My active professional fields are Computer Science, Mathematics, and Operations Research. I am interested in Optimization, Sampling, Computational Geometry, and Game Theory. My undergrad education includes physics and electrical engineering. Besides my technical background, I have a longstanding interests and some formal education in sociology, history, and economics. The older I get, the more I value the breadth of my liberal arts undergraduate education; I am a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
I like pretty much every quiet outdoor activity. My favorite activities include skiing (mainly cross-country and back-country skiing), bicycling (road or mountain), hiking, canoeing, boogie boarding, swimming, gardening, fishing, bird watching, camping, cooking and eating. I have been a Boy Scout Scoutmaster, soccer coach and soccer referee. The New Mexico Cross Country Ski Club organizes backcountry ski trips. My soul finds rest as my body wanders the mountains. The Rio Grande Turtle and Tortoise Club is a local non-profit that finds good homes for found and rescued turtles. Indoors, I enjoy conversations, movies, boardgames, computer strategy games, pinball, and reading stories of adventure and contemplation. My interest and activity level in the above vary from year to year.