Hello world! I am a theoretical computer scientist, assistant professor, and Alley Heaps Associate in the Department of Computer Science at St. Francis Xavier University. I earned my PhD from the School of Computing at Queen’s University, where I worked with Kai Salomaa.
If you like, you can read more about me or view my CV.
Research
My primary research interests include formal languages and automata theory (particularly in two dimensions), combinatorics on words (particularly in two dimensions), and computability/complexity theory. I have secondary interests in analysis of algorithms and coding theory.
For more about my research, you can visit my list of publications and my list of presentations and seminars.
Teaching
I am teaching the following courses in the Fall 2021 term:
For more about my teaching, you can visit my past course websites or view my teaching portfolio.