<p>I am a <code>programmer &amp;&amp; computer_scientist</code> too.</p>
<p>I work as a research programmer at USC Information Sciences Institute (Natural Language Processing Group). Before I die, I want to make machines speak and understand human languages and culture.</p>
<p>I support Open Source technologies (look for me at the Apache Software Foundation).</p>
<p>Before:
I worked at NASA JPL as a data scientist, went to USC.edu for grad school, co-founded <a href="http://datoin.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Datoin.com</a>. Worked at USC ISI as a research programmer/engineer.</p>
<p>Say hi to me on the twitter (@thammegowda) if any of my answers were interesting!</p>

Thamme Gowda