
Education
PhD, University of California – Santa Cruz
BS, Bethel University
Joe Buck earned his PhD from the University of California – Santa Cruz and a bachelor’s from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. His doctoral research focused on applying recent advances in Big Data to scientific computing while his professional experience has involved working on storage and distributed computing, in addition to big data-related projects.
He’s excited to be a part of the ALIGN program and to play a part in helping motivated students as they transition into the world of computer science.