Welcome!
Left to Right: Me, Hattan, Ashwani
on Graduation Day
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This
page is about 7 years old. Since its last
update I’ve completed a Ph.D.
at UCI
and am currently an adjunct assistant professor at Chapman.
My
faculty page is here.
My wife, Jackie, has also started a business:
Forever Linens Chair Covers
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Hi! My name is Erik Linstead,
and I'm an alumnus of Chapman's Department
of Computer Science, Mathematics, and
Physics. I began my studies at Chapman
in August of 1998, and graduated with Bachelor
of Science degrees in Computer
Science and Computer Information Systems in May
of 2001. After Chapman,
I spent almost 2 years at Stanford University working on my Master of
Science
degree in Computer Science (emphasis in database
systems). I finished my MS
in March 2003. I've moved back to
looking for a job that will put my education to
good use.
Despite my need to find an industry job to
pay back student loans, I have always
been an academic at heart, and plan to make
teaching computer science a part of my
life whether or not I finally decide to bite the
bullett and get a Ph.D. For the Fall 2003
semester, I am scheduled to teach two courses at
Chapman:
CPSC 390 - Artificial Intelligence
I also have several research interests I
wouldn't mind exploring in more depth,
namely database systems, AI, and knowledge
representation. Maybe some day
I'll get the chance!
Aside from academics, my other hobby is
restoring old Porsches. So far I have restored
a 1973 914 1.7 (below), and a 1969 911 S which
had been converted to a '73 RS.
Of course, my favorite hobby is hanging out
with my friends and girlfriend, all
of whom are incredibly cool people, and without
whom my life would be very boring.
Well, that's about all for now. For
those of you who need to contact me, my email is
as follows:
linst100 at chapman.edu