Why yes I do have a rubber chicken in my office! The rubber chicken is a tradition in the Computer Science Department at Brown University where I completed my PhD. When you successfully defend your dissertation, you get a rubber chicken thrown at you.

I am delighted that I was able to convince Schiller to come to CS tea at least once.

I grew up in Colorado so I love climbing mountains. I try to go back to Colorado every summer to climb a different mountain (usually a fourteener).

I've been playing ultimate frisbee for what seems like forever now. I have been known to keep a disc in my office in case of emergency.