Summary
Paul Talaga is a tenured Associate Professor of Engineering and PhD in Computer Science who blends academic research with decades of hands-on systems work, teaching courses from C++ and data structures to cloud computing, CUDA, and robotics. He runs a small technology company, Fuzzpault Technologies, applying practical skills in web design, hosting, Linux administration, and hardware repair while mentoring students in real-world engineering practices. His research and dissertation on data locality for dynamic web applications inform his longtime interests in web scalability, caching, MapReduce, and web security. Comfortable across languages (Python, C/C++, PHP, Perl, MATLAB) and Linux environments, he brings both classroom pedagogy and production ops experience to curriculum development and student-centered learning. Based in Fishers, Indiana, he is known for making complex systems approachable and for integrating evolutionary robotics and computer vision into undergraduate education.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mathematics & Computer Science, BS, Mathematics & Computer Science at St. Lawrence University
MS, Computer and Information Science, MS, Computer and Information Science at Syracuse University