General and random information

A more formal biographical statement...

John Georgas is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine's Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, under the direction and advising of Professor Richard N. Taylor. His research interests include self-adaptive software systems, software architecture and component-based systems, architectural styles, architectural description languages, and systems-of-systems modeling. He has taught classes on software engineering and holds an M.S. degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine and a summa cum laude B.S. degree in Computer Science from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

The last name

By now, you may have noticed I have a peculiar last name. Before you guess, let me give the secret away: it's Greek. Though I was born right here in California, I spent a large part of my childhood in Greece and can speak the language fluently. If you have any questions about the country, or are just interested in learning what the cool places to visit are (or where to stay away from), I'd be glad to chat about the topic for a while.

Online leisure

A lot of my free time is summarily wasted on online activities; from message boards to online publications, I spend way too much of my time surfing the internet. A very brief list of sites which I visit regularly includes:

• Slashdot - An excellent place to keep abreast of developments in technology and online legal issues with a decidedly "geek" flavor.
• Fark - A user-submitted links site which will expose you to the strange and bizarre in the wonderful world of the Internet; thank Eric Dashofy for this one, as he originally pointed me to this site.
• PvP Online - One of my favorite (and very popular) webcomics.