Ian Wood

Ian Wood

Bellevue, Washington, United States
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Software engineer at AMD interested in compilers, AI, and Machine Learning.

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Experience

  • AMD Graphic

    AMD

    Bellevue, Washington, United States

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    Sammamish, Washington, United States

Education

  • Northwestern University Graphic

    Northwestern University

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    Relevant Coursework: Operating Systems, Compiler Construction, Kernel & Low-Level Development, Computer Networking, System Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programming, and Machine Learning (ML).

Projects

  • Compiler with LLVM Backend

    - Extended my compiler developed in my Compiler Construction class to support additional language features (e.g. struct, classes, references, etc.)
    - Utilized LLVM as a backend for target code generation as well as optimization passes.
    - Implemented additional modern compiler features, such as type checking, to enhance the production-readiness of the compiler

  • Port Filesystem to Nautilus Kernel

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    - Ported FatFs, a filesystem designed for embedded systems, to Nautilus which lacked robust filesystem support.
    - Implemented Nautilus’ filesystem interface, managed state, and wrote disk I/O functions that connect FatFs to Nautilus’ block device drivers.
    - Tested my implementation by validating FatFs’ ability to create new files, read existing files, create new directories, etc.

  • Compiler Project

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    - Developed a compiler using C++ to compile a C-like language into an executable x86-64 binary.
    - Implemented basic compiler techniques such as register allocation, variable spilling, instruction selection (tree tiling), and linearization of the control flow graph.
    - To improve performance some optimizations were included such as dead-code elimination, constant folding, and coalescing/freezing of variables.

  • AI Chess Engine and Single-Player Game

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    - Developed logic for the game using Python and implemented the GUI using pygame.
    - Wrote a basic alpha-beta pruning AI algorithm that allows the user to play against the computer.
    - Converted the project into C++ using a Northwestern game API and added improvements that better determined the score of the game state. These improvements led to a more advanced opponent which could analyze the board at a greater depth.

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