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Mikebiglan
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Education
University of California, San Diego:
M.S. in Computer Science & Engineering
- Concentrations in both Security/Cryptography and in Networking
- Courses in Artificial Intelligence (AI), software design, and parallel systems programming using Message Passing Interface (MPI).
University of Chicago: B.A. in Economics
- Received honors in economics
South Eugene High School
Professional Experience
rData Consulting, Eugene, OR Technology Consultant 2005-Present
- Created a multi-page survey system with bulk email sub-system for the Teacher Wellbeing Assessments.
- Developed a web-based repository of study measures for the Center on Early Adolescence.
- Created a survey system for the Organizational Culture Survey with automated statistics calculations and reporting.
- Designed and developed web-based representative sample calculator for the National Post-School Outcomes Center using k-means clustering algorithm in R to balance on multi-dimensional strata data.
University of California, San Diego Programmer Analyst II 2001-2005
- Created the specifications and negotiated the purchase for 60% off the retail cost of a 128 processor high performance computing (HPC) cluster with 70GB of RAM and more than 5TB storage running Rocks OS.
- Designed and programmed a secure web query tool for a custom designed data management system using Perl, HTML, and JavaScript; allows for queries to be saved, edited, and cached on a per-user basis.
- Designed and developed a tool to upload a diverse set of data files into the data management system with customizable preference settings for each type of file.
- Created the assignment and randomization algorithm for the $40 million, five-year Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). Presented this algorithm and the assignment process to 250 ADNI collaborators at the national training meeting.
- Statistical analysis of Affymetrix GeneChip microarrays using GeneSpring, RMA, SAM, and the Bioconductor suite in R. These analyses produce confidence ranges for the differential gene expression among various cell lines, for example between tumor cells and non-tumor cells.
- Custom application development and installation of commercial LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) software at the UCSD Microarray Shared Resource. This software allows access to, databases, and analyzes the results of Affymetrix GeneChip assays.
- Created bioinformatics Internet-website and analysis tool that relies on both the DAG structure of the Gene Ontology (GO) database and NetAffx information from Affymetrix. The tool uses a PostgreSql backend, a Java-Servlets/JSP GUI frontend, and JDBC to connect.
- Designed database architecture, schema, and code using MS SQL Server 2000 for upgrade of 180-table DOS DataEase system.
- First author of article on meta-analysis of mode-effect on self-reported smoking behaviors published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research. For analyses and variance estimation, used SAS, WesVar, & SUDAAN.
Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR Data Analyst 1998 & 2000-2001
- Senior programmer through project lifecycle on team that developed a two-tier, multiuser-interface database application for Oregon Student Assessment Surveys, the largest study of adolescent well-being ever done in Oregon. The database application was created using Visual Basic (VB6), Crystal Reports 8.5, and MS SQL Server 2000 and consisted of 20 users and 80 tables.
- Analyzed data for multi time, multi cohort questionnaire data using SPSS for UNIX. Analysis techniques included multiple & logistic regression, MANOVA, and Structural Equation Modeling.
- ORI partnered with Wyoming on a program to reduce sales of tobacco products to young people. My role involved both providing technical assistance as well as researching current statistics. The effort produced significant results in decreasing sales to and reducing the rate of tobacco use among adolescents.
Senator Wyden’s Office, Washington, DC Press Assistant 1999
- Produced computer archive of past newspaper articles, searchable online.
- Upgraded spreadsheets of contact information into a multi-table, relational database using MS Access and Visual Basic 6.
Oregon Center for Applied Science, Eugene, OR Programmer 1997
- Created and revised SuperCard code for a touch-screen, interactive health screening program for senior citizens.
Qualifications & Skills
Operating Systems
- Windows 2k/XP
- Unix/Linux (kernel 2.6)
- Macintosh OS X 10.4
Data Analysis
- SPSS (Unix & Windows)
- SAS
- WesVar/SUDAAN
- R/S-Plus/Matlab
Relational Databases
- SQL Server 2000/T-SQL
- PostgreSQL 8.1
- MySQL
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Programming & Web Development
- .NET/ASP/Visual C#
- Java 1.4/EJB/Hibernate
- Struts/Servlets/JSP
- Python 2.4/mod_python
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- Perl/BASH
- C/C++
- MPI/Beowulf Clusters
Applications
- MS Office 2003
- Photoshop 7
- Dreamweaver MX
- Emacs
- Crystal Reports 8.5
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Linux System Administration
- Network Administration
- DHCP Server/Client
- Firewalls: iptables
- Web Servers: Apache & Tomcat
- Email Servers: Postfix, qmail, Cyrus
- Name Servers: Bind
- File Servers: Samba, NFS
Bioinformatics
- Affymetrix GCOS 1.0 & GDAS 2.0
- Silicon Genetics GeneSpring 6.1
- RMA & dChip
- Iobion GeneTraffic
- SAM & PAM
- R & Bioconductor Suite
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Brief List of Books Read
Computer Organization & Design by Patterson & Hennessy
Computer Architecture by Hennessy & Patterson
Modern Operating Systems by Andrew Tanenbaum
Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
Data Structures & Algorithms in Java by Robert Lafore
Computer Networks by Peterson & Davie
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Abelson & Sussman
The Mathematics of Ciphers by S C Coutinho
Introduction to the Theory of Computation by Michael Sipser
Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest
Hacking Exposed by McClure, Scambray, Kurtz
Learning Java by Niemeyer & Knudsen
Servlet Programming by Hunter
C Programming: A Modern Approach by King & King
Pattern Classification by Duda, Hart, Stork
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