Aaron
Hansen

General Information

Email:
aaron.hansen@gatech.edu
Phone:
404-894-3152
Location - Building:
CCB
Location - Room:
224
Roles:
Lecturer (any rank)
Primary Unit:
School of Computing Instruction

Details

Degrees with subject and Postdoc Experience:
Degree Type
M.S.
Subject
Physics
Year
2012
Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Location
Atlanta, GA
Degree Type
B.S.
Subject
Physics
Year
2007
Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Location
Atlanta, GA
Statement of Research Interests:

Current research areas:
- Adapting computer science educational curricula to the era of LLMs such as GPT.
- Concurrency and Consistency in Distributed Database Systems.

Previous research areas:
- Systems Architecture
- System Optimization
- Distributed and Edge Computing
- Modeling and Simulation
- Decision Support Software
- Quantum Optics
- Bio Physical Systems

Statement of Teaching Interests:

Educational experience in Undergraduate and Secondary schooling contexts. These include: programming fundamentals, computer architecture, devices, software development, software-related intellectual property, and Physics.

Aaron has a particular interest in Industry - Academic partnerships.

Selection of recent research, scholarly, and creative activities:

Professional Activities:
- Judge, HackGT, 2021, 2023.
- Member, Technology Association of Georgia, 2012 – 2014.
- Member, International Physics of Living Systems, 2012 – 2014.
- Conference Committee Member, 2013 Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), 2012 – 2013.
- Attendee, GTRI Technical Seminar: Advanced Computing Research at GTRI, May 2013.
- Attendee, Presenting Data and Information - Instructor: Edward Tufte, February 2013.
- Attendee, GTRI Technical Seminar: Taming Complex Systems, October 2012.
- Lead Software Developer, http://www.facultyhandbook.gatech.edu, 2010 – 2011.

Civic Activities:
- Trees Atlanta Volunteer, 2018 - Present
- Cub Scout Den Leader, 2017 – 2019.
- Preschool Technology Committee Chair, 2012 – 2014, 2018 – 2019.
- Youth Soccer Coach, 2014 – 2015.
- Student intern mentor; Roswell High School, 2013.