Sarah K Tyler

Part word nerd, part math geek, I study personalized search and information retrieval while in graduate school. I've been on the net tinkering with JavaScript and HTML since early '96, but didn't really get into computing until ‘99. I prefer theory to systems, and like to write code that writes code. I'm an applications kind of gal, with a mathematical and statistics background who codes on the weekends for fun. In my free time I dabble in writing (mostly fiction) and have been known to sketch a bit. I also do some volunteer work with women in the sciences programs.

I live with my fiancé in our cozy townhome along with a very spoiled kitty named Lily. She was adopted from a no-kill cat rescue group (TVAR) in August 2005 at the age of two and a half months. Before she was found by the rescue group, she was dropped off at a local shelter too young to know how to eat on her own. Since then she’s made up for lost time. Our home is far from campus where I go to school, but I don’t mind. The drive is cut in half by the campus van pool and I love the city we live in and the life we’re building together.

I tend to think I'm fairly easy going, and friendly. Sometimes I'm a bit silly, and absent minded despite my best efforts. I've been known to lose my glasses on my forehead, and my keys in my hand. I like to think of my self as the eccentric scientist in training. Wasn't Albert Einstein forgetful too? My ultimate blonde moment, though, was locking myself out on the patio of my old third floor apartment in my pjs with the shower running. The engineer in me popped the screen and solved that problem.