ESP Biography



RAUL ALCANTARA CASTILLO, MIT graduated senior, competitive math background




Major: 6-3

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: 2022

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

I graduatrd MIT a couple days ago and I'll be doing a Masters next Fall. Really excited for teaching some cool math concepts about how Computer Science was created!



Past Classes

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C15084: Regular languages, finite automatons, and regex in HSSP Summer 2022 (Jul. 09, 2022)
Imagine this chunk of nonsense text: LoremipsumdolorsitametconsecteturadipiscingelitEtiamnisivelitfringillaquisquamaeleifendaccumsanquamNunchendreritquamaloremimperdietneciaculisleoscelerisqueUttellusenimfringillaquisfringillaatvenenatisvellacusInseddignissimrisusCurabitelvisualivervulputatearcuetmetushendreritposuereMauristempusnonlacusatullamcorperFuscelacusnequescelerisquesedsagittisacblanditsedfelisSuspendissemaurislacusconsectetureumassaaportaaccumsanrisusDuisfeugiatintortorfeugiatimperdietNuncjustonisicondimentumegetnullainluctussempeelvisraliveurnaVestibulumegetgravidanislvitaelaoreetfelisProinconsequatsemperipsumetelementumeratfringillaaDonecetlaoreetlacusCurabiturluctusatliberoeuvehiculaMaurisinnelvisquejustoVestibulumultricesmiatinterdumfringillaAliquameratvolutpatProinnecelementumrisusconsecteturadipiscingmassaPhasellusacmassalectusDonecquammassaportaidleositametullamcorperlobortisenimQuisquevitaenisitemportristiquelectusvitaetempornibh How would you find Elvis in this mess? And is he alive? With regular expressions (or regex, for short) this problem can be solved in a very short line of code! For people who like puzzles, creating regular expressions is an extremely fun challenge, and in this course we are going to learn everything about them!