Project Overview
Project Overview
This is Nathan Cassee’s personal academic website, hosted at cassee.dev.
Technology Stack
- Static Site Generator: Jekyll
- Theme: Based on Academic Pages (forked from Minimal Mistakes)
- Hosting: GitHub Pages
- Domain: cassee.dev (configured via CNAME file)
Purpose
The site serves as an academic portfolio showcasing:
- Publications (journal articles, conference papers, preprints)
- Teaching experience
- Professional service (reviewing, program committees)
- Awards and recognition
Key Directories
| Directory | Purpose |
|---|---|
_pages/ | Static pages (about, publications list, etc.) |
_publications/ | Individual publication entries (auto-generated) |
_teaching/ | Teaching entries |
_service/ | Professional service entries (auto-generated) |
_awards/ | Awards and recognition |
_layouts/ | HTML templates for different page types |
_includes/ | Reusable HTML components |
_data/ | YAML data files (navigation, authors) |
markdown_generator/ | Python scripts to generate markdown from JSON |
files/ | PDF papers and downloadable files |
images/ | Site images |
Content Generation
Publications and service entries are auto-generated from JSON files:
markdown_generator/publications.json->_publications/*.mdmarkdown_generator/service.json->_service/*.md
A GitHub Actions workflow (generate-files.yml) runs these scripts automatically when the JSON files change.