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Professor Paul Hudak

Department of Computer Science
Yale University
New Haven, CT

paul.hudak (at) yale.edu

Recent News:

	Together with two of my colleagues, I recently helped establish the Computing and the Arts major at Yale. This academic year marks its official inception into the Yale curriculum.
	I taught a new course in the fall term, called Fundamentals of Computer Music: Algorithmic and Heuristic Composition.
	Last summer my wife and I had the adventure of a lifetime: a 12-day raft trip on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. We took some nice pictures that capture the highlights.
	I am on the Program Committee of IFL 2009 -- please consider submitting a paper.
	I recently gave two talks in the San Francisco area, one at QCon and the other at the Bay Area Computer Music Technology Group.

Professional:

I am a Professor of Computer Science at Yale University. The Yale Department of Computer Science has an official personal website for me, but this one has far more information in it.

My professional work is described in more detail on my Professional Activities page.

Music:

I play jazz piano, but generally enjoy all forms of and venues for music.

	I used to play in a jazz group called Collectively Speaking. In 1995 we were voted the Number 1 jazz group in New Haven in the New Haven Advocate's annual reader's poll.
	Back in the 70's I played in a rock/pop/disco(!) group called Meadow, with my brother Clark.
	In an effort to combine business with pleasure, about 10 years ago I designed a language (actually a Haskell library) for composing music in Haskell, called Haskore. It has developed its own Haskore user community and is growing on its own.

Family:

I am married to Cathy Van Dyke and have two grown daughters, Jen(nifer) and Cris(tina).

	Cathy is the Mentor Coordinator for the Greater New Haven Science Fair, Cris is in grad school in Psychology at the University of Utah, and Jen is a professional free-style skier. Here are some pictures of Jen winning a Bronze Medal at the 2007 Winter X Games.
	Cris and Jen live in Park City, UT, where we have a house, and thus visit them often.
	My parents are still kicking (88 years old), and I have five siblings, all of whom live in the Baltimore area, where I grew up.
	Pictures.

Sports:

I love all kinds of sports, and probably (my wife would say definitely) watch too much of it on TV. I especially love lacrosse -- grew up in Baltimore and played at Vanderbilt University many moons ago... Currently I am:

	Head coach of the Hamden High School Girls' Lacrosse team.
	President of CHSGLA (Connecticut High School Girls' Lacrosse Association).
	Girls' Program Director of Hamden Youth Lacrosse.
	Member of the Faculty Committee on Athletics at Yale. We meet at Mory's once a month and discuss interesting issues regarding sports at Yale and in the Ivy League.

I also gave a talk at the 2007 Connecticut Lacrosse Foundation's Coach's Convention at Quinnipiac College. Here is my coaching resume.

Outdoor Recreation:

	I love to hike, camp, ski, and mountain bike.
	I also like to go white-water rafting; see our Grand Canyon trip pictures.
	I used to rock climb, and occasionally still do.
	More pictures [ coming soon ]

Contact info:

Email: paul.hudak (at) yale.edu

Work phone: (203) 432-1235
Home phone: (203) 946-0612

	Normal postal delivery at Yale: Department of Computer Science Yale University PO Box 208285 New Haven, CT 06520-8285
	Yale street address (for express mail): Department of Computer Science Arthur K. Watson Hall 51 Prospect Street New Haven, CT 06520
	Personal street address:

502 Orange Street
New Haven, CT 06511