Gautam Kumar is an undergraduate student in Computer Science and joined LEAM in January, 2003. So far, he has programmed the Feature Probability program which predicts the probability of growth in a certain area based on the features of the area. Currently, he is working on improving data and result display on the project website.

Gautam is also pursuing an International Minor in South and East Asian Studies, and he is also involved in many university clubs and organizations including Army ROTC, Tau Beta Pi Honors Society, and the Society for Business and Management in Engineering. Gautam is also the president of a student group on campus called Trance Software developing professional video game and entertainment software. Recently at Engineering Open House, Trance received third place in their category.

In the future, Gautam plans to pursue a Masters degree in Computer Science and and MBA. He would like to specialize in the areas of computer graphics and graphic design as well as project management.

www.ews.uiuc.edu/~gvkumar