B LaPointe
| Profession | Software Developer |
|---|---|
| Location | Provo, UT |
| Web | blapointe.com |
| lapoba16 | |
| contact@blapointe.com |
Work Experience
Software Engineer I
- Created use-case agnostic proxies for low-latency, highly available data stores.
- Implemented concurrency-safe message queue SDK for internal use.
- Evaluated, proposed, and load tested alternative data stores.
Research Assistant
- Incorporated knowledge from biological literature into a genetic algorithm.
- Improved runtime exponentially from prior approaches with comparable results.
- Collaborated across departments and perspectives.
Education
Master of Science in Computer Science
3.88/4.00 GPA, Upsilon Pi Epsilon member
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science
3.91/4.00 GPA, Summa Cum Laude, University Fellowship, Dean's List, Honor's List
Projects
Working Directory
Synchronizes projects with a remote copy encrypted both at rest and on the wire with concern for bandwidth and authorized access.
RSS Monitor
Monitors multiple RSS feeds and filters stories by feed. Synchronizes read status and updates feeds via HTTP API.
"A BCHC genetic algorithm model of cotemporal hierarchical Arabidopsis thaliana gene interactions"
Co-authored paper pending publication in IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine.
Knapsack Problem Genetic Algorithm
Finds near optimal solutions to knapsack problems in polynomial time and space. Includes tabu search and result analysis. Solution written in C with analysis in Python3.
Skills and Tools
About Me
I have the pleasure of professionally working with my favorite
languages (Go and Python3) as I tackle problems with data
availability, redundancy, and sovereignty.
Concurrency and reusability are my two favorite aspects of
writing code, and I look forward to every opportunity to extend
and refine my skill set.
When I'm not working, you'll find me cycling, programming, or
fiddling with my flavor-of-the-week web technology or data store.