Michael R. Head, Computing Researcher

Objective

• To obtain full time employment starting in Fall 2009 with a computer software company or research laboratory in a team-oriented environment building research prototypes for new software and services.

Skills

• Java programming: parsing techniques, Servlets/JSP, SWT and Eclipse plugin development
• Other languages/libraries/tools: C (with GTK2/Glade), C++ (on Linux), Python (with PyGTK), GNU autotools, Javascript/JSON

Experience

Ph.D. Candidate/Research Assistant : Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY : Fall 2004 - Present

• Research group member analyzing and developing the Grid Computing service stack; projects in Java, C, C++, and Python involving SOAP, XML, and GridFTP
• Reviewed papers for several scientific conferences and journals
• Authored several articles published in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and scientific journals
• Founded and lead the Binghamton University Computer Science Graduate Student Seminar Series

Graduate Level Co-op, Service Product Technologies and Platform : IBM Research, Hawthorne, NY : Fall 2008, Summer 2009

• Developed a novel web-based customer on-boarding tool for an I/T service monitoring system
• Returned to work with the same group as a Summer intern in 2009

Independent Contractor : Charles River Analytics, Cambridge, MA : September 2007 - May 2008

• Developed a complex event processor for intrusion detection systems; responsible for developer tools and servlet/JSP-based AJAX web interface

Linux Specialist : Custom Systems Integration, Endicott, NY : January 2006 - March 2006

• Designed and developed an internationalized (gettext-enabled) C-based GTK application for the testing of 12 different digital, analog, GPIB, and CAN PCI I/O boards under Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
• Authored and documented the installation and test procedure of the operating system, hardware and drivers

Research Assistant : Brandeis University, Waltham, MA : Fall 2001 - Summer 2004

• Research group member studying the design of effective groupware solutions; developed a shared editing tool for HTML and JScheme for experiments involving distributed pair programming

Advisory I/T Specialist : IBM Global Services, Charlotte, NC : Summer 1999 - Fall 2001

• Traveled to several client sites, developed Java solutions for clients in the banking and finance industry

Education

Fall 2004 - Present : Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY

• Expected graduation: Fall 2009
• Ph.D., Computer Science; specializing in Grid Computing; 3.966/4.0 GPA

Fall 2001 - Summer 2004 : Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

• M.A., Computer Science; specializing in Computer Supported Cooperative Work; 3.890/4.0 GPA

Fall 1995 - Summer 1999 : Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY

• B.S., Computer Science & B.S., Mathematics ; 3.461/4.0 overall GPA

Selected Publications

• Michael R. Head, Madhusudhan Govindaraju, Robert van Engelen, Wei Zhang, “Benchmarking XML Processors for Applications in Grid Web Services” in SC|06 (Supercomputing): International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, and Storage, Tampa, FL, November 2006.
• Michael R. Head, Madhusudhan Govindaraju, Aleksander Slominski, Pu Liu, Nayef Abu-Ghazaleh, Robert van Engelen, Kenneth Chiu, Michael J. Lewis, “A Benchmark Suite for SOAP-based Communication in Grid Web Services,” in SC|05 (Supercomputing): International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, and Storage, Seattle WA, November 2005.
• Onur Demir, Michael R. Head, Kanad Ghose, and Madhusudhan Govindaraju, “Protecting Grid Data Transfer Services with Active Network Interfaces,” Grid 2005 - 6th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing, Seattle WA, November 2005.

Other interests

Mountain biking, Snowboarding, Homebrewing