Josiah

About me

Gender Male
Industry Science
Occupation Grad Student
Location Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Introduction I study computer science. I use tools from graphics and visualization to map complex data and machine learning methods to the visual space. I am an avid reader and my hobbies are video games, music and reading the news.
Interests Mathematics, Computer Science, Graphics, Data Visualization, Music, Military, Starcraft, Philosophy, World of Warcraft, philosophy, writing, poetry, political science, politics, glass art, Technology, Writing, xkcd
Favorite Movies Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Pan's Labrynth, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Star Trek: The Voyage Home, Shawshank Redemption, Titanic, Sixth Sense, Donnie Darko, A Beautiful Mind, Minority Report, Blade Runner, Arrival, Kill Bill, Hidden Figures, Spirited Away, Toy Story, Inside Out, A Bug's Life, Prince of Egypt, and many more
Favorite Music Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Yonder Mountain String Band, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Panic! At the Disco, Ok Go, Bare Naked Ladies, Bowling for Soup, Breaking Benjamin, Catch 22, Eminem, The Fray, Jars of Clay, Rage Against the Machine, Smashmouth, Sufjan Stevens, System of a Down, Zero 7, Nine Inch Nails, Greenday, Gustav Holst, Antonio Vivaldi (embarrassed to admit that I like something Baroque), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Edison Vasilievich Denisov, Boris Tchaikovsky, Nirvana
Favorite Books Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Flies, Scientific American Mind, Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The Chosen, Rendezvous with Rama, What the Dog Saw, Outliers, Childhood's End, Ann<b>e</b> of Green Gables, The Worst Hard Times, Our Nation and The Sea, 12 Years a Slave, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Razzle Dazzle, Old Man's War, Empire of the Summer Moon, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Disarming Scripture

Never mind the turtle. Don't you think you're sure to win?

Why, when the sky is black, do I feel so blue?