My research background

I was awarded runner-up at the Long Island Software Awards (LISA) for a Java desktop application. I led the migration to AJAX for Marine Biology JSP web application. I learned how to use Java-based DWR AJAX technology for integration into a JSP application. I built Debian-based Linux web server from scratch on a VPS hosted VM. I was selected from group of approximately 100 to develop Chemistry student-learning system (LUCID). ...

October 24, 2020

My education background

I graduated with a Masters of Science in Bioinformatics from Johns Hopkins University with a GPA of 3.9. I graduated with a Bachelors and Masters of Science in Computer Science from SUNY at Stony Brook with a GPA of 3.8. See also My resume Better schools won’t fix America

October 24, 2020

Better schools won't fix America

Better Public Schools Won’t Fix Income Inequality (The Atlantic) is one of those belief-altering articles that completely changed my thoughts around education. Here are 8 of Nick Hanauer’s most powerful points: Educationism is the idea that poverty and inequality can be solved with education. Education-reform ignores the greatest driver of student achievement: household income. Great public schools don’t create a thriving middle class, great public schools are a product of thriving middle class. Income inequality has exploded despite education progress. The lower the parent’s income, the lower the educational attainment. Educationists ignore the disease (economic inequality) and focus on the symptom (education inequality). Limited family income is difficult to overcome even for students that are naturally gifted. Pay the average worker more, and you will create a thriving middle class that addresses both economic and educational inequality. See also StackBacks automated budget system Is inequality inevitable? Stop collecting, and start producing

October 10, 2020