Cameron A. Mayes
About:
I am currently a senior at James Madison University located in Harrisonburg, VA. I am majoring in Computer Science where my main interests reside in software development and as you can see from this creation of mine, web development! This summer I am interning as a Technical Analyst at Accenture Federal this and I hope to use this opportunity to gain valuable experience that I can take with me after graduating next May. This website was originally created over the summer of 2016 and is currently being hosted via the GitHub Pages service.
When did I begin to program?
Ever since I was little I have always been interested in creating things. However, between playing sports and other doing other hobbies I was never formally introduced to the area of programming until I got to college. I entered my university declared as an engineering major but quickly switched to computer science and the rest is history!
Known Languages
- Java
- Ruby
- C
- C++
- HTML
- CSS
What do I like to do in my spare time?
Aside from academia, one of my favorite activites is playing billiards. I started serioulsy playing at the beginning of my sophomore year with friends in the billiards club. I found that it provided a nice mental break after spending large amounts of time programming and it is something I definitely plan to keep pursuing. Other than that, I generally enjoy any outdoors activity ranging from a leisurely hike to intense spelunking (I'm in caving club). Lastly but certainly not least, I am also a proud member and VP of my chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
Pertinent Coursework:
Further course descriptions can be found here: JMU CS course catalog
CS 361. Computer Systems II, Fall 2016
- Intermediate exploration of modern interrupt-driven computer systems. Explores models of computation and complex systems, techniques for communication and synchronization of parallel and concurrent software, and the protocols that make up the Internet.
CS 345. Software Engineering, Fall 2016
- Study of modern methods and tools for the development of software products including, software development process models, software development tools, design and construction principles and practice, software quality assurance and program management.
CS 327. Discrete Structures II, Fall 2016
- This course builds on the theoretical foundation developed in Discrete Structures I.
- Studying a range of topics from discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science including elementary number theory, matrices, graph theory, automata, computability and complexity theory.
CS 240. Algorithms and Data Structures, Spring 2016
- Learned to implement and analyze elementary data structures using C++
CS 261. Computer Systems I, Spring 2016
- Explored the representation of software and information in binary memory, the primary components of a CPU, multithreaded programming and basic interactions with an operating system using C programming language.
- Developed skilled use of Linux command line.
CS 159. Advanced Programming, Fall 2015
- Projects involved using advanced problem solving strategies and techniques such as recursion and polymorphism to design small applications in JAVA.
- Encouraged the development of effective testing strategies.
CS 139. Program Fundamentals, Spring 2015
- Projects introduced and developed fundamental problem solving skills in a modern programing language (JAVA).
CS 227. Discrete Structures I, Spring 2015
- Introduced discrete mathematical structures including functions, sets, logic matrices etc.