About Reserved Words IDs & Lits Syntax Grammar MIPS Compiler In the spring of 2014, Robert Smayda and I wrote our own computer language. The language has an LL(1) grammar, which means input is parsed from left to right and constructs a leftmost syntax tree (derivation). An LL(1) language means that our grammar is context-free, […]
Project: Eagle Eye As a part of my sophomore year of college (2011-2012) I worked for an Air Force-affiliated research program known as Summer At The Edge (SATE) at the Wright Brothers Institute located just outside Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH. Official photos from our year’s internship can be found here. The […]
Background This project is intended to visualize a particle filter used in the process of localization described in the latter half of my corresponding research document, The Road to the Future: A Look at Autonomous Vehicles and the Localization Problem. The localization problem is representative of finding one’s self in space. This visualization project shows […]
Laguna Beach, CA Back in September I took several trips to the western part of the United States, visiting San Francisco, Irvine, and Dallas. Although exhausted by the end, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. While on the road, I hung out in the coves of Laguna Beach, met with a friend from high school in […]
I recently started learning how to use the statistical modeling software, R for visualizing and statistical modeling. Here’s a few examples of some visualizations and insights I was able to find: Here are some of my published pages, which are neatly build by using R markdown documents or .rmd files. Hover over the link to […]
I want to use this post as a way to add an ongoing and updates list of favorite articles. Here’s how I intend this page to work (if it doesn’t as of this posting, then, well, I haven’t gotten around to it yet: Below you’ll see a list. That list will be sorted chronologically by […]
Do you know that feeling when you find a quote that just speaks to you? I recently came across one while watching the Netflix original, Master of None. This quote is from Sylvia Plath’s only novel, which is a semi-autobiographical story of her life, with the names of real people and places altered. Wikipedia states that, “The book […]
Why I Grew Out My Hair Posted by Taylor White on Sunday, December 6, 2015 cutoff If you’ve seen me in the last sixth months (June 2015 – December 2015) then you’ve likely taken notice of my long locks. I want to talk about my journey of growing out my hair, and the decisions behind it. […]
Debugging the Development Process is a book written by Steve Maguire and published by Microsoft Press in 1994. I happened upon this book while moving offices in my company and noticed someone was giving it away. I grabbed it and have found that it has great advice, even if it was published in what feels […]
Flocking. Sperm. Sperm flocking.That got you to click didn’t it? Everybody loves sperm! Well, if you don’t you’ve got to at least acknowledge it’s an integral building block of human life. Good news, you’ll get to see some sperm below. Bad news, it’s not all that erotic. Now, back to sperm flocking. What does that […]
What is D3? D3 is a powerful JavaScript framework predominately used to manipulate data and create beautiful visualizations. The name is an acronym standing for Data Driven Documents. Here is an example of a visualization Mike Bostock has created with D3.js: This may seem like more of a game than anything else, but […]
Before going to work at Epic I spent the entirety of my professional career (which consisted of a cumulative 21 months of internships and co-ops) in the aviation industry. I enjoyed it too. I first worked with Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH-famous for the top secret flight programs and its supposed involvement in the […]