Wednesday, September 19, 2007

The code monkey and the computer scientist

Guess which one I am? One of my co-workers, named Thomas, is a bona fide Computer Scientist. Yes, I have a degree (a bachelor's) in Computer Science from Carleton College (did I mention it was a Bachelor of Arts?) but Thomas is the real deal with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon. He is seriously into computational analysis and algorithm development and, at IBM, was part of the team that built Deep Blue! The man has is own Wikipedia entry. Nuff said!

I'm excited to learn what I can from Thomas .. he has an incredible mind and I'm really excited to be working with him.