Engineer Software
Resume:
DIV SLOMIN
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CURRENTLY SEEKING
I am currently employed, but am interested in opportunities as a software engineer in the metropolitan Boston area.
EDUCATION
BSE in Computer Science Engineering from Princeton University, 1998.
PROFICIENCY
LANGUAGES - C, Java, Python, Javascript, ActionScript, MXML, Bourne, Perl, C#, C++, assembler.
OPERATING SYSTEMS - Unix (including Linux), Windows.
TECHNOLOGIES - Multithreading, object orientation, sockets, porting and platform-neutral programming; text processing (indexing, auto-
categorization, tokenization, word clustering, character normalization, regular expressions, parsing, YACC, Unicode, encodings,
internationalization, localization); Web programming (HTML, CSS, HTTP, CGI, AJAX, web services, JSON, Flex, JSP, Servlets); SQL, ODBC,
MySQL; GUI programming (Swing, AWT, SWT, Wx, GTK+); XML (XSLT, XPath, DOM, SAX, SOAP); embedded programming (Blackberry,
J2ME); multimedia programming (MIDI, audio synthesis, image recognition); .NET and JNI; distributed systems (load balancing, failover,
mirroring, data segmenting).
Rapid and eager learner of new tools and technologies.
EXPERIENCE
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER and SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, SAS INSTITUTE - 2003 to present
Work on Teragram, PicoSearch, and SAS text analytics products and services.
Development manager for information retrieval technologies including search, crawling, and document normalization. Led a cross-site team of
multiple developers and quality assurance engineers through several product releases.
System architect and principle developer of Information Retrieval Studio, a ready to use and extensible search product including crawling,
document manipulation, and indexing. Features include a Flex-based administration interface, web services remote control, Python-based
plugin infrastructures for document processors and social media site crawlers, and a highly customizable Java servlet-based query interface.
Architect and developer of Markup Matcher, a document normalization tool which provides an interactive interface for building and testing
XPath expressions (with extended support for regular expressions, date normalization, etc.) against sample XML or HTML documents, then
publishing the resulting model so that it can be applied to new documents in realtime. Also, implementer of a client/server system for extracting
text from documents in other formats including PDF and Microsoft Office, built atop third party tools (Microsoft IFilter, Apache Tika).
Contributing architect, integrator, and crawler team lead for the SAS social media analytics service. Managing liaison for integration of search
technology into other SAS products.
Principal developer for integrating Teragram s existing library code into the codebase of the new corporate parent, SAS. Contributing system
architect for SAS next generation unified text analytics software suite. Also, principal integrator of Teragram search, crawling, and
categorization software for internal documentation at SAS.
Leader of an international development team for the MyGADs knowledge repository portal service. Features include a natural language interface
for answering questions, teaching new facts, and issuing directives; an account and permissions system for collaboration and social networking;
a full wiki system with version histories, natural language analysis, and full-text indexing of document formats including HTML, PDF, and
Word; a hosted programming language for extension applications; a Web 2.0 interface with natural language chat, WYSIWYG wiki editing, and
embedded GUIs for extension applications; text-based interfaces to the natural language chat from SMS, Jabber, AOL, Yahoo, and MSN instant
messaging, IRC, and programmatic web services; Blackberry, J2ME MIDlet, and WAP mobile interfaces to the whole system including wiki
editing and embedded GUIs for extension applications; a distributed architecture supporting load balancing, mirroring, and data segmentation;
backup and restore mechanisms; web-based administration; and query statistics analysis. Responsibilities included coordination of developers,
testers, documenters, and IT administrators; system, component, protocol, and database architecting; component implementation; and sales
integration.
System architect and principal developer of the PicoSearch Platinum hosted search service. Designed and implemented a modular web and FTP
crawler, supporting a different set of document and link preprocessors for each customer. Designed and implemented a web-based query
interface utilizing XSLT. Integrated Teragram search engine, spellchecking, thesaurus, stemming, and document format conversion software.
Designer and developer of a corpus-based query suggestions system for use in both hosted and OEM search products.
Designer and principal developer of a term clustering and ranking product, based on the frequency of term cooccurrences in a training corpus.
Supporting work included design and implementation of a cooccurrence model API and task-specific data caching and paging routines.
Contributing developer of Direct Answers, a natural language question answering service based on data mining of public repositories of general
knowledge (Wikipedia, CIA World Fact Book, IMDB, weather services, etc.). Integrated WordNet as a knowledge source. Implemented a full-
featured unit converting calculator within the natural language interface. Implemented a framework for merging results from third party search
engines into the set of natural language question answers. Performed integration work for high profile initial customer AOL.
Development work on core search engine software. Designed and implemented support for three powerful query syntaxes, distributed virtual
indexes, phrase recognition, character normalization, and multiple mechanisms for index updates. Implemented support for wildcards in
queries. Designed and implemented an integrated web interface for real-time statistics monitoring, as well as an offline log analyzer.
Implemented query APIs for several computer languages. Technical editor for the search engine documentation.
Development work on core categorization software, including design and implementation of a rule validator, client APIs, and an XML document
annotation tool. Technical editor for the categorization engine documentation.
Pre- and post-sales integration of Teragram and third party search engine, categorization, concept extraction, email alert, spellchecking, phrase
recognition, stemming, and document format conversion software for high-profile customers including ABC News, Archivas, the New York
Times, the Washington Post, CNN, the Associated Press, EBSCO, and the US Department of Education.
Porting of software from Linux to Windows, including creating a Windows build system for Teragram's codebase. Also designed and
implemented a wrapper for installing Unix-style daemons as fully-integrated Windows services.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, ALTAVISTA - 1998 to 2003
Work on AltaVista Enterprise Search.
Architect and project lead for a complete redesign of the search query infrastructure. Migrated from a proprietary web server, template engine,
and plugin system to a multilayered system of C libraries, wrapped in both JNI and COM, invoked from Servlets, JSP, and ASP scripts, which in
turn plugged into multiple third party application engines and web servers. Responsibilities included project design and implementation, as
well as management of two other developers, a technical writer, and a quality assurance engineer.
Engine maintainer, plugin author, template master, and documentation writer for a proprietary dynamic web page generation system,
responsible for the look and feel of the end users' interface. Implementer of an alternative web services based query interface utilizing SOAP and
XSLT.
Architect and implementer of a library for parsing and robustly manipulating three different query syntaxes. Maintainer of a library for
converting amongst different character encodings and performing international character normalizations. Resident Unicode expert and
localization data maintainer. Designer and implementer of an HTTP proxy which allowed the search product to leverage security benefits of
Apache and IIS.
Contributor to core crawling and indexing algorithms; customer-facing technical liaison in many sales and support situations; instructor of
training courses for customers as well as internal sales and support groups; and mentor of a junior developer.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY COGNITIVE SCIENCE LABORATORY - 1997 to 1998
Work on the WordNet hyper-thesaurus; design and implementation of multi-platform GUI and Web interfaces; programming of backend library
routines; porting to X11, Windows, and Mac.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY - 1997 to 1998
Design and implementation of computer recognition systems for musical hand signals, using both video and sensor glove techniques including
fuzzy logic. Also, analysis and design of human-computer interfaces for music notation.
INTERN, BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH - 1995 to 1996
Programming of prototype telephone network control and database software; preparation of traveling demonstrations; and system
administration.
HONORS
National Merit Commended Scholar; Advanced Placement Scholar With Distinction; Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar; New Jersey
Governor's Award in Arts Education; Scholastic Achievement Award for Creative Writing; Brown University Book Award.
OUTSIDE INTERESTS
Music composition and performance; homemade music software; community theater; and volunteering at an animal shelter.
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