03-202019-03-18glick0

Bio Course of Study: CS & Math major, minor in Political Science Hometown: Auburn, CA, but grew up overseas Main Interests: Using CS and math for data-driven approaches to social justice issues. What project or experience (in computing) are you most proud of? Last summer, I worked at the Voting Rights Data Institute through Tufts […]

Workshop Series: Introduction to Biocomputing

2019-03-182019-03-20glick0

This week’s exciting workshop is an introduction to the deeply interesting and applicable field of biocomputing and bioinformatics. It’s led by Julia Somers (a Biology major), and Ben Glick (a Math/CS & Physics major). It will involve solving bioinformatic problems as a group, so bring your creativity and your problem solving skills ! The workshop […]

Featured Student: Linus Brogan

2019-03-132020-06-23glick0

Bio Hometown: Seattle, WA Course of Study: Computer Science and Mathematics Major Main Interests: Computer security, rock climbing, chocolate What project or experience (in computing) are you most proud of? I would say it is the Onion Forecast from PioHacks 2018. The Onion Rater predict the likelihood of encountering onions at each meal, so students […]

Workshop Series: I’m an art major. Why should I care about computers?

2019-03-092019-03-10glick2

This week’s exciting workshop is about the intersection of art and computing. It will be conducted by Shannon Drew ’20, who is an Art History/ CS double major. It will happen at 3:30 on Friday, March 15th in the Watzek Classroom.

Featured Student: Julia Somers

2019-03-062019-03-06glick0

Bio Hometown: Healdsburg, California Course of Study: Biology Major Main Interests I’ve always loved studying biodiversity, which is what drew me to be a biology major. I came to LC thinking that I was going to focus on ecology and environmental science. I never imagined that my favorite subjects would turn out to be genetics, […]