Michael David Oberst
Duke University phone: 843-***-****
Information PO Box 98720 e-mail: *****.******@****.***
Durham, NC 27708 web: http://www.duke.edu/ mdo9
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Education
B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Minor in Music Expected May 2012
Cumulative GPA: 3.58; ECE GPA: 3.70 Music GPA: 3.85
Georgetown High School, Georgetown, SC
High School Diploma August 2004 May 2008
Valedictorian; GPA: Unweighted: 3.973/4.000; Weighted: 5.000/5.000
Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA
Experience
Cisco Choice Intern, Service Provider Routing Technology Group May 2011 August 2011
Coordinated with team of 15 worldwide developers to implement lab con guration changes.
Analyzed and tested development code in a Linux build environment.
Improved a PHP/MySQL routing statistic tool for team use.
Duke University SyNRG Research Group, Durham, NC
Undergraduate Research Assistant November 2009 January 2011
Evaluated e ciency of logical sensor arrays to create intelligent phone behavior.
Developed algorithms to reduce 3G network load using predictive caching and user data parsing.
Duke University Electrical/Computer Engineering Department, Durham, NC
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant September 2010 Present
Led a lab section and evaluated student projects for Intro to Digital Systems course.
Philisa Abafazi Bethu, Cape Town, South Africa
Technology Program Educator May 2010 July 2010
Designed and taught an IT skills course to 30 local victims of domestic abuse.
Improved and reorganized organization s website.
Duke University Computer Science Department, Durham, NC
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant January 2010 May 2010
Assisted instructor and held o ce hours for Computer Science for Engineers course (Java).
Stereo Video Center / RadioShack, Georgetown, SC
Assistant Manager August 2004 May 2008
Solved customer problems while working in a competitive sales environment.
Ordered store merchandise, resolved customer complaints, and delegated tasks/set goals.
Autonomous Theater Wagons- Wirelessly controlled moving set pieces for Duke performance
Selected
Projects use. Features ultrasound/RF indoor positioning, microcontrollers, and DC motor control.
Hu man Compression/Decompression Utility- Java program for use with most les.
Pipelined MIPS Processor - VHDL project runs assembly code.
X. Bao, David Oberst, R. Mahajan. YardSale - Context-Sensitive Predictive Caching. Submitted
Publications
to Sigcomm HotNets, 2011.
Benjamin N. Duke Leadership Scholarship Recipient - (2008-2012)
Honors and
Awards Cisco 2011 Idea Challenge Winner: Developed/pitched an original business idea to Cisco executives.
Programming: HTML/CSS, Java, Javascript, MATLAB, L TEX, PHP/MySQL, Python, VHDL
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Technical
Skills Software: Windows/Mac/Linux OS, MS O ce Suite, Cisco IOS/IOS-XR, Photoshop
Duke Hoof n Horn: Technical Supervisor for Musical Theater Group, 2008-Present.
Activities &
Interests Barriskill Theater School: Part-time performing arts teacher for youth ages 8-18.