Theoretical physics: I am interested in applications of quantum field theory to problems which are either accessible to experimental tests in the foreseeable future, or help to illuminate qualitative features of physically motivated models.
Specific topics of recent interest: quantum chromodynamics, dark energy, black holes, entropy bounds, particle physics beyond the standard model.
Information technology: I am interested in encryption and information security technologies. In 2000 I co-founded SafeWeb, a pioneer in SSL VPN appliances, acquired by Symantec in 2003. I am also co-founder and Chairman of the board of directors of Robot Genius, Inc., an Oakland-based information security startup.
I also occasionally dabble in the theory of modern finance. I am interested in options pricing, volatility, behavioral finance, market efficiency.
Curriculum Vitae
Address Department of Physics
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
Phone: (541)-346-5128
Email: hsu@uoregon.edu
Citizenship United States
Birthdate 1966
Education
1991 PhD, Physics, UC Berkeley
1989 MA, Physics, UC Berkeley
1986 BS, Physics, California Institute of Technology
Awards and Experience
1998-present Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, University of Oregon
2005-present Co-founder and Chairman, Robot Genius, Inc.
2000-2003 Co-founder, CEO and Chairman, SafeWeb, Inc.
1999 JSPS (Japan Soc. Promotion Science) Visiting Fellow
1995-1997 Assistant Professor, Yale University
1993 SSC Fellowship
1991-1994 Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows
1990 Ettore Majorana, School of Subnuclear physics: `Best Student' Prize, Dirac Prize
1988-1991 U.S. DOE Graduate Fellowship
1988-1991 Victor E. Lenzen Scholarship, Dept. of Physics, UC Berkeley
1985-1986 Carnation Prize Fellowship, California Institute of Technology
Teaching Experience
2001- Astrophysics, Quantum field theory
1998-2000 Graduate-level quantum mechanics and particle physics, undergraduate general physics, University of Oregon
1995-1997 Graduate-level quantum mechanics, Yale University
1986-1988 Teaching assistant, undergraduate and graduate physics, UC Berkeley
1985-1986 Teaching assistant, methods of applied mathematics, Caltech