Randolph Bentson
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
University of Puget Sound
Spring 2009 classes

Class Periods and Exam Schedule

Section	Class times	Mid-term exam	Final exam
CSCI232A/PHYS232A Digital Electronics	_MT_TF_ 1100-1150 TH149	TBD	May 11 12:00-14:00
CSCI261A Computer Science II (Algorithms)	_MT_TF_ 1400-1450 TH391	TBD	May 13 16:00-18:00
CSCI475A Operating Systems	_MT_TF_ 1300-1350 TH395	TBD	May 15 12:00-14:00

• Office hours:
  
  Thompson 403
  The posted "office hours" only specifies the times that I plan to be in my office. I'm normally in longer than that, and I welcome visits most any time you see me. You're welcome to stop by any time my door is open to say "I need help with this material" or even just "hi". In the rare case when I cannot be interrupted with what I'm doing, I may ask you to return later, but don't let that inhibit your asking.
• Laboratory support: you're also welcome to call or drop by most any time to invite me to help you in the lab. This is especially easy because the lab is next door to my office.
• Other times: I also welcome opportunities to meet with students outside the office and laboratory. All I need is an invitation and, schedule permitting, I'll meet with study groups and other student organizations to talk about Computer Science. One venue is over lunch.
• Phone: 253 879 3470
• Email: rbentson@ups.edu
• Term Calendar

Background

I have been playing with and working on computers since starting in high school. After I completed my undergraduate education, during which I was introduced to mini-computers, I worked for a decade writing (mostly assembly) code for small computers, at both the application and operating system level. Some of my projects involved real-time data analysis, telecommunication, and operating system development. I then shifted back to an academic setting where I taught operating system theory, software engineering, programming languages, all while studying massively parallel computing. Upon my move to Seattle, I again was involved in commercial software development. I worked on microcode development, signal analysis, protocol design, device drivers, cryptography, and database conversion. Now that I've returned to an academic setting, I'm enjoying exploring, learning, and teaching a wide variety of subjects.

Education

• B.A., Math and Physics, St. Olaf College, 1970
• M.S., Computer Science, Colorado State University, 1982
• Ph.D., Computer Science, Colorado State University, 1994
  Thesis title: The efficient placement and scheduling of tasks in a processor rich environment.

Course material from past classes

• 200309
• 200401
• 200409
• 200501
• 200509
• 200601
• 200609
• 200701
• 200709
• 200801
• 200809

Some fun reading

Research interests

• Fair Political Redistricting
• Amorphous Solid Water Diffusion Modeling

Personal interests and/or past experience

• Electronic voting
• Open source development
• Parallel computing
• Sailing
• playing with computers
• notes on security
• Astronomy at UPS
• Getting to real systems from Microsoft Windows
• Greenhouse temperature data collection

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