About this blog
This blog is the genesis of “How do you Compile,” a weblog I maintained for several years. Given that most of my (online) writing is made available through the weblogs Concurrency Everywhere, On Walkabout with Greenfoot, and CS-Ed.org, it seemed like it was time to freshen things up.
Here, you’ll find my own (personal) writings, as well as the aggregation of my writing elsewhere. Sub Ubi means, directly translated from Latin, Under Where.
Official bits
During the 2007/2008 academic year, I was visiting faculty at Olin College. This was an excellent year, and am excited to be starting at Allegheny College during the autumn of 2008.
My curriculum vitae is available online.
Bio
Matt is passionate about the design and development of usable languages for embedded control. To this end, he his carries out human-centered research regarding how beginners learn to program as well as technical explorations of parallel languages for tiny computers.
Most recently, he and his collaborators have launched concurrency.cc, a rallying point for parallel programming on the popular Arduino platform. Matt keeps himself busy as a member of the faculty at Allegheny College as well as chasing around a now very mobile baby boy.
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A brief, personal history
While at Kenyon College, I thoroughly enjoyed my time majoring in Physics, as well as singing with the Kenyon College Chamber Singers, the Chasers, and Lost in Gambier, a barbershop quartet you probably have not heard of. I proceeded to study Computer Science at Indiana University Bloomington, where I developed a healthy appreciation for the design and implementation of programming languages. After taking my qualifying exams, I made my way to the University of Kent to work with Sally Fincher and the most excellent Computer Science Education Research Group. I have considered each of these places a home.
