Education
- Expected Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Math minor, University of Washington
Graduation Date: December 2003
GPA: 3.92
- Served as TA for 25-student UW autumn 2003 Machine Vision course. Designed and wrote final project, Eigenface-based Facial Recognition, approx. 6000 lines of C++ code.
- Served as a research assistant under UW computer science professor Steven Seitz for six months doing computer vision research projects. First project Push-broom
Panorama creation, approx 5000 lines C++. Second project image mosaics, approx 4000 lines C++, 300 lines Matlab code.
- Served as TA for 35-student University of Washington spring 2001 Introductory Programming I course section.
Capabilities
- Program in C, C++, Matlab, and Assembly Language
- Experienced in computer vision techniques
- Able to write compilers for programming languages
- Licensed to fly small airplanes
- Native speaker of English
- Over two years of Mandarin language study
Work experience
Software Developer: June 2001-December 2001, June 2002-December 2002
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
- Implemented a programming language and file-parsing system for processing Deep Space Network data files. 7000 lines C++, 500 lines Lex\Bison.
- Created a voice-recognition system for Deep Space Network security. 6000 lines C++.
- Attended weekly lectures and field trips to learn more about space technology
Software Developer: June 1999-June 2001
Townsend Software, Port Townsend, WA
- Object oriented programming with the Python programming language
- Development of software regression testing utilities, approx 1000 lines Python.
- Development of a software configuration manager API, approx 800 lines Python.
- Management of web-based credit-card processing system
Software Developer: June 1998- May 1999
Foresight Science & Technology, New Bedford, MA
- Development of knowledge domain database utilities in C++
- Development of ISAPI extensions that allow web-users to search relational databases in SQL server using a wide variety of query techniques. 3000 lines C++.
- Design of relational databases in SQL server and Microsoft Access
Designer and Draftsman: June 1997-February 1998
Falcon Marine, Port Townsend, WA
- 3D design of certain ship components in AutoCAD 14
- Plan drawings in two and three dimensions
- Extracting part shapes from designs and exporting them for plasma cutting
- Creating 3D as-built drawings for Coast Guard approval
- Ray-tracing 3D modeled designs for visualization.