Grimsman Wins Three Minute Thesis Competition for Computer Science

February 11, 2016

During the Computer Science Department’s Three-Minute Thesis Comeptition last Thursday, IDeA Labs’ David Grimsman did an excellent job describing how his work using the max-plus algebra to describe the dynamics of scheduling systems can have a real impact for chemcical manufacturing. Using the propular video game “Tetris” to visually describe how the recipees for one product can tie up a factory differently than another, Grimsman won the audience over and was voted best presentation by the group.