Suzan C. Stodder
3005 Stevens Street
Madison WI 53705-3512
phone: 608-238-6483
email: stodder@cs.wisc.edu
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Objective
To secure an entry-level job in software development. Particularly
interested in quality assurance and testing. Desire to work in a team
atmosphere on challenging projects.
Experience
Post-masters Research, 1994-1998
Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Specialty area: Numerical Linear Algebra
- Investigated the possible use of Strassen's algorithm for parallel
matrix multiplication, including algorithmic
analysis, design issues, and performance modeling
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1991-1999
Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Worked as a teaching assistant for a wide variety of courses, ranging
from Using Computers for non-majors to the graduate-level Finite
Difference Methods for Partial Differential Equations
- Collaborated with Prof. John Strikwerda to design new instructional
materials for Problem Solving Using
Computers, a course for engineers
- Lectured, created assignments, and designed exams for one section
of Algebraic Language Programming
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1990-1991
Mathematics, Loyola University of Chicago
- Led discussion groups in algebra and statistics
Instructor, 1986-1990
Chemistry, Loyola University of Chicago
- Full-time laboratory instructor/coordinator for upper-level
instrumental analysis and physical chemistry labs
- Developed new laboratory experiments and overhauled existing
experiments
- Trained, supervised, and evaluated graduate students as teaching
assistants
- Ordered and maintained equipment and supplies
Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 1993
M.S. in Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
- Loyola University of Chicago, May 1991
M.S. in Computer Science
- McGill University, November 1985
M.Sc. in Chemistry
- Thesis: The Total Synthesis of 3-Hydroxy-17-deaza-17-oxyisomorphinan,
- A Morphinan Analogue
- McGill University, May 1980
B.Sc. in Chemistry
First Class Honours
Organizations
- Associate Member Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- Participated in and ran Women in Computer Science, a forum for
women in the Computer Sciences department
- Founded the Undergraduate Computer Sciences Club. Ran the club
with the help of an undergraduate student.
Technical Reports
- Strikwerda, J. C. and S. C. Stodder, Convergence Results for
GMRES(m),
Technical Report 1280 , University of Wisconsin-Madison,
August 1995
Honors
- Scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in
Computing (1997)
- Nominated for Outstanding Departmental Service Award (1997)
- McGill University Graduate Faculty Summer Research Fellowship (1981)
- McGill University Chemistry Department Foreign Student Fee
Scholarship (1980)
Computer Knowledge
- Languages:
Java, C++, C, Fortran, Pascal, Basic, Prolog, Lisp
- Parallel Programming: MPI
- Numerical Analysis: Matlab
- Symbolic Computing: MAPLE
- Other: SQL, HTML, LaTeX, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop
- Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows NT
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