About

My name is Francisco Santana. I am a Software Engineer with a degree in Computer Science from UMass Amherst.

Resume

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Information Security: Master of Science

September 2025

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Computer Science: Bachelor of Science

September 2021 - May 2024

Projects

franciscosp.com

This website, used as a blog and portfolio, uses the Hugo static generator and a custom hand-made theme.

Simple Processor Simulator for a Custom Architecture

March 2024

Processor simulator for a custom architecture designed and implemented as coursework for a Graduate-level course.

A Web port of the simulator, which includes the assembler, is available on this web site. The port and project share the same codebase, the former merely being recompiled to WebAssembly.