Mathew P. Davies

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION.. 1 · EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY.. 1  · PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.. 1  · RESEARCH INTERESTS.. 2  · PUBLICATIONS.. 2  · PROGRAMMING
EXPERIENCE.. 2  · INDEPENDENT
CONSULTING.. 3  · COMMUNITY   3 · HONORS & AWARDS.. 3

EDUCATION

Columbia University - M.S. in Computer Science
(2005)

Cumulative
GPA:  3.94; MS/PhD track:  completed first 3 years of PhD
coursework.

University
of Arizona - B.S. Physics and B.S. Mathematics (1997) cum
laude

Cumulative
GPA:  3.89; Full ride merit
scholarship support for 4 years; Russian minor.

Study
abroad to Russia and Nepal;
scientific internship at Los Alamos National Laboratories.

GRE
General Test:  Verbal - 760,
Quant. - 800, Analytical - 740

EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY

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

Independent Consulting,
Washington, D.C.
IT development and nonprofit program support (2001-2002).

U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation
(CRDF), Arlington,
Virginia.  Program Specialist and Program Manager
(1999-2001).

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

PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

v
Program management and nonprofit administration – CRDF.  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 effort
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
– CRDF.
Initiated
and performed analysis, redesign and optimization of work flows using Windows
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 submission
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 expertise
to program managers and directors at CRDF. · Conducted independent, published research on
computational models of learning at CU’s Agents Lab. · Investigated methods and developed hardware & software for
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 Uzbek
internet deployment project. · Developed custom CRM/scheduling database for
Senior Nursing Services, Inc. · Developed funding/contacts database for CHIME, a
music education nonprofit.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

v
Governance,
organization and policy – Columbia University, Collective
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.

v
Renewable energy
and sustainable development – 1997 Fulbright
fellowship to India.  Surveyed collaboration on renewable
energy technologies, sustainable economic development, and grassroots social justice
in India.  Compiled registry for international
collaboration.  Wrote 80-page
report, “Non-Conventional
Energy in India.”

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

v
Education and technology
– 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 science
education.  Assisted science
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). Multiagent Simulation of Learning
Environments, Fourth International Conference of Autonomous
Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2005), to appear

Elizabeth Sklar, Mathew Davies
and Min San Tan Co (2004). SimEd: Simulating Education as a Multi Agent
System, Third International Conference of Autonomous Agents and
Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS-2004), N. Jennings,
C. Sierra, L. Sonenberg and M. Tambe (eds.), pp 998-1005

Workshop Papers:

Elizabeth Sklar, Simon Parsons
and Mathew Davies (2004). "When is it okay to ‘lie’? A simple
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 Agents
and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS-2003)

Los
Alamos:

David Cremers, Monty Ferris, and
Mathew Davies (1996). Transportable laser-induced breakdown
spectroscopy (LIBS) 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:
Java, C, C++, VB, SQL, LISP, HTML, LaTex, assembly

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

·
Software application development:

o
systems analysis:  process flow, complexity analysis,
administrative structure

o
development:  requirements assessment, modularization,
interface design, user feedback, troubleshooting, optimization, documentation,
lifecycle management, team management

o
report generation, technical manuals, SOPs

o
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 (NetLogo,
RePast)

·
Programming language design, parser generation
(ANTLR)

·
Web programming, content management systems,
wikis

·
Selected projects (languages/applications
used):

o
Databases for grant proposal review process
automation (Microsoft Access)

o
Spectra© and Laser© applications
developed for Los Alamos National Laboratories:  software systems for laser spectroscopy
automation including hardware control and results analysis (VB)

o
Inventory database (MySQL, C++, HTML)

o
Scheduling system for healthcare service
management (Access)

o
Linux kernal modification (C), minimax checkers
algorithm (C), automated theorem proving (LISP)

o
Star (*) relationship language (ANTLR, Java) and
documentation (JavaDocs, LaTex)

INDEPENDENT
CONSULTING

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

Assistance
with Uzbek internet project (Feb ’02 – Nov ’02)

Community
Help in Music Education (CHIME, Washington
DC)

Pro
bono funding/contacts database development and technical assistance (Nov
’01 – May ’02)

Senior
Nursing Services (Washington
DC)

Database
and network development (Aug ’01 – May ’02)

Coyote
Mining and Environmental Instruments, Inc. (Los Alamos NM)

Laser
spectroscopy software and systems enhancement (July ’99)

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
Tutored low-income grade school children 4 hours
per week at the Anthony Bowen YMCA, Washington,
D.C. (November ’01 –
May ’02).

v
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                GK-12
Fellowship, Columbia University School
of Engineering                 New York, NY

Tuition and stipend support for
classroom technology development

1997                 U. S. - Indian Fulbright Fellowship                                                          Mumbai,
India

One-year study of non-conventional
(renewable) energy development in India.

1996                R&D100
Award (co-recipient)                                                                     Los Alamos, NM

Recognition by R&D Magazine
for development of spectroscopy-based analytical technology for environmental
remediation.

1995                DOE
Science & Engineering Research Semester internship                        Los Alamos, NM

1994                American
Physical Society travel grant                                                        Moscow, Russia

To
attend the Landau Summer School for theoretical physics (LSS94)

1991                Flinn
Foundation scholarship                                                                       Page,
AZ

Four-year,
full-ride merit award to attend an Arizona
university

National
Merit Scholarship

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