Kristopher J. Kosmatka Software Engineer | Computer Scientist = Home Contact 517 Troy Drive Madison, WI 53704 mobile: 608.338.5110 e-mail: kjkosmatka@gmail.com = Work Contact 5765C Medical Sciences Center 1300 University Ave Madison, WI 53706-1510 e-mail: kosmatka@cs.wisc.edu web: http://cs.wisc.edu/~kosmatka = Objective A full-time position in software engineering = Interests Distributed Systems, Web Application Platforms, Scalability, Location-based Services, Bioinformatics, Medical Image Processing = Education 2009 - 2011 M.S. Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Databases, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Bioinformatics GPA 4.0 2006 - 2008 Special Student, University of Wisconsin - Madison Organic Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Genetics GPA 4.0 1998 - 2001 B.S. Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Madison Programming, Data Structures, Machine Organization, Physics, Literature Dean's List, Graduated with Distinction GPA 3.7 = Experience 09/2010 - Present Research Assistant Dewey Lab, University of Wisconsin - Madison * Designed a new Hidden Markov Model for alignment of whole genome optical maps * Analyzed and evaluated performance and accuracy of alignment predictions * Implemented front end, visualization, and workflow automation tools in C and Python 05/2010 - 09/2010 Software Engineering Intern Locomatix, Inc. Madison, WI * Designed and implemented a RESTful API for a location-based database server platform * Developed database backend features using C++ and Python * Built location-aware web applications using latest HTML5 web standards 09/2009 - 05/2010 Research Assistant Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - Imaging Core University of Wisconsin - Madison * Implemented distributed medical image processing and analysis pipeline using Condor * Built a Ruby on Rails application used to schedule and monitor image processing tasks * Debugged and upgraded legacy physiological signal processing software in Python 08/2007 - 08/2009 Research Specialist Johnson Neuroimaging Lab, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison * Developed custom software for functional MRI image processing and analysis using Python, Matlab, and R * Designed novel image analysis methods for a large cross-institutional study later published in Science * Coordinated management of medical imaging data for a multidisciplinary team of researchers 05/2006 - 08/2007 Student Researcher Johnson Neuroimaging Lab, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison * Automated structural and functional MRI data analysis pipelines using Ruby and Python * Built several public and internal lab web applications using Ruby on Rails * Administered lab computing resources, network configurations, authentication services, data backup, and a 15TB RAID file server = Technical Skills Platforms: Linux, MacOSX, Windows Languages: C/C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Bash, Matlab, R, SQL, LaTeX Web: Javascript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS = Personal Music, French Horn Player, Architecture, Travel, Hiking/Outdoors = Publications == Journal Articles R.J. Colman, R.M. Anderson, S.C. Johnson, E.K. Kastman, K.J. Kosmatka, T.M. Beasley, D.B. Allison, C. Cruzen, H.A. Simmons, J.W. Kemnitz, and R. Weindruch. Caloric restriction delays disease onset and mortality in rhesus monkeys. Science 10 July 2009: Vol. 325. no. 5937, pp. 201 - 204 DOI: 10.1126/science.1173635 I.A. Humbert, M.E. Fitzgerald, D.G. McLaren, S.C. Johnson, E. Porcaro, K.J. Kosmatka, J. Hind, and J. Robbins. Neurophysiology of swallowing: effects of age and bolus type. Neuroimage, 44:982-991, Feb 2009. Epub Oct 28. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.10.012; PMID 19010424. D.G. McLaren, K.J. Kosmatka, Kastman E.K., Bendlin B.B., and Johnson S.C. Rhesus macaque brain morphometry: a methodological comparison. Methods, Oct 2009. doi:10.1016/j.ymeth.2009.10.003. D.G. McLaren, K.J. Kosmatka, T.R. Oakes, C.D. Kroenke, S.G. Kohama, J.A. Matochik, D.K. Ingram, and S.C. Johnson. A population-average MRI-based atlas collection of the rhesus macaque. Neuroimage, 45:52-59, Mar 2009. Epub Nov 14. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.10.058. == Conference Posters E.K. Kastman, B. Bendlin, G. Xu, M. Ries, D.G. McLaren, M. Fitzgerald, B. Jabbar, K.J. Kosmatka, and Johnson S.C. Rate of whole brain volume decline in a cohort of cognitively normal participants with family history of Alzheimer's Disease: A longitudinal study. International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, July 2008. K.J. Kosmatka, E.K. Kastman, A.A. Willette, E. Canu, D.G. McLaren, and S.C. Johnson. Hand dominance modulates interhemispheric gray matter asymmetry in rhesus macaques. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, June 2009. K.J. Kosmatka, D.G. McLaren, C. Kroenke, S. Kohama, J. Matochik, D. Ingram, and S.C. Johnson. Adult and elderly rhesus macaque atlas template for functional and structural imaging. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, June 2007. D.G. McLaren, M. Ries, B. Bendlin, E.K. Kastman, K.J. Kosmatka, G. Xu, B. Jabbar, L. Newman, M. Fitzgerald, and S.C. Johnson. Memory formation in middle-aged adults: Dynamics of the BOLD signal across repetitions. International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, July 2008.