Curriculum Vitae

Sam Cohen

The University of Chicago Expected 2027
- Ph.D., Computer Science
- Adv. Ravi Chugh
The University of Chicago 2025
- M.S., Computer Science
- Adv. Ravi Chugh
Tufts University 2022
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Magna cum laude

Undergraduate Courses
CMSC 141, Introduction to Computer Science 1 Teaching Assistant Wi 2025, Aut 2022
- The first course in the computer science curriculum, it teaches basic programming concepts and data structures in Python with an emphasis on code comprehension.
CMSC 142, Introduction to Computer Science 2 Teaching Assistant Spr 2025
- Students learn more advanced programming techniques in Python, and how to design programs using class hierarchies and a type system.
CMSC 223, Functional Programming Teaching Assistant Wi 2026, Aut 2023, Wi 2023
- Students learn about key properties of functional programming languages including referential transparency, modeling with algebraic data types, and idioms like functors, applicatives and monads.
CMSC 221, Programming Languages Teaching Assistant Aut 2025, Spr 2023
- Covers the lambda calculus, the simply typed lambda calculus, and several extensions such as records, variants, and references.
High School Courses (University of Chicago Pre-College Immersion Program)
CMSC 19911, Creative Coding Instructor Su 2025, Su 2024
- I taught two editions of this summer class, which teaches beginner programming concepts through open-ended exercises where students write programs which produce visual, interactive, and animated artifacts.
CMSC 19911, Creative Coding Teaching Assistant Su 2026, Su 2023
- In addition to teaching the class, I have served as its teaching assistant.

Research Intern MIT Lincoln Laboratory Spr 2022
- Designed an algorithm to determine RADAR parameters from a swarm of randomly-placed sensors
- Simulated RADAR and algorithm in MATLAB
Summer Research Intern MIT Lincoln Laboratory Su 2021
- Designed FPGA program to intercept RADAR signals, returning a synthetic reflection with a manufactured range and velocity
- Built a tool for synthesizing hardware filters deemed broadly useful and adopted by other research groups
- Awarded A3
Software and Electrical Engineering Intern Logitech Su 2020
- Built hardware and software to reprogram security cameras, automatically deploying software updates
- Enabled developers to remotely test updates, increasing software reliability and decreasing turnaround time

Sam Cohen and Ravi Chugh. "Gridlock: Plain Text with Guides." In Proceedings of the 39th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '26). Detroit, MI, USA, November 2026
Sam Cohen, Jackson Slipock, and Ravi Chugh. "Retrofitting Text Editors with Ragged Blocks." Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC '26). Paderborn, Germany, September 2026
Sam Cohen and Ravi Chugh. "Code Style Sheets: CSS for Code." In Proceedings of the ACM of Programming Languages, Volume 9. Issue OOPSLA1. Singapore, October 2025
Sam Cohen and Ravi Chugh. "Ragged Blocks: Rendering Structured Text with Style." In Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '25). Busan, South Korea, September 2025
- Awarded A1
Andrew McNutt, Sam Cohen, and Ravi Chugh. "Slowness, Politics, and Joy: Values That Guide Technology Choices in Creative Coding Classrooms" In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Yokohama, Japan, April 2025
- Awarded Honorable Mention

Sam Cohen and Ravi Chugh. "Code Style Sheets." Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools. Boston, MA, February 2025