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Name

Joshua Evan Blumenstock

Email

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Education

Present, Berkeley, CA 94704

PhD Candidate, School of Information

2003, Middletown, CT 06459

B.A., Computer Science: High Departmental Honors

B.A., Physics: High Departmental Honors

Honors Thesis: Mining Clusters for Knowledge: Finding Algorithm-Independent Groups in Microarray Data

GPA: 3.9 (4.0 within major); GRE: 800 (m), 710 (v), 5.5 (a)

(transcript)

1998, Oakland, CA 94611

GPA 3.9, SAT 1520 (M: 780 V: 740)

1997, C ceres, Spain.

Honors and Awards

2006

Berkeley Fellowship

- University of California at Berkeley (CA)

2006

Power Award

- University of California at Berkeley (CA)

2003

- Thomas J. Watson Foundation (NY)

2003

- Wesleyan University (CT)

2003

Senior Prize in Computer Science

- Wesleyan University (CT)

2000

- Wesleyan University (CT)

1997

- SAT Board

Work / Research Experience

2005-2006 Founding Engineer & Product Manager,, San Francisco, CA

One of three founding engineers in charge of daily operations, hiring, and products at HOTorNOT.com.

Directed competitive pricing analysis to re-price membership estimated 10-15% increase in profits.

Managed migration from Paypal to in-house payment processor reduced transaction fees by 20%.

2003-2004 Fellow,, New York, NY

Received $22,000 grant to conduct independent research in China, South Africa, Cape Verde, Argentina, and Brazil.

Interviewed government officials, business executives, NGO directors, industry and community leaders.

Presented research to four undergraduate institutions on the East and West coast.

2002 Research Intern,, San Francisco, CA

Collaborated with senior researchers to design MyLifeBits, a software platform for media storage and retrieval.

Developed standalone software components of MyLifeBits, including speech-to-text, telephony, and other audio applications.

Presented and published results at IMSA conference.

2001 Research Associate,, Boston, MA

Coordinated design and implementation of a relational database with stored procedures for mining data.

Co-filed two patents and co-authored four peer-reviewed .

2000 Co-founder and CTO,

Lake Pleasant, MA

Developed algorithms and an application to analyze financial data using agent-based unsupervised learning.

Presented technology to investors; received and declined seed offer from incubator.

2000 Technical Consultant (Programmer),, Burlingame, CA

Designed and distributed compact programs to automate the tasks performed by 30+ Internet researchers.

Skills

Languages Spoken

Conversationally fluent in Spanish and Portuguese; able to converse in Mandarin Chinese.

Research

Academic research experience in data mining, machine learning, computational statistics and bioinformatics. Strong interest in ICTD (Information and communications for developing regions).

Programming Languages

Fluent in C#/C++, PHP, VBA, MatLab, SQL, web design. Proficient in Java, C, Python, R, Splus. Work experience with .NET platform, COM, COM Interop, DirectX, TAPI 3.x, Microsoft Speech SDK

System Administration

Experience building and maintaining multi-tiered web architecture with 200+ servers (linux, apache, replicated MySql, Squid, etc.).

Travel

South America (1+ year), China (5 months), Africa (5 months), Europe (6 months), USA (48 states).

Publications

1.

Telephone, Television and Radio in the Home of the FutureInternet and Multimedia Systems and Applications95:8 (Aug. 2003)

2.

Using Gene Expression Ratios to Predict Outcome Among Patients With MesotheliomaJournal of the National Cancer Institute95:8 (Apr. 2003): 598-605

3.

Translation of

Microarray Data Into Clinically Relevant Cancer Diagnostic Tests Using

Gene Expression Ratios in Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma.Cancer Research62:17 (Sep. 2002): 4963-4967

4.

Global Analysis of Gene Expression:

Methods, Interpretation, and PitfallsExperimental Nephrology10:2 (2002): 64-74

5.

Correcting for signal errors in the

analysis of microarray dataBiotechniques32:2 (Feb. 2002): 330-337

6.

Closing the Gap: Solutions to South Africa s Digital DivideThe Big Issue81:8 (2004): 22-23

Activities

2005-present Co-founder,

:

Founded and built a website to encourage charitable giving. Recently featured in

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1999-2003 Captain, Wesleyan Men's Volleyball Team: Captained

#9 (of 60) ranked team in New England; coached practices and organized

tournaments and games.

1999-2003 Director of World Music, Producer, Disc Jockey,

(radio station):

Oversaw world music collection at college radio station;

coordinated release of new music with record companies; screened

incoming music for content and quality; DJed two-hour

weekly Brazilian radio show, "."

1995-1998 Windsurfing/Sailing instructor,

:

Taught windsurfing to rambunctious groups of children, aged 6-17.

1997-present Drummer, Funk Sextet: Write, arrange, and play funky music.

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