Ronald Nussbaum
Department of Computer Science and Engineering abpn9e@r.postjobfree.com
http://www.cse.msu.edu/ ronald
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48823 mobile: 616-***-****
Graph theory, algorithms, data mining, social networks, and digital evolution.
Interests
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 2008 present
Education
Doctoral Studies in Computer Science, 3.826 GPA
Advisor: A-H Esfahanian
Dissertation: Distance-Preserving Graphs
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 2006-2008
Master of Science in Computer Science, 3.818 GPA
Advisors: A-H Esfahanian, Pang-Ning Tan
Thesis: Graph-based Email Prioritization
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan 2004 2006
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 3.812 GPA
Ronald Nussbaum, A-H Esfahanian, and Pang-Ning Tan, Clustering Social Networks Using
Publications
Distance-preserving Subgraphs, The In uence of Technology on Social Network Analysis
and Mining, Tansel Ozyer et al. (eds.), pp., Springer Publishing, December 2012.
Jerry Scripps, Ronald Nussbaum, Pang-Ning Tan, and A-H Esfahanian, Link-based Net-
work Mining, Structural Analysis of Complex Networks, Matthias Dehmer (ed.), pp. 403-
420, Birkh user Publishing, October 2010.
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Ronald Nussbaum, A-H Esfahanian, and Pang-Ning Tan, Clustering Social Networks Us-
ing Distance-Preserving Subgraphs, Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on
Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 10), pp. 380-385, Odense,
Denmark, August 9-11, 2010.
Ronald Nussbaum, A-H Esfahanian, and Pang-Ning Tan, History-Based Email Prioritiza-
tion, Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks
Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 09), pp. 364-365, Athens, Greece, July 20-22, 2009.
Ronald Nussbaum, A-H Esfahanian, Pang-Ning Tan, Graph-based Email Prioritization,
Technical Report MSU-CSE-08-33, Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State Uni-
versity, December 2008.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 2011 present
Experience
Teaching Assistant
Assisting with course instruction and grading student submissions for CSE201: Fundamen-
tals of Information Technology, CSE331: Algorithms and Data Structures, and CSE835:
Algorithmic Graph Theory. Development of PG, a Python graph theory package used as a
teaching aide in CSE835.
H-Net, East Lansing, Michigan 2007 present
Programmer
Web development for H-Net, an online resource for scholars in the humanities and social
sciences. Signi cant projects include redesigning H-Net s MySQL database, and from scratch
rewrites of H-Net Reviews, H-Net People, and the H-Net Job Guide, totaling over 30,000
lines of PHP code.
Auctos Capital Management, Chicago, Illinois 2011
Software Developer
Developed algorithmic trading software for comomodities futures using C# and Microsoft
SQL Server.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 2007
Teaching Assistant
Led recitation sessions, held o ce hours, and graded student submissions for CSE260: Dis-
crete Structures in Computer Science.
Norseman Games, Grand Rapids, Michigan 2005 2006
Programmer
Developed software for The Realm Online, a multiplayer online role-playing game originally
published by Sierra Entertainment. Designed and implented game content using C++.
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, SQL.
Skills
Available on request.
References