Dave's Ego Trip
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Name: David Kar-Fai Tam
Claim to Fame:
Birthplace: Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Status: Alive and breathing.
Toronto, Ontario,
Email: davidkftam@yahoo.com

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Hobbies:

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Life-long dreams:

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People, places, or things that are awesome:

Jennie! Bob, Beakman, Sesame Street, Ernie and Bert, Mr. Dress Up, Reading Rainbow, 3 2 1 Contact, Square One TV, Transformers, G.I. Joes, Animaniacs, Mr.Bumpy and Squishington, guitars, bass, drums, Kids in the Hall, U2, Pumpkins, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Shad UBC'94, UBC'94 Shads, CANJAC'95, Lollapalooza'93, the Commodore 64, SGI, Sun, Unix, Linux, Amiga, NeXT, Mac, the Internet, U of T.

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Things I have done in the past:

  1. U of T Computing Insights '93
  2. Lollapalooza '93
  3. U of T Mentorship '93 - '95
  4. Shad Valley UBC '94
  5. Silicon Graphics Canada, Inc. Aug. '94, July '95 -- Sept. '95
  6. CANJAC '95
  7. SOSP 2001
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Current occupation:

M.A.Sc. graduate student with the Electrical Engineering Computer Group (EECG),
Edward S. Rogers Sr. (chuckle, chuckle) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
at the University of Toronto, St.George Campus.
Supervisor: Michael Stumm
Thesis Topic: Performance Analysis and Optimization of the Hurricane File System on the K42 Operating System
Expected graduation date: Sept. 2002.


Previous Employment:
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Career Goals:

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Academic Goals:

  1. Honours Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering
  2. Master of Applied Science in Computer Engineering
  3. Ph.D. in Computer Engineering?