Resumes for Matthew Schnaider

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Employment Objective

To obtain a position at a small to medium-sized company where I can apply my knowledge and talent in the areas of distributed systems and security. I am looking for a position that focuses on innovative research, development, design and implementation of software systems for a Linux or Unix environment.

Graduate Education

University of California, Los Angeles.    Candidate for Master of Science in Computer Science in the field of Software Systems, June 2006.

Graduate Courses

Advanced Operating Systems, Advanced Computer Networks, Distributed Systems, Topics in Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing, Security for System Software, Advanced Topics in Network Security, Advanced Topics in System Security, Foundations of Cryptography, Cryptographic Protocols, Animats-based Modeling, Problem Solving and Search, Automated Reasoning

Graduate Research

UCLA Laboratory for Advanced Systems Research (2001-2006)
Designed and implemented 802.11b positioning system to support a mobile, interactive narrative framework.
Designed, simulated, and analyzed a protocol for combating IP spoofing.
Assisted on projects in the areas of DDoS defense and ubiquitous computing.

Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA.    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with minor emphases in Mathematics and Linguistics, 2001.

Upper Division and Major Courses

Neural Networks, Computer Networks, Theory of Computation, Data Structures, Algorithms, Computer Architecture and Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Logic, Software Development, Probability, Abstract Algebra, Mathematical Analysis

Computer Science Clinic

Aerospace Corporation Network Intrusion Detection Clinic (1999-2000)
Researched common intrusion detection message exchange formats.

Technical courses complemented by 37 semester units of Humanities and Social Science courses.

University of California, Los Angeles

Graduate Research Assistant, Laboratory for Advanced Systems Research (2001-2006)
Teaching Assistant, Artificial Intelligence (Spring 2004, Winter 2005)

The Aerospace Corporation (Summer 2001, Summer 2002)

Worked on various US government contracts in the areas of system and network security.

ORINCON Corporation (Summer 2000)

Worked in Information Assurance and host and network security.
Designed and built multi-platform mobile agents using IBM's Java Aglet Kit.

HMC Computer Science Department System Administration Staff (1998-2001)

Collaborated in building a local replacement for NIS+ (Perl & MySQL).
Performed Unix system and network maintenance and upgrades.

Eight years of software development experience under Linux and Unix
Familiarity with STL, CVS, make, gdb, valgrind, and related tools
Programming languages used: C/C++, Java, Perl, sh/bash/csh/tcsh/ksh, LISP, Procmail
Additional programming language familiarity: SML, Python, Prolog
Operating systems administered: Linux (Debian), Unix (Solaris, OpenBSD), Mac OS X
Additional operating systems used: Windows (NT, 2K, XP)

USENIX Association, Student Member, 2002-Present
Sigma Xi Research Society, Associate Student Member, 2001-Present
COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Outstanding, 2001
ACM Regional Programming Contest Participant, 1999, 2000
William Lowell Putnam Exam Participant, 1998, 1999, 2000
HMC Student Conduct Appeals Board Chair, 2000-2001
Et Cetera Players Theatre Troupe, President, 2000-2001
Eagle Scout, 1996

References available upon request.

The most recent version of this resume is available in a variety of electronic formats at http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~ms/resume

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