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Adrian Albert

Precourt Energy E ciency Center mobile: +1-510-***-****

Stanford University e-mail: ********@********.***

Information

web: www.stanford.edu/ adalbert

*** *** ******, ********, ***ifornia 94305 (Y2E2 390C)

Data mining and information visualization; analysis of large-scale, societal complex systems; eco-

Research

nomics of energy and transportation networks

Interests

Stanford University, CA, USA

Education

PhD in Electrical Engineering September 2009 September 2013 (projected)

MS in Management Science and Engineering

Analyzing energy impact of demand of goods and services (electricity and freight transportation)

using tools from data mining, econometrics, and complex networks

Advisor: Prof. James Sweeney (http://www.stanford.edu/ jsweeney/);

Associate Advisor: Prof. Balaji Prabhakar (http://www.stanford.edu/ balaji/);

Collaborators: Profs. Ram Rajagopal (http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/ ramr/Main.html), An-

dreas Sch fer (U. of Cambridge), Kostas Bimpikis, Dan Iancu (Graduate School of Business).

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Graduate coursework: data mining, machine learning, social and economic networks, information

network analysis, information and scienti c visualization, econometrics, microeconomics, applied

statistics, stochastic modelling, probabilistic graphical models.

Jacobs University Bremen, Germany

MSc in Space Physics (Diplom-equivalent) September 2007 June 2009

MSc thesis: Spatial gradients estimation using three-spacecraft data (with J. Vogt).

BSc in Physics; BSc in Computational Science September 2004 June 2007

BSc thesis: E cient calculation of cosmic particle uxes in paleomagnetospheres (with J. Vogt).

Albert, A., Rajagopal, R., Sevlian, R. Power Demand Distributions: Segmenting Consumers using

Refereed

Smart Meter Data . ACM BuildSys, 2011.

Publications

Gomes, N., Merugu, D., O Brien, G., Mandayam, C., Yue, T., Atikoglu, B., Albert, A., Fukumoto, N.,

Liu, H., Prabhakar, B., Wischik, D. Steptacular: an incentive mechanism for promoting wellness .

NetHealth, 2012 (accepted).

Vogt, J., Albert, A., Marghitu, O. Analysis of three-spacecraft data using planar reciprocal vectors:

methodological -framework and spatial gradient estimation . Annales Geophysicae, 26, 2009.

Albert, A., Merugu, D., Gomes, N., Prabhakar, B. Incentive mechanisms for Societal Networks:

Conference

in uencing behavior in healthcare and transportation Systems . Stanford Computer Forum, Stanford,

Talks

CA, March 2011.

Albert, A., Vogt, J., Marghitu, O. Three-spacecraft gradient calculations: accuracy studies and

vorticity calculations . International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) General

Assembly, Sopron, Hungary, August 2009.

Albert, A., Vogt, J., Marghitu, O. Analysis of three-spacecraft data using planar reciprocal vectors .

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2008, San Francisco, USA (poster presentation).

Albert, A., Bachmayr, M., Wiener, J., E nger-Dean, l. E cient simulation of many colliding

deformable objects for set-dressing and animation . Technical report and presentation for Pixar

Animation Studios, 2006.

Albert, A., Vogt, J., Zieger, B. E cient calculation of cosmic particle uxes in paleomagneto-

spheres . German Geophysical Society Meeting, Bremen, Germany, 2005 (talk).

W. Noel Eldred Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University, 2009-2010

Honours and

Awards European Space Agency (ESA) Scholarship for attending the NASA Academy, 2008

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) Fellowship, Germany, 2007-2009

DAAD STIBET-I Award for Community Involvement, Germany, 2006

Nobel Foundation Scholarship for attending the Nobel Prize Winners Lindau Meeting, 2005

Member of the Romanian Physics Team, International Physics Olympiad, 2003

IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

Professional

Experience

Research Intern, Services Sciences Division June 2010 September 2010

Designed a concept of a system for acquiring location data from GPS phones and predicting high-level

user mobility behaviour (signi cant locations, typical trips). Implemented a prototype PCA-based

linear mobility model and Android app. Supervisors: Dr. Susan Stucky, John Day

Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, CA

Research Assistant, Research Department March 2009 September 2009

Performed a statistical analysis and of authoring e ort spent for lighting e ects in Pixar feature

animation lms Up, Ratatouille, and Wall-E. The insights were used for supporting the research

decisions in front of Pixar management. Supervisors: Dr. Mark Meyer, Dr. John Anderson.

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL

NASA Academy Research Associate May 2008 August 2008

Research on electric eld sensor networks for characterizing physical characteristics (location, time

of production) of lighting events. Participated in seminars and roundtables with senior NASA and

space industry leadership. Supervisors: Prof. Hugh Christian, Dr. Richard Blakeslee.

algorithmica technologies gmbh, Bremen, Germany

Mathematics Consultant October 2007 May 2008

Implemented machine learning research into an industrial C++ application for predicting failure of

critical parts of a chemical plant based on measurement history of physical properties. Supervisor:

Dr. Patrick Bangert, CEO.

University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

REU Intern, Mathematics Department August 2007 September 2007

Researched on a novel desingularization method based on an exponentially decaying smoothing pa-

rameter for the vortex sheet model of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Proved numerically the

superior convergence rate of this desingularization. Supervisor: Dr. Hector Ceniceros.

NASA/AURA Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD

REU Intern June 2007 August 2007

Worked on astrophysical images processing and World Coordinate Systems calculations for the Google

Sky, and the Microsoft World Wide Telescope projects. Supervisors: Dr. Frank Summers .

University of California, Los Angeles, CA

RIPS Intern at the NSF Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics June 2006 August 2006

Researched on a novel algorithm for e ciently simulating many colliding deformable objects with the

purpose of creating physically plausible set-dressing elements for Pixars Rattatooie animation lm.

Supervisors: Dr. Eran Guendelman, Dr. John Anderson.

President (2011) and Treasurer (2010), Romanian Students Association at Stanford

Teaching and

Community Member of selection and interview panel for NASA Academy internship program, 2009

Service

Served on selection panel for the NASA So en Memorial Travel Grant, 2009

Teaching Assistant, Mathematics and Earth and Space Sciences Departments, Jacobs University

Bremen, 2005-2008

Language Skills Romanian (native), English, German ( uent), French (working knowledge)

R/S-plus, Matlab, C, C++, Linux scripting, Python, L TEX 2, Java, HTML/CSS, Protovis, Javascript.

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Capoeira (African-Brazilian martial arts and dance style), Cordel Verde-Amarelo (green-yellow belt).

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