Mike Dunlavey

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BS Mechanical Engr.
PhD CS(AI)
CS Prof (4yr)
Numerous consulting jobs.
15 yr at http://www.pharsight.com
Published book on CS & several articles
4 kids, 2 grand
Pilot(student)

P.S. The picture is an Inverse-Beta distribution. It shows the program speedup factors you can get if you see a problem twice in 2, 3, 4, and 5 samples. You can derive it from Amdahl's law.