Brian Dean earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from MIT, and is currently professor and C. Tycho Howle director of the School of Computing at Clemson University. His research interests span most of algorithmic computer science, with current emphasis on biomedical applications. Dr. Dean also serves as director of the USA Computing Olympiad, which identifies and trains top high-school students in algorithmic computing and selects the team of top students representing the USA at the International Olympiad in Informatics each year.