OLIVER ILIFFE
Computer Science Student @ Imperial
I am currently a student at Imperial College London completing an MSc in "Advanced Computer Science". Previously, I graduated from King's College London with a BSc in Computer Science.
I am particularly interested in the tools we use to build systems that are resilient, secure and fast. I like quite a lot of things. Computer architecture, compilers, operating systems and programming languages (not necessarily in that order). This means, for example, I would be interested in both formalising an ISA and designing hardware to execute it.
If you want a more comprehensive list of skills + experience, consult my CV.
BLOG
I am always trying to get better at technical writing and hopefully share some interesting stuff while I do it. Each blog entry has a corresponding `.md` file in the same directory, if you prefer reading plaintext.
Oli's Little Guide to Ruby HDL
A swift and easy guide to Ruby, an old relational HDL for proving the correctness of circuits.
Really Fast Decision Trees
I describe my experience making a machine learning classifier for acute kidney injury (AKI) in pure C. It's interesting because I use a cool technique to compress the data.
Oli's Little Guide to CXL
How CXL 1.0 and related concepts work.
Making a Hashtable: Testing
I work through various known hashtable designs, and also a new one, hoping to see some performance increase.
Making a Hashtable: Hashtable Math
I work through a derivation for the average number of probes in a hashtable, then try and verify it through real data.
Making a Hashtable: SIMD Probing
I make a hashtable with SIMD probing for a drag race.
Enumerating Arbitrary Tree Types in Logarithmic Time
Some of the work I did for a summer research project with one of my very favourite professors. It's quite rare that you get to do 'algorithms research'. I was looking at how we can quickly associate an integer with a specific tree in a nice, ordered way. WARNING: this is one of my first articles I wrote on this website and hence, it's a pretty tough read. Proceed with caution.
Item-scoped Unsafe Code
I discuss a new idea for safety that I call "item-scoped unsafe code". The idea is to try and get as few things as possible be 'unsafe' and hopefully have everything that is be verifiably safe at runtime.
CONTACT
| Email (prefer) | oli.iliffe at gmail.com |
| Another Email | oli_iliffe at hotmail.com |