Assistant Clinical Professor, Masters Program in Computer Science
- Associate Director, Masters Program in Computer Science
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: lamonts@cs.uchicago.edu
BIOGRAPHY
Before joining the MPCS in 2016, Lamont Samuels worked in the fast-paced startup world. In particular, he worked on developing core software systems for upcoming and innovative technologies such as digital wallets for cryptocurrencies and a surface-haptics display thats allows you to feel objects on a display. His most recent research interests is directed towards developing high-level programming languages for parallel computing. He is also interested in implementing real-time systems in the domains of computer graphics, functional reactive programming, and embedded systems.
Dr. Samuels is a fellow alum of the University of Chicago. He received both is Masters of Science and PhD in Computer Science at the University of Chicago. He is also a member of the Programming languages group in the Computer Science Department.
Courses include:
- Java Programming
- Functional Programming
- Parallel Programming
ACTIVITIES / INTERESTS
Programming Languages, Concurrency/Parallelism, Computer Graphics, Functional Reactive Programming, Embedded Systems
EDUCATION
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Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Chicago, 2016
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M.S., Computer Science, University of Chicago, 2013
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B.S., Computer Science, California Polytechnic State University, 2010
