Matthew Ferritto
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Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
- Masters of Science in Computer Science, Graduated December 2014
Siena College, Loudonville NY
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Graduated May 2012
Relevant Experience
Research Assistant Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2014
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Project developer on ToolMatch, a service that semantically matches datasets w/tools and vice-versa
(http://tw.rpi.edu/web/project/ToolMatch)
Developed web service to input tools and datasets, and for matching of both, assisted in creation of
underlying model, as well as in creation of project documentation and use cases
Presented at 2014 ESIP Summer Meeting and 2015 Winter ESIP Federation Meeting
Received FUNding Friday Annual competition award, July 2014
Project developer/assistant on project Deep Carbon Ocean Observatory
(http://tw.rpi.edu/web/project/DCO-DS)
Teaching Assistant (Intro. to Computer Science, Database Systems Sept. 2012 – Dec. 2014
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
Operated lab hours for student sections with undergraduate mentor assistance
Graded tests, homework, and labs and held office hours to assist students
Taught concepts in Python including functions, modules, classes, recursion, and basic data structures
Contributed test questions, as well as homework and lab ideas
Web Intern Sept. 2011 – May 2012
SKS Bottle & Packaging, Inc., Watervliet, NY
Created a user-friendly and robust web-based entry form using HTML, PHP, and JavaScript
Allowed users to enter marketing info to track and graph product line success and activity
Technical Skills
Languages : Python, PHP, Java (familiar)
Web development : JavaScript, HTML. CSS, XML, XSLT, JQuery
Databases : Oracle, SQL
Semantic Web : RDF, SPARQL, OWL, Protégé
Publications and Presentations
Lynnes, C., Hoebelheinrich, N., West, P., & Ferritto, M. (July 11, 2014).ToolMatch Service: Finding Tools for
Your Data And Data for Your Tools. In:ESIP Summer Meeting 2014.
Ferritto, Matthew (2014). Semantically Matching Tools and Data Collection Content: A ToolMatch Use
Case Extension. Master’s Thesis. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: U.S.
Grants
FUNding Friday Annual Mini-grant competition, July 2014