Cyrus Omar » 2008 » November

Theoretical Neurobiology

PhD in progress, CNBC @ CMU
[c.v.] [thoughts]
I study neurobiological circuit dynamics.
Currently working on: Funding: DOE CSGF and NSF GRFP

High-Performance Computing

I develop ahh, a Python package containing useful tools for high-performance scientific computing, including
  • cl, a superset of the OpenCL runtime which maintains metadata to make it less tedious to program with.
  • cl.oquence, a superset of the OpenCL language sporting a Python-like syntax, type inference, higher-order functions, macros and other stuff, without sacrificing an ounce of speed
  • cl.ements, a collection of blazing-fast OpenCL-based data analysis functions
  • cl.egans, a cl.oquence-based simulation package, which I use for neurobiological circuit simulations

Rehabilitative Interfaces

with Todd Coleman, Tim Bretl, et al. @ UIUC
I design faster, more usable brain-computer interfaces to help paralyzed and locked-in patients communicate.
Currently working on:
  • Using feedback information theory to better design BCIs [in review]
  • Improved language models

Contextual Programming

just for fun
I'm (slowly) prototyping a usable next-generation programming language and environment, vaguely inspired by Self, Clojure, Javascript, LaTeX, Sage and Python.
Currently working on:
  • A (now functional!) prototype
  • Brainstorming
With me, it’s what Yeats called
the fascination with what’s difficult.
I'm only trying to do what I can't do.
Lucian Freud

ǝdɐɔs,

a large part of my mind sliced
[cyrus.omar@gmail.com] [LinkedIn]
test

The director has the chutzpah to drop his last name, calling himself simply Tarsem. Hes comparing himself to such greats as Prince, Madonna and Arvind.

Luckily for him, The Fall is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. Its got whimsy, beauty and emotion. Check it out. The trailer below does it a little justice but not enough.

Interesting fact: the actress, Catinca Untaru, successfully prevented the director from making it darker than it is. So its a movie tailored to a little girl’s wishes about a story tailored to a little girl’s wishes.

test

I never knew Swedish synth could be so decadent.



Creative Commons License