Acknowledgments

Thanks must first go to the friends, family, and other loved ones who have supported my teaching, programming, and engineering career throughout the years. I’d especially like to acknowledge my mother, Maria Mitchell, for giving me my first calculator, for always supporting my education, and for offering selfless moral support during this book’s creation. My friends and loved ones have been patient with my hobbies and projects and have always been ready with words of encouragement. I’m also grateful to teachers and advisers current and past who helped me get where I am today, especially to Jinyang Li, who was understanding of me threading the writing of this book around my PhD research.