I am currently a
Computer Science MS/PhD graduate student at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
I am working in Hava Siegelmann's Biocomputation lab, known as BINDS,
and I am currently funded by a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fellowship. I have also been awarded a Google Anita Borg Scholarship, and Verizon Rising Star Scholarship.
I received my Bachelor's degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State
University (Virginia Tech), in Computer Science in May of 2005.
My research interests are based in biologically inspired computations,
specifically as they can be related to artificial intelligence. I am currently
working on projects including agent communication as inspired by tumor biology,
and a simulation of tumor growth that examines methods to counteract it. I am also working on an emotion-driven real-time strategic AI for a multi-player game, to determine how emotion can be used in AI decision making.
I am also working with Ramesh Sitaraman for my synthesis project, which is related to modeling cancer-like systems mathematically.
My personal interests include volleyball, tennis, fencing (sabre), art,
website design, music, hiking, and the usual CS major video games.
In the fall I follow college football, specifically my alma mater (Go Hokies!). If you are interested to learn more about me
personally, my website is
NorthernBelle.net.
To learn more about me professionally, please visit the
Resume or
Publications page.
