Kaida (Tommy) Zhao Email: Computer Architect & Software Engineer Department of Computer Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison

Miscellaneous

Technical Links

 Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture, publications on topics pertaining to the science and art of designing, analyzing, selecting and interconnecting hardware components to create computers that meet functional, performance and cost goals

 40 Years of Computer Architecture, a poster which details professors, graduates, and their awards throughout the history of the computer architecture program at UW-Madison - Jason Lowe-Power

 Discourses and Dialogs on Debugging - Perry Kivolowitz

Fun Links

 reddit, the front page of the internet

 TED, ideas worth spreading

 Lynda.com, learn a new skill online, on your time

 Lego Grad Student, a hollow head struggling to make it through a blocky world

 PhD Comics - Jorge Cham

Coding Style

 I follow company's coding style.

 If company doesn't have a coding style, then I follow the programming language's coding style.

 If company and programming langauge doesn't have a coding style, then here is an [Example] and [Screenshot] of my current coding style.

• I use 2 spaces instead of tabs.
• I use open curly braces on the same line.
• I limit lines to 80 columns in headers, but ignore line length limits otherwise.

Computer Builds

Primary Desktop - $1243

Budget Desktop - $209