I'm a first year PhD student at Brown CS.
I spend most of my research time thinking about programming languages, systems, and security. In the past I've worked on web applications, computer-aided tutoring, and server security and scalability.
This site is mostly useful if you want to see my publications or contact me.
I'm taking a few courses this semester:
In March 2009, I graduated from WPI with a BS in computer science.
For a while in 2009, I was the lead developer and in charge of organizing most technical work for the Assistment project. Assistment is the most visible part of an ongoing learning sciences research project at WPI CS headed by Neil Heffernan.
In 2008, I was an intern at Sun Microsystems and worked with the Glassfish security team on developer tools for simplifying Java security policies.
Reports and publications for these and other projects can be found here.
Patvarczki, J., Politz, J., Heffernan, N.T. Scalability and Robustness in the Domain of Web Based Tutoring. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Workshop Proceedings Volume 4, Scalability Issues in AIED. Brighton, UK. 2009, pp. 20-29.
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Politz, J, and Cialdea, J. Modeling and Analyzing Security Requirements for Java. Submitted in partial completion of degree requirements at WPI, December 2008 (Major Qualifying Project). Work completed at Sun Microsystems in Fall 2008.
WPI Publication Page
Politz, J, Begin, A, and Buck, B. Conservation Data Concerning Hawksbill Sea Turtles. Submitted in partial completion of degree requirements at WPI, July 2007 (Interactive Qualifying Project). Work completed in San Jose, Costa Rica in collaboration with the International Association for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles.
WPI Publication Page
Politz, J. Reflective Equilibrium in Rule Utilitarianism. Submitted in partial completion of degree requirements at WPI, May 2008 (Sufficiency).
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