Philip Nadeau

Telephone	(206) 947 – 5121
E-mail	phil@phil.org

Summary

Master's degree student in Computer Science with AI/Machine Learning focus · Expert Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl developer · 14 years of information technology experience · Server and network administrator · Ruby, C, Ada skills

Education

Western Washington University

Bellingham, WA

Masters of Science, Computer Science
Expected March, 2010

Core graduate curriculum: automata theory, algorithm analysis, programming languages, operating systems, scientific research methodology

Specialization: Machine Learning, Genetic Algorithms, Genetic Programming, Natural Language Information Extraction and Retrieval

Electives: Reconfigurable Computing, Parallel Processing, Embedded Computing

Drivers for data collection devices in Windows, NetBSD, and FreeBSD with C/C++

Stevens Institute

of Technology

Hoboken, NJ

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Awarded 1997

Core curriculum: Science and engineering

Specialization: Software engineering, UNIX development, algorithms

Electives: Ethics, History of Science, Philosophy

Experience

Spry Hosting

2211 5th Ave

Seattle, WA, 98121

Software Engineer

2008 – 2009

• As member of development team, developed customer-facing virtual private server control panel

• Constructed comprehensive tests with Test::More and Test Anything Protocol

Technologies: Perl (CGI::Application, CGI::Fast, DBI, Template Toolkit), FastCGI, MySQL, Subversion, OpenVZ and Xen virtualization platforms

Experience (2008 – 2001)

Western Washington University 516 High Street Bellingham, WA 98225	Graduate Assistant (Lab Instructor)	2007 – 2008
	• Lead instruction, grading, and tutoring of fifty undergraduate programming students per term. • Wrote seven full tutorials (totaling 41 pages) on fundamental programming in Ada 95 (expressions, control structures, packages, files and exceptions, string handling, arrays and matrices)
InternetIdentity.com Box 1295 Tacoma, WA 98402	Developer (Contract)	2005 – 2007
	• Designed and implemented Automated Domain Trust (ADT) system to locate fraudulent DNS address data and WHOIS registration records across the 40 million domains in the GTLD’s • Implemented data interchange between ADT and clients Technologies: Perl, Ruby, MySQL, Filemaker
IC-Wireless (Innercite.com) El Dorado Hills, CA	Systems Engineer	2003 – 2005
	• As member of network administration team, analyzed and maintained IP network with multiple DS3 peers, Class B IP allocation, and redundant 802.11b backbone • Provisioned and maintained RADIUS, DSL, wireless (802.11), web hosting, DNS, co-location, and other Linux-based services Technologies: BIND, Cobalt Raq, Cisco, Nagios, SNMP, Barracuda, LAMP (Perl)
Ebox.com Toronto, Ontario Canada	Systems Administrator, Embedded Linux Developer	2001 – 2003
	• Provisioned and administered Linux servers, web services, email services, Java servlet containers, databases, IP Chains firewalls, IPSec VPNs, and Samba file and print servers • Contributed to in-vehicle logistics terminal based on i386 Single Board Computer, Linux, GPS, ARC geodata, RFID, and mobile Internet (Motorola iDEN) Technologies: Apache, Postfix, Jetty, Postgres, Samba

Experience (2001 – 1994)

Flexis.net (y-DNA Incorporated) Palo Alto, CA	Project Manager	1998 – 2001
	• Principal developer for MedWebPlus.com (MWP), a semantic information retrieval system based on the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) lexicon • Implemented the YBase Informatics Engine, an MVC platform. Flexis continued to use YBase into 2005 and beyond Technologies: Perl, Postgres
Big Panda House Consulting Fort Lee, NJ	Consulting Partner	1996 – 1998
	• Developed applications for e-commerce firms, ISPs, and Bell Laboratories Technologies: C, C++, Perl, SQL
Bell Laboratories Holmdel, NJ	Machine Vision Programming Consultant	1995 – 1996
	• Implemented software interfaces to analog video cameras, including capture, image subtraction, and feature recognition, and parameter tuning • Implemented a real-time gesture-driven input device capable of controlling a first-person shooter game (e.g. Doom) as effectively as a keyboard Technologies: IRIX, C, C++, SGI/VL, OpenGL, TCL/Tk
Cyber Warrior Inc. Fair Lawn, NJ	Multiplayer Game Server Programmer	1994 – 1995
	• Implemented a multiplayer game server using LambdaMOO • Sourced, installed, and configured dial-up access system using terminal server, consumer-grade modems, and Multi-Tech modular modems

US Citizen · References on Request

“Artificial Intelligence” is a common trope in both science and popular culture. Unfortunately, there has never been a generally accepted measure of intelligence for both organisms and machines, so it is impossible to objectively judge the intelligence of one in comparison to the other. Consider instead the application of Intelligence Augmentation (IA). Rather than replacing human problem-solving ability, IA systems use computers and software to improve a person's native talent. Internet search engines are a familiar example. Given a few keywords, the engine retrieves relevant results with greater speed and scope than a single person attempting the same task. However, interpretation of the data, and its ultimate utility, strongly depends on the users' intelligence, education, and goals. IA provides an avenue for the practical application of machine intelligence to real problems, while avoiding the difficult problem of human-equivalency in AI.

Philip Nadeau

phil@phil.org

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