Contact:
100 Morrissey Blvd.
McCormack 3rd Floor Rm 201-01 Computer Science Dept.
Boston, MA 02125-3393 USA
Email: hdeblois'at'cs.umb.edu
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts Boston
I received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Boston in December 2019. Previously, I received an M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University. I also received a B.A. degree in Government from Smith College.
My research area is algorithms and parallel computing. Also scene classifiers using CUDA. Previously, I did research in sensor networks and molecular communication. I am also an experienced software engineer.
As of September 2023, I am a lecturer in Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Boston. I teach two sections of CS444 and one section of CS410.
Curriculum Vitae
My CV contains both academic and industry information.
Teaching cs410-01:
Classproj1 for 410 - has assignment for Wed Jan 29
COLLABORATION POLICY: Use the Spring 2012 6.005 Rob Miller policy found in the above handbook selection. Add to it that for team discussions, reading and comparing each others code is necessary. Be considerate when a change you want to make means someone else has to change their code too. Code that you wrote even if it does not get used in the final version, is still excellent code and to your credit.
Week2:
tests for corporation websites and workaround for updates
Classproj2 for 410 - has assignment for Wed Feb5
Week3:
git tutorial -- study pp1-6 and make a repo on the server, Handwr3 handed in Wed Feb 12
Week4:
see items posted in canvas for artifact work including what is to be done in class next week
hw1 revised (see below) covers Essential Scrum concepts for daily scrum and sprint
Requirements photos for corporations from class: ZAA and AAAA AACD and EEF GGG and HHI
JJJ JJK LLM RSS STT VVY topOfBoardPhotosForPersonalWebsite: 1 2-3 4-5-6 7-8 7-8 9 9 10
Week5:
hw1 clarified now due tues feb 25 11:59pm
long project update and two presentations feb 26
Requirements for Personal Websites
Where To Put Files to meet Artifact Requirements
Week6:
LONG PROJECTS -- 3 more presentations tomorrow: 4:00, 4:10, 4:20pm
1. VDC Website Enhancement - Shubhro Sen, Assistant-Provost and Executive Director and VDC Manager, Operations and Outreach Maria Vasilevsky -- Note re AI bot: we will use a local open-source LLM as conversational AI bot and add VDC data, see this tutorial recommended by Dr. Funda Dupinar Babur, who has kindly agreed to consult with me on this
2. The Mandala Studio e-commerce site - Jacob Patoju and Bhavana Manneni, CS Department Masters Program
3. Ideal Gas Applet - Ted Malliaris, Scientist/Software-Engineer - slides for presentation (condensed)
4. Class Tech Student Scheduling System - Shawn Reardon, UMB IT, A/V Office and Support Supervisor
5. Inia Biosciences website update - Dragana Savic, CEO --- and her Mar 2 comment with two additional requests
Preferences.pdf - to fill out today!
Long Project Teams - meet today!
Week7:
Week8:
hw2.pdf is posted here, due April 3rd
Teaching cs444-02 and cs444-01:
Syllabus - minor revisions 15Feb
COLLABORATION POLICY: Use the Spring 2012 6.005 Rob Miller policy found in the above handbook selection. Source any code you use from outside by putting comments in your code as shown. The graders and I will run MOSS - Measure of Software Similarity - from Stanford on all students' submitted project code. This is to prevent copying code from another student. MOSS score > 45% may give both students a zero score.
endian.c -- run ./endian on the CS server -- see: endian.out
Week2:
proj1.pdf assigned -- NOW DUE Friday, FEB 21 -- copy files in /home/hdeblois/cs444 to your course directory and run the ./huffman options in commandsToTry
Week3:
review ch2 processes and threads: run top cmd, see process ids and user names dynamically
13 mins on malloc with Caleb Curry
Week4:
see syllabus with revisions (above) or click here
need help with server? click here for updated portal page
Richard Hamming's paper on error correcting code
noDupFreq.txt is supposed to have 15 bytes, not 19 -- I am very sorry this file was not correct! noDupFreq.txt has: 2 A's, 3 B's, 4 spaces and 6 newlines = 15 characters -- so: click here to see what hexdump -C noDupFreq.txt gives!
Week5:
hwk2.pdf posted tues feb 25, reposted with correction feb 26, due wed mar 5 at 11:59pm
proj2 mar3 byte counts revised; posted wed feb 26 due wed mar 12 at 11:59pm
Week6:
sign up for test1 - link also sent to your email from canvas --- here is initial doodle signup - their spreadsheet converted to pdf - prepare to scroll down a lot - has duplicates - will read your emails and fix via emails and repost soon
Week7:
Proj2: All 80 students have a 72-hour extension to Saturday, Mar 15th 11:59pm.
Week8:
hw3 due next Tues Apr 1 at 11:59pm
proj3 due in two weeks on Tues Apr 8 at 11:59pm
Website in Progress