I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.

Because I am not formally trained in the medical sciences, I can bring in new ideas to AIDS research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for AIDS.

When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments.

One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.

I have expertise in five different fields which helps me to easily understand the analogy between my scientific problems and those occurring in nature.

The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.

The 65,536 processors were inside the Connection Machine.