Michael Molla
*After seven years of experience in software development, during which I completed the Master's Degree in Computer Science and some biology classes in my spare time, I have decided to go back to school full time for a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a minor in Genetics. I will be there until May 2002, so this resume is mainly here for information purposes and on the off chance someone knows of a fun research opportunity that will be opening up after May 2002.
That being said...
Languages:C, C++, C*, FORTRAN, Java, LISP, Pascal, perl, PCL, PostScript, Prolog, Scheme
Operating Systems:DOS, OS/2, UNIX, Windows, Windows NT, XWindows
Tools/Packages:Lex, YACC, sed, awk, make, Mosaic, MSNSDK, MSNDDK, IBM collection class library, IBM GUI library
Library Systems:SCCS, CMVC, RCS
Education:
B.A. in Computer Science from Brandeis University, GPA 3.4;
M.E. in Computer Science (AI concentration) at The University of Colorado at Boulder, GPA 3.7;(Final project defense June 1999.)
Ph.D. in Computer Science (AI concentration) with Genetics minor from The University of Wisconsin, Madison projected finish date May 2002.
Honors:AOF Fellowship Winner. Wellcome Fellowship Winner. National Achievement Scholarship Winner. National Academic Decathlon Scholarship Winner. 3rd place in AATM math contest. Two IBM informal awards for technical achievement($1000 and $2500). Two varsity letters for intercollegiate track&field.
Publications:"Menu Object Handler (MOH)" and "The Hierarchical Object Generator/Governor (HOGG)" in the IBM Invention Disclosure Journal 1997.
Work Experience:
July 1999 - May 2002: Graduate Researcher
Graduate Research at The University of Wisconsin, Madison in Madison, WI
I am about to start the Ph.D. program in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a minor in Genetics. My emphasis will be on AI. I will be taking classes, assisting professors with their research projects and, hopefully, designing and executing my own original research projects. The start date is set. The finish date is still tentative.June 1997 - June 1999: Software Engineer
Software Engineer at Whitehead/MIT Center for Genome Research in Cambridge, MA
March 1999 - June 1999:I designed and implemented our SNP processing pipeline.
June 1998 - May 1999:I designed and performed numerous virtual assembly experiments including the 1998/1999 Intermediate Product/Draft Sequence viability experiments for the NIH.
June 1997 - Ongoing:
A member of the center's sequencing informatics team, I designed and created custom software used primarily by scientists in sequencing the human genome. In some cases my software makes tasks easier for humans. In others, it takes them out of the process altogether.This work has involved C, C++, Java and perl in a UNIX/WinNT environment.
December 1992 - May 1997: Senior Associate Programmer
Senior Associate Programmer for IBM's Printing Systems Company in Boulder, CO
May 1996 - May 1997: I was a member of IBM's network printer driver department, responsible for IBM’s PCL printer driver development team for Windows3.1 and Windows95. I won a $1000 award for this effort.
May 1995 - May 1996: I helped to architect and implement the AFCCU2, the AFCCU's object oriented counterpart, which is currently in use on IBM's midrange printers. I filed an invention disclosure regarding one of my modules in this system.
October 1994 - May 1995: I was the technical team leader for the adaptation of the AFCCU's user interface to our midrange printers. I won a $2500 award for this effort.
January 1993 - October 1994: I helped to design and implement the user IBM's Advanced Function Common Control Unit(AFCCU) which has since been used to control printers from 30 to 300 ppm. All of the high-end and midrange development was done in C and C++ on a RISC6000 using AIX(IBM's version of UNIX) in an XWindows environment. The network printer driver development was in C and has involved Windows(3.1 & 95) and OS/2.
Summer 1992: Computer Intern
internship in the artificial intelligence department of the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, MD
During this time, I helped to update the Medline user interface and implemented data compression/decompression and search algorithms. I used an IBM PC and a Power Mac to accomplish this.
Summer 1991: Computer Intern
internship at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY
My main responsibility was computer-aided molecular modeling. The object was to guide researchers in the production of genetic probes in order to someday cure human autoimmune disorders. This was done on an IBM PC, a Macintosh and a remote mainframe. I was also the laboratory's computer troubleshooter.
Summer 1990: Mathematics Intern
internship at University of Arizona's mathematics department in Tucson, AZ
I wrote programs to aid professors in their original research projects. One program solved differential equations. The other modeled chaotic functions. They were written in Pascal on an IBM mainframe and in FORTRAN on a SUN workstation.
Other Work Experience: In college, I had two jobs. I worked part time as an audiovisual technician and I helped to clean the school's cafeterias most nights.
Outside Interests: I ran intercollegiate track and cross-country. I was a college radio DJ. I have been playing the drums in various local bands for the past 12 years. I am presently looking for a publisher for my first science fiction novel.
References furnished upon request.