Rylan Cunningham

Personal Info:

• Major: Computer Science
• High School: Hanford High School, graduated 2019
• Current Year at UVU: Senior
• Favorite Ice Cream: Peanut Butter + Cookie Dough

My Five Favorite Books:

1. The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
2. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
3. Dune by Frank Herbert
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
5. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Dr. Pepper Blues:

A limmerick dedicated to my diet Dr. Pepper addiction.

My personal interests:

My first interest is that I like to work on electronics. I spend a lot of my time creating prototypes for IoT devices that I deploy around my house. For example, I created an alarm system for my house with network cameras and notifications that I can look at on my phone. I also like to create FPV drones and fly them around. It's a lot of fun to work on electronics.

My second major interest is reading. I love reading all sorts of books, partricularly sci-fi fantasy books. I like the Dune series books, as well as the Cosmere books by Brandon Sanderson. I also really enjoy non-fiction such as philosophy and psychology, or really any book where I can learn something new.

Finally, I am very interested in Cybersecurity. Since I like to program, I like the idea of keeping those programs secure, which is what brought me to be interested in cybersecurity for networks, cryptography, and web security. I also love to explore cryptography and learn about different cryptography schemes, particularly the math behind them. I've been studying lately on post-quantum cryptography which is absolutely fascinating.

Class Schedule

Fall 2025