John A. Thywissen

Hello! This is the personal Web site of John A. Thywissen.

I am pursuing graduate studies in the Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin. This work is in preparation for my next major career objective: a faculty position in CS at a Research University.

I'm working with Prof. W. Cook and Prof. J. Misra, investigating "computational orchestration" — specifically the model of programming languages and distributed computing embodied by Orc.

Before returning to academia, I was a software engineer, business person, and pilot. Most recently, I was a Managing Consultant (among other roles) for EDS in Plano, Texas. I hold a Master of Science in Engineering Management (S.M.U.), a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Kansas), and completed the Accelerated Development Programme at London Business School.

Currently, I'm near the beginning of my journey in UT's Computer Science program, but already having great fun. I'm concerned with the usual early grad student matters: finding time to get all the coursework done, getting some early research results, and "keeping my eyes peeled" for good thesis topics.

Feel free to "give me a holler" -- my e-mail is jthywiss, followed by an at-sign, followed by cs.utexas.edu.