Computer Science High School

Robin S. Stewart

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Experience

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, e Omni Group (2008-2011) Seattle, WA

Led engineering and design for OmniGraphSketcher for Mac and iPad, a set of applications for illustrative charting.

Designed interfaces, cra ed information architectures, and implemented features for several other applications.

Oversaw usability testing for all Omni so ware.

Presented work at venues including the international conference on human-computer interaction.

SOFTWARE ENTREPRENEUR, Mac OS X platform (2003-2008)

Designed and developed a full-featured graphical so ware application with over 25,000 lines of code.

Conducted usability research including user studies, heuristic evaluations, and surveys.

Managed marketing, sales, documentation, customer support, and strategic planning for future releases.

Earned $10,000 in revenue before the app was acquired by e Omni Group in 2008 to become OmniGraphSketcher.

USER EXPERIENCE ENGINEER, Socrata, Inc. (Summer 2008) Seattle, WA

Worked with the Director of User Experience to improve the online spreadsheet-like interface for sharing data.

RESEARCH INTERN, Endeca Technologies (Summer 2007) Cambridge, MA

Created a novel interface for precisely exploring large collections of text documents based on sentence structure.

Collaborated with the User Experience team and others to re ne the design and run an 11-person user study.

INTERN, Kinetic Books Company (Summer 2003 and Summer 2004) Seattle, WA

Designed and programmed physics simulations for a web-based physics textbook.

WEBSITE DESIGNER, Freelance (1998-present)

Created over 20 websites for companies, student organizations, and individuals.

Implement all aspects, including information architecture, visual design, and programming for database-driven content.

Technical and Design Skills

Programming Languages: Objective-C, C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, and others.

Libraries/Frameworks: Cocoa (Apple iOS and Mac OS X), Adobe Flex, OpenGL, SVG, StarLogo, et al.

Design Tools: OmniGra e; Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and InDesign.

Education

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Cambridge, MA

Master of Science in Computer Science, June 2008

Research Assistant in Human-Computer Interaction, with a focus on information visualization.

Co-chaired the 2007 Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval (HCIR 07).

Best Paper Award at CHI 2009 (and other publications; see www.robinstewart.com/research).

WILLIAMS COLLEGE Williamstown, MA

Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, with Honors in Computer Science and Cognitive Science, June 2006

Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (one of only 53 computer science recipients in 2007)

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa (top 12.5% of Williams class) and Sigma Xi ( e Scienti c Research Society)

Apple Worldwide Developer Conference Student Scholarship (in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008)

Microso National High School Computer Science Scholarship (one of only 15 recipients in 2002)

National Merit Scholarship and Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship (top 1% of high school students in the US)

SAT: uantitative: 800, Verbal: 800 ( perfect score)

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