louis.place
Hi! I’m currently a student at Brown University studying Computer Science and Applied Math.
I love:
- building software & crafting algorithms,
- all things music, and
- any games and puzzles
Experiences & Projects
Software Engineering Intern at SpaceX
Developing software to parallelize factory-wide lineside production and writing algorithms that take messy RFID data and produce reliable, location-tagged inventory counts.
Human-Computer Interaction Lab at Brown University
Our eyes and vision are one of the main ways of interacting with the web, but there is barely any software out there that takes advantage of it for the individual user. At Brown HCI, I’m studying how web behavior summaries created with local eye-tracking software affects user task resumption.
Also developing and maintaining WebGazer, a webcam eyetracker that updates predictions using user interactions (don’t worry, it all runs locally).
DDNet
DDNet is one of the world’s largest multiplayer open-source games. I’ve:
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Placed first in an official tournament
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Created maps (the levels players actually play), including the most-finished map in the entire network
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Contributed code to the official repository
I’m also on the staff team (map testing & managing the skin database).
24cast.org
Developed first open-source reactive, scalable election portal. Served as on-call developer at Brown Political Review’s live 2024 election event and got to fix a few critical bugs!
Other Stuff
Typing
298th place on the global monkeytype.com 60s leaderboards (190wpm, top 0.1%). Also a huge fan of blank keycaps.