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My name is Christopher R. Johnson, and I am a Computer Science graduate student at MIT CSAIL.

I graduated summa cum laude from Knox College in June 2011, with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science, and I am currently attending MIT in a Ph.D program for Computer Science.

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My current research interests include:

• Operating Systems and Networking, particularly novel and innovative ideas in kernel design and network protocols.
• Programming Language Design and Implementation
• Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques
• Computer and Network Security

Publications:

• A Tie-Breaking Strategy for Processor Allocation in Meshes. Christopher R. Johnson, David P. Bunde, and Vitus J. Leung. Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Scheduling and Resource Management for Parallel and Distributed Systems (SRMPDS), 2010.
• Automatic Management of Logging Infrastructure. Christopher R. Johnson, Mirko Montanari, Roy H. Campbell. Proceedings of the Center of Academic Excellence Workshop on Insider Threat, 2010.
• Backfilling with Guarantees Granted upon Job Submission. Alexander Lindsay, Maxwell Galloway-Carson, Christopher R. Johnson, David P. Bunde, and Vitus J. Leung. Proceedings of the 17th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Europar '11), 2011.
• Poster: Scalable Applications in a Factored Operating System. Christopher R. Johnson, Charles Gruenwald III, Nathan Beckmann, Harshad Kasture, David Wentzlaff, Lawrence Stewart, Adam Belay, Jeff Ward, Lamia Youseff, Anant Agarwal. To appear in the 17th International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems (ASPLOS), 2012.

Articles about me:

• Award for Paper on Automatic Management of Logging Infrastructure
• Honors Profile: Programming New Solutions

Software I have written:

• libcloak - The Cloak Resource Manager. A C++ library for resource management in games and other applications. Currently in alpha and requires testing. A quickstart guide can be found at http://code.google.com/p/libcloak/wiki/QuickStart
• libdagger - Object-Oriented Graphical User Interface (GUI) for SDL. This is a GUI that uses libcloak to simplify GUI creation for games made with SDL. Currently under development.
• Star Legend. A free form Real-Time Strategy and Empire Building game set in space; it was inspired by Shores of Hazeron. It is also being used as a test for libcloak and eventually libdagger. It is under development.
• Picaresque. A rogue-like 2D city management and adventuring game inspired by Dwarf Fortress. It is also being used as a test for libcloak and eventually libdagger. It is under development

I am also working on several Android applications and games in my free time.