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For me, great algorithms are the poetry of computation. Just like verse, they can be terse, allusive, dense, and even mysterious. But once unlocked, they cast a brilliant new light on some aspect of computing.
— John G. F. Francis, The Joy of Algorithms.

Foreword

William T. Doan is an undergraduate researcher with a passion for theoretical computer science, algorithm design, string algorithms, computational biology, ad hoc networks, social networks, and data structures. He is supervised by Dr. Daniel Gibney.

Mr. Doan also does work for Dr. Julia W.P. Hsu under a Research Experience for Undergraduates grant he received from the National Science Foundation.

In addition to his research, Doan is also the Lead Teaching Assistant for the laboratories of CS 1436.001 and CS 1436.009. His teaching is advised by Dr. Brian Ricks.

Previously, Mr. Doan did research under Dr. Yapeng Tian. Under Dr. Tian, Doan conducted research in audiovisual novelty detection, audiovisual sound-source segmentation, and object detection according to joint attention at looking targets.