Mathew P. Davies

Curriculum Vitae=

EDUCATION.. 1 · EMPLOYME= NT HISTORY.. 1 · PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.. 1 · RESEARCH INTERESTS.. 2 · PUBLICATIONS.. 2 · PROGRAMM= ING EXPERIENCE.. 2 · INDEPEND= ENT CONSULTING.. 3 · COMMUNITY 3 · HONORS & AWARDS= .. 3

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EDUCATION

&nb= sp; = Columbia University - <= /span>M.S. in Computer Scien= ce (2005)

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Cumulative GPA: 3.94; MS/PhD track: completed first 3 years of PhD coursework.<= /o:p>

&nb= sp; = University<= b> of Arizona - B.S. Physics and B.S. Mathematics (1997) cum laude

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Cumulative GPA: 3.89; Full ride merit scholarship support for 4 years; Russian minor.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Study abroad to Russia and <= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Nepal; scientific internship at Los Alamos National Laboratories.

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; GRE General Test: Verbal - 760= , Quant. - 800, Analytical - 740

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Columbia University= (CU), New York City. Graduate Research Asst., Departmen= t of Computer Science (2002-2005).

Independent Consu= lting, Washington, D.C.&= nbsp; IT development and nonprofit program support (2001-2002).=

U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foun= dation (CRDF), Arlington, Virginia. Program Specialist and Program Man= ager (1999-2001).

Lo= s Alamos National Laboratories (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico. Graduate Research Assistant, Cente= r for International Security Affairs (CISA) (1999); graduate/undergraduate= (summers, 1995-1997); intern (spring 1995).

PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS=

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v = Program management and nonprofit administration – CRD= F. Managed program for peer review of scientific proposals, quadrupling output to almost 3,000 reviews yearly. · Trained and supervised program specialists and interns. · Led 10-week ef= fort soliciting 15,000 reviews for CRDF’s principal grants competition. · Administered 12 bilateral research grants totalling over $1M. · Organized and moderated panel review for mathematics grant competition. · Completed training for U.S. government grant management and reporting. · Promoted from specialist to program manager in 11 months.

v = Systems analysis and process design<= /i> – CRDF. Initiated and performed analysis, redesign and optimization of work flows using Windo= ws application programming for process integration, automation, and tracking. = · Developed MS Access databases to facilitate and streamline grant proposal review process. = · Advocated and advised development of new system for online proposal submiss= ion and electronic document management.

v      =    Scientific research and development –= CU, CRDF, LANL. Evaluated new technology and aided research commercialization for Science Centers program= at LANL and CRDF. · Furnished scientific & technical experti= se to program managers and directors at CRDF. · Conducted independent, published resea= rch on computational models of learning at CU’s Agents Lab. · Investigated methods and developed hardware & software f= or environmental monitoring at LANL. Our team’s efforts won an R&D100 Award for developing a “Top 100” new technology for 1996.

v         Nuclear nonproliferation and international security –= CRDF, CISA. Implemented U.S. government and private multilateral initiatives supporting nuclear nonproliferation, peacetime scientific R&= ;D and technology transfer in Russia and the FSU (former Soviet Union). · Liased with Department of State, LANL, and Open Society Institute (Soros) on these initiatives. = · Assisted the Senior Science Advisor to the Department of State for Science Center Programs in the former Soviet Union.

v         Independent IT consulting –= Washington, D.C. Wrote call-for-proposals and identified target vendors for CRDF Uz= bek internet deployment project. · Developed custom CRM/scheduling database for Senior Nursing Services, Inc. · Developed funding/contacts database for CHIM= E, a music education nonprofit.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

v      =    Governance, organization and policy – Columbia University, Col= lective Dynamics Group. Studied theories of the firm, economic game theory, social learning, industrial organization, generalized network dynamics, collective/distributed problem solving, design of robust organizations under uncertainty.<= /i>

v      =    Renewable e= nergy and sustainable development – 1997 Fulbright fellowship to India<= /st1:country-region>. Surveyed collaboration on rene= wable energy technologies, sustainable economic development, and grassroots socia= l justice in India= . Compiled registry for international collaboration. Wrote 80-page report, “Non-Conventional Energy in India.”

v      =    = Multiagent systems and artificial intelligence – CU D= ept. of Computer Science. Studied multi-agent distributed systems, agent-bas= ed modeling, AI, programming languages, database theory, algorithm analysis, interface design, and computational learning in Columbia’s Dept. of Computer Science.

v         Education and techno= logy – CU and Teachers College. Participated in design and evaluation of curricula using educational robotics and other = educational technology in public schools. Gave lectures and workshops on use of NetLogo and agent-based simulation for sci= ence education. Assisted sc= ience teachers at Eleanor Roosevelt School (I.S. 143) in Washington Heights, New = York one day weekly for ’04-’05 school year.

PUBLICATIONS

Conference Papers:

Elizabeth Sklar and Mathew = Davies (2005). <= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Multiagent Simulation of Learning Environments, Fourth International Conference of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2005), to appear=

Elizabeth Sklar, Mathew Dav= ies and Min San Tan Co (2004). <= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>SimEd: Simulating Education as a Multi = Agent System, Third International Conference of Autonomous Agents a= nd Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2004), N. Jennings, C. Sierra, L. Sonenberg and M. Tambe (eds.), pp 998-1005<= /p>

Workshop Papers:=

Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Pars= ons and Mathew Davies (2004). "When is it okay to ‘lie’? A sim= ple model of contradiction in agent-based dialogues", First International Workshop on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems (ArgMAS 2004)

Mathew Davies and Elizabeth= Sklar (2003). Modeling Human Learning as a Cooperative Multi Agent Interaction, AAMAS Workshop on Humans and Multi-Agent Systems, at the Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agen= ts and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS-2003)

Los Alamos:

David Cremers, Monty Ferris= , and Mathew Davies (1996). Transportable laser-induced breakdo= wn spectroscopy (LIBS<= /span>) instrument for field-based soil analysis, Proc. SPIE Vol. 2835, Advanced Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Remediation, p. 190-200

PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE

·         Scientific programming and error analysis

·         Relational database programming (Microsoft Access, MySQL, PostGRE SQL) and database analysis

·         Languages:&= nbsp; Java, C, C++, VB, SQL, LISP, HTML, LaTex, assembly

·         UNIX scripting, shell programming, file management, system administration

·         Software application development:

<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       systems analysis: process flow, complexity analysis, administrative structure

<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       development: requirements assessment, modulariz= ation, interface design, user feedback, troubleshooting, optimization, documentati= on, lifecycle management, team management

<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       report generation, technical manuals, SOPs
<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       version control (CVS), open source libraries, distribution of authorship

·         MS Windows application automation

·         Work process automation, activity tracking, workflow analysis

·         AI techniques: state-space searching, pattern recognition, machine learning, multiagent programming

·         Agent-based modeling of social systems (NetL= ogo, RePast)

·         Programming language design, parser generati= on (ANTLR)

·         Web programming, content management systems, wikis

·=       =    Selected projects (languages/applications used):

<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       Databases for grant proposal review process automation (Microsoft Access)

<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       Spectra© and Laser© applications developed for Los Alamos National Laboratories: software systems for laser spectro= scopy automation including hardware control and results analysis (VB)

<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       Inventory database (MySQL, C++, HTML)

<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       Scheduling system for healthcare service management (Access)

<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       Linux kernal modification (C), minimax check= ers algorithm (C), automated theorem proving (LISP)

<= span style=3D'mso-list:Ignore'>o&nb= sp;       Star (*) relationship language (ANTLR, Java)= and documentation (JavaDocs, LaTex)

INDEPENDENT CONSULTING

·         U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF, Arlington VA)

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Assistance with Uzbek internet project (Feb ’02 – Nov ’02)

Com= munity Help in Music Education (CHIME, Washington DC)<= /li>

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Pro bono funding/contacts database development and technical assistance (Nov ’01 – May ’02)

Sen= ior Nursing Services (Washing= ton DC)<= /li>

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Database and network development (Aug ’01 – May ’02)

Coy= ote Mining and Environmental Instruments, Inc. (Los Alamos NM)

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Laser spectroscopy software and systems enhancement (July ’99)

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COMMUNITY

v      President of Columbia University Hiking Club: doubled hike participation to over= 250 people yearly; initiated Earth Institute hikes and new outreach activities; trained hike leaders and drivers (Spring 2003 – Fall 2005).

v&nb= sp;     Tutored low-income grade school children 4 h= ours per week at the Anthony Bowen YMCA, Washington, D.C. (November ’01 &#= 8211; May ’02).

v&nb= sp;     Assisted the executive director of Community Help in Music Education (CHIME) in organizing “Music Around the World” programs in Washington, D.C. public libraries (January ’= 02 – May ’02).

HONORS & AWARDS

2004 &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; GK-12 Fellowship, Columbia University School of Engineering     = ;            = New York, NY

Tuition and stipend suppo= rt for classroom technology development

1997 &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; U. S. - Indian Fulbright Fellowship        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            Mumbai, India

One-year study of non-con= ventional (renewable) energy development in India.

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1996 &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; R&D100 Award (co-recipient)    = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp; Los Alamos, NM

Recognition by R&D Ma= gazine for development of spectroscopy-based analytical technology for environment= al remediation.

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1995 &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; DOE Science & Engineering Research Semester internship            =             <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Los Alamos, NM

1994 &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; American Physical Society travel grant  &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;   Moscow, Russia

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; To attend the Landau Summer School for theoretical physics (LSS94)<= /span>

1991 &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; Flinn Foundation scholarship   &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =      Page, AZ

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Four-year, full-ride merit award to attend an Arizona university

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   National Merit Scholarship

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