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Shadrack Adu Antwi

Office Address Home Address

Department of Applied Science Williamsburg Commons

The College of William and Mary 111 Stratford Dr. Apt. E

McGlothlin Street Hall Williamsburg, VA 23185

Williamsburg, VA 23187 T+1-757-***-****

T+1-757-***-**** ********@*****.***

********@*****.**.***

mhttp://s-antwi.appspot.com

Education

Ph.D. Applied Science, Specialization in Math and Computational Biology, The College of William and Mary, Vir-

ginia, August 2009 - August 2014(expected)

M.S. Economics, Baylor University, TX, August 2007 - May 2009

B.Sc. Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, Septem-

ber 2001 - June 2006

Employment History

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Applied Science, The College of William and Mary, August 2009 -

Present

Responsibilities: Find innovative solutions for understanding and modeling social behavior; conduct analytical

research; prepare articles for peer reviewed journal publications.

Graduate Assistant, Department of Economics, Baylor University, August 2009 - May 2009

Responsibilities: Prepared data, graded undergraduate classes in economics.

Instructor of Basic Electronics and Power Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sunyani Polytech-

nic, April 2007 - July 2007

Responsibilities: Taught two classes (Power Electronics and Basic Electronics) to Higher National Diploma Stu-

dents(roughly equivalent to Associate Degree).

Claims Officer, State Insurance Co. Ltd, Accra, Ghana, January 2006 - August 2006

Responsibilities: Investigated and reported on insurance claims in burglary, fire, machinery and equipment;

adjusted and computed claims

Fields of Interest

Social network analysis and modeling, mathematical modeling of human behavior, applications of non-linear

dynamics and complex networks

Research Papers

Epidemic dynamics on a payoff-dependent evolving social network, with Leah B. Shaw, In preparation for sub-

mission to peer-reviewed journal

Effects of multiple benefits on epidemic dynamics on evolving social network, with Leah B. Shaw, In preparation

for submission to peer-reviewed journal

Modeling trust in banking and social networks by binary positive and negative links, with Corynne S. Dech and

Leah B. Shaw

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Seminars and Conference Presentations

2014

"Infection dynamics on a risk-benefit evolving social network" Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization Student

Capstone Conference, VMASC, Old Dominion University, April 2014

"Effects of multiple benefits on epidemic dynamics on an evolving social network," Graduate Research Sympo-

sium, College of William and Mary, VA, USA, March 21-22, 2014

2013

"Epidemic dynamics of a risk-based evolving social network," American Physics Society March Meeting, Baltimore

Convention Center, Baltimore, MD, USA (March 18-22, 2013)

"Epidemic dynamics of a payoff-dependent evolving social network," Graduate Research Symposium, College of

William and Mary, VA, USA, March 22-23, 2013

2012

"Stochastic dynamics in a social network with payoff-dependent adaptation," Poster Presentation, Dynamics Days

2012, Chaos Group, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA (Jan 4-7, 2012)

"Stochastic dynamics in a social network with payoff-dependent adaptation," Graduate Research Symposium,

College of William and Mary, VA, USA (March 2011)

Awards

Mathematical Bioscience Institute MBI-NIMBioS-CAMBAM Summer Graduate Student Workshop on Stochastics

Applied to Biological Systems, MBI Ohio State University, OH, June 2012

Graduate Research Assistantship, The College of William and Mary, 2009 – Present

Graduate Tuition and Assistantship Award, Baylor University, 2007 – 2009

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

American Physics Society(APS)

Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

Software and Programming Skills

Scientic programming: C++, Matlab

Data Analysis: Matlab, MS Excel, R

Technical and Scientific documentation: Latex, MS Word

Web Design(Basic): HTML, CSS, WordPress

Activities: Literary and Other

Member, Creative-fiction writing club (at College of William and Mary)

Member of Voices of Change Toastmasters Club, Williamsburg, VA

Personal blog for art and creative fiction

Short story published in Garbled Transmissions Magazine: A dumpster out the window

Consulting advisor on design and aesthetics for events and entertainment website www.hangtrue.com

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References

Leah B. Shaw, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Applied Science, College of William and Mary, T+1

757-***-****, *******@**.***

Larry Leemis, Ph.D. Department of Mathematics, College of William and Mary, T+1-757-***-****, *******@****.**.***

Hoang Van Pham, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Baylor University, Waco, TX, T+1 (254)

710-3521, *********@******.***

Last updated: March 12, 2014

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