Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 03:45:27 GMT Server: NCSA/1.4.1 Content-type: text/html Last-modified: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 17:00:26 GMT Content-length: 11254 Amy's Home Page

Amy Greenwald

Ph.D. Student

Department of Computer Science
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University

251 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10012, U.S.A.
Phone: +1 (212) 998-3120

Email: amygreen@cs.nyu.edu
Finger: amygreen@thecafe.cs.nyu.edu


The following is an excerpt from Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore.

A woman happens upon a frog in the woods. "Kiss me! Kiss me!" says the frog, "and I'll turn into a handsome prince!" The woman stares, entranced, but doesn't move. "What's the matter?" asks the frog, growing impatient. "Don't you want a handsome prince?" "I'm sorry," says the woman, "but at this point in my life, I'm more interested in a talking frog."



Education

I've got lots of degrees, but not enough to make a Ph.D. just yet. I've got two undergraduate degrees, both from the University of Pennsylvania (1991). One is a B.S. in Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science (major: Computer Science) (minor: Mathematics). My advisor was Val Breazu-Tannen (great guy); if I remember correctly, we studied some properties of term rewrite systems. Related to this, I attended an international summer school on logic and computing: Logic and Algebra of Specification (the blue series) in Marktoberdorf, Germany. My second first degree is a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of Business (major: Finance).


I've also got two Master's Degrees. The first is an M.Sc. in Computation from the Computing Laboratory at Oxford University (1992). (A very nice family by the name of Thouron gave me a scholarship to study in England for a couple of years). My advisor was Lincoln Wallen. We studied the proofs-as-programs paradigm in second-order natural deduction proofs and polymorphic \lambda-calculus. In addition, I attended an international summer school on Language, Logic and Information in Colchester, England.



My second Master's Degree is an M.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University (1995). At Cornell, I worked with Bob Constable and Dexter Kozen on some stuff about intuitionistic propositional logic and alternating polynomial time. I was supported by the Office of Naval Research, and they sent me to my third and last international summer school on Logics of Programs in Chambery, France.



These days I'm attending NYU (still working on my Ph.D). I've changed my habitat, transferred schools, and (sort of) given up logic for a while - I've upgraded to studying applications of economics and finance to computer science with advisor Bud Mishra and friend/officemate Ron Even. Such a radical change warrants rationalization, but in fact these topics aren't too bad from the mathematical point of view. In addition, I'm teaching a course on the Fundamentals of Computer Science using C.



Teaching


Sisters

I've got two younger sisters, named Carolyn and Michele. Carolyn presently lives in Ithaca, New York (fun for the whole family!), where she attends Cornell Law School. She also did her undergrad there, and in the meantime she got an M.A. in English from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where she specialized in Cinema Studies.

Michele just graduated from Cornell where she was a communications major. She is now residing around the corner from me in NYC, where she is pursuing a career in public relations and electronic journalism. Her first on-line publication for NBC is just a click away: Jackie of all Trades.


Parents

My Dad ( Dr. Robert Greenwald) is Chief of Rheumatology at Long Island Jewish Hospital, in New Hyde Park, NY. He is listed in New York Magazine's Best of New York as one of the best doctors for rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and psoriatic arthritis.

My Dad is also Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Oral Biology at the Dental School, SUNY Stony Brook. He teaches rheumatology to young doctors and students and also runs a research laboratory. His research interests deal with i) matrix metalloproteinases, which are enzymes such as collagenase which destroy bones and joints; ii) non-antibiotic properties of tetracyclines; iii) oxygen free radicals. He is the chairman of the conference to be held in October, 1998 sponsored by the NY Academy of Sciences, entitled Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinases: Therapeutic Applications.

Lastly, my Dad is active as a legal consultant to defense attorneys for cases of alleged medical malpractice or personal injury in rheumatology, internal medicine, and orthopedics. He is also a consultant to law firms representing the defendants in the breast implant cases.

My Mom (Dr. Elaine Greenwald) is a school psychologist in the Kings Park School District, Kings Park NY. She also has a private practice in clinical psychology in Melville, NY. She specializes in marital problems, substance abuse, anxiety, phobias, and depression.


Grandpa

My Grandpa was a Flying Tiger.


Travel

Originally from the Island, I am now settled in the big city, but I do find time for annual (sometimes biannual) excursions to Europe, Asia, and even Australia. Still haven't been to South America or Africa, but I've got interest in pursuing any research topics that might take me there.

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Politics

Firearm Facts
Violence Against Women
Abortion Talk
Beer and our Health


Hobbies


Sports

Mountain Biking
InLine Skating
Ski Vermont


Languages

a few on-line dictionaries:

Spanish
French
Italian

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