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My name is John Westhoff. Friends call me Jeffrey for short.
Online, I like the usernames JohnBot and JohnathonNow.

I graduated from the University of Notre Dame in May of 2018, with a BS in Computer Science. Before then, I lived in Stanford Hall (pictured above well, it would be if GitHub supported it, but for that you'll have to go to my personal site's readme). I once served as the mascot secretary for the Notre Dame Linux Users Group, and they're the ones who started calling me Jeffrey. After graduating from Notre Dame, I spent the summer running around chanting "37-0" until the Michigan season opener¹ started my PhD studies at NYU, where I will be starting my third year in the Fall.

My research interests lie broadly in systems. I've been exploring whether edge computing is useful for anything besides web caching, and what software written for the edge should look like.

When I'm not writing code, I tend to my diverse hobbies. I like video games, and I play a wide variety of them when I have the time.
Recently, I've also taken on 3D printing, and I haven't yet burnt down my house. Throughout quarantine, I've been doing a lot of woodworking, and have learned about a dozen ways not to make a cup out of wood².

On October 1st, I married my wife breezy.

¹Considering Notre Dame would lose to Michigan 14-45 the following year and then proceed to not play them for 14 years, oof.
²I did eventually succeed in making a wooden cup - it leaks slowly, but looks great!