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Michael Forbes

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Experience (Partial List)

My CV: PDF
Courses I have taken
Academics:
- Majoring in Mathematics at MIT (courses), 2005-Present
- Montgomery Blair High School: Mathematics, Science and Technology Magnet Program, 2001-2005
Research/Work:
- Researcher of algorithms for covering array constructions (a certain type of array useful for software testing) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under Dr. James Lawrence, and Dr. Raghu Kacker, 2006-Present
- Researcher of Computer Science Algorithms at the University of Maryland, College Park under Dr. Samir Khuller, Professor, 2004
- Intern Web Procedure Revision System Developer using PHP/MySQL, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Space Flight Center under Dr. Richard Wesenberg, Systems Analyst, 2003
Papers/Talks:
- Covering Arrays (at NIST):
  - Refining the In-Parameter-Order Strategy for Constructing Covering Arrays with J. Lawrence, Y. Lei, R.N. Kacker, and D.R. Kuhn (in progress)
  - Constructing Combinatorial Designs for Software Testing (Presented at the NIST SURF 2007 Colloquium): PDF
  - Combinatorial Designs and their Impact on Software Testing (Presented at the NIST SURF 2006 Colloquium): PDF
- My Senior Research Project (at the Univ. of MD), Capacitated Vehicle Routing and the k-Delivery n-Traveling Salesman Problem: PDF/PS
- Some independent research, A Note on the Non-Existence of Hamiltonian Cycles: PDF
Awards:
- Intel Science Talent Search Finalist, 2005
- I even have my own asteroid!

My Activities:

Undergraduate Math Association
OrigaMIT - I won a Best Miniature Origami in 2007 for an Eastern Dragon designed by Joseph Wu
I like to read witty comics:
I like to collect witty quotes
I like to think of comic ideas:
- Warning: Laser in Use (note the footnote)

Older Activities:

Last Updated: 2/18/08