Alfred Whitehead

First and foremost, I'm a geek. My two passions are computing and astronomy. I work professionally at a high-end web agency solving complex problems for a variety of clients. I'm also working on my PhD dissertation in high-performance astrophysical simulations.

Some recent work includes:

• "Simulating Star Clusters with the AMUSE Software Framework: I. Dependence of Cluster Lifetimes on Model Assumptions and Cluster Dissolution Modes", ApJ, 778, 118, 2013.
• "Simulations of Dense Stellar Systems with the AMUSE Software Toolkit", Invited talk; to appear in the Proceedings of "Advances in Computational Astrophysics: methods, tools and outcomes," Cefalu (Sicily, Italy), June 13-17, 2011.
• "The Effect on Cluster Evolution of Stellar Evolution Model Choice using AMUSE", Poster, AAS Boston 2011, with Stephen L.W. McMillan, Enrico Vesperini and Simon Portegies Zwart.
• "Simulating Star Clusters with AMUSE", Poster, MODEST-10 Beijing 2010, with Stephen L.W. McMillan, Enrico Vesperini and Simon Portegies Zwart.