Saul Reed

University of Nevada, Reno

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Saul Reed

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Carson City, Nevada 89706

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Education

Fall 2007 - Present: University of Nevada, Reno, Ph.D., Computer Science

May 2007: University of Nevada, Reno, M.S., Computer Science.

Professional Experience

May 2003 - Present: Chromalloy, Nevada. Software Engineer. My primary responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining proprietary software used in the facility, increasing productivity and quality. My secondary responsibilities include maintenance of a Windows 2003 server, hosting many of our server / client applications.

DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR PROJECTS:

Data Acquisition (DAQ): Utilizing Windows Sockets 2.0, this server / client application captures various states of production systems around the plant; the acquired data may be viewed in graphical format. It also employs the use of DCOM and MySQL, and it alerts managers to various alarms with the aid of MAPI.

LaserEngraver: LaserEngraver is a serialization program. Using COM, LaserEngraver is a multithreaded apartment application capable of engraving serial numbers with the aid of a laser. LaserEngraver also injects memory into a foreign process, which allows for greater control and flexibility.

Furnace Watcher: Furnace Watcher, originally developed in Perl, is a program that actively monitors directories for a specific data file. Once a new file is identified, it is manipulated and traversed for pertinent information.

Furnace Controller: Furnace Controller, or FC, is a program that interfaces with PLCs, or programmable logic controllers. FC monitors the state of various casting furnaces; if specific conditions merit a response from the system, which are foreign to the PLC, FC assumes those responsibilities and completes the designated tasks.

AutoSense: AutoSense, or AS, is a program designed specifically to monitor the state of an autoclave. Utilizing a set of DLLs -- all proprietary -- that are dynamically bound to the application during runtime, AS utilizes the serial and parallel ports for system monitoring, including temperature and pressure.

2001 - Present: Self. Consultant. I am a consultant for individuals and companies desiring to building applications for Windows and low-level *NIX applications.

2000 - 2001: Self. Tutor. I was a tutor at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Educational Highlights

Genetic Algorithms: I have created several genetic algorithm applications, which are used in optimization. They include a parallel computing program, a function optimization program, and a scheduling optimization program.

Neural Networks: I have created many neural network applications. Of the programs, one is extremely valuable to me: my digit recognizer program. Given a handwritten digit -- zero through nine -- my program is able to ascertain the digit.

Kohonen Maps: The Kohonen map is an extreme derivative of the neural network. It is an unsupervised method of artificial learning. My thesis work incorporated Kohonen maps in quantizing a high-dimensional space into a low-dimensional space.

Networking: A networking program I developed is very similar to AOL Instant Messenger. Users connect to a server and are able to communicate with each other and send files over the network using sockets.

Programming

C/C++, MFC, C#, .NET Framework, Visual Basic, Java, COM/DCOM/ActiveX, Win32 API, MySQL, Perl, 8051 / x86 Assembly

Miscellaneous

2006 - Present: Member of International Society for Computers and Their Applications

2004: Passed Fundamentals of Engineering, or FE, Examination

1999: First place in state conference for Future Business Leaders of America in webpage development

References

Available Upon Request

"Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand."

-- Donald Norman

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Copyright © 2008 Saul Reed. All rights reserved.

Copyright © 2008 Saul Reed. All rights reserved.

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