Jacob Christian Sorensen

Jacob Sorensen

9162-H Regents Road  La Jolla, CA 92037  phone (858) 552-0282 email [email protected]

Education PhD pending in Computer Science, UC San Diego Graduation 2006-2007 GPA: 3.95 Focus Area: Parallel Computation Advisor: Scott Baden

BS in Computer Science at Brigham Young University Graduated April 2001 GPA: 3.89 Minor: Psychology Focus Areas:  Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning  Enterprise Systems & Networking  Cognitive Psychology

Skills  Proficient with C/C++, Java, Perl  Parallel programming techniques & languages (MPI)  Windows, UNIX, and LINUX environments  Familiar with Assembly, HTML, PHP, Scheme  Web Technologies (EJB, HTTP, JSP, Servlets)  SQL-based Databases (MySQL, Postgres, etc.)  Network Concepts/Protocols (TCP/IP, ATM, etc.)  Licensed Notary Public (CA), commission #1445559 Specializing in Loan Document Signing & Packaging

Work Experience UCSD Computer Science & Engineering Department Research Assistant, December 2003 - present  Developing the Thyme runtime library (asynchronous data-driven execution of parallel programs)

San Diego Supercomputer Center Assistant Level IV, June 2003 – September 2003  Researched integration of Perl with Globus 3 Grid Infrastructure  Developed the Cosmic Web Portal – allows computational astrophysicists to run the Enzo program on SDSC’s supercomputer

UCSD Computer Science & Engineering Department Teaching Assistant, September 2002 – December 2003  Taught weekly discussion sections  Tutored students during office hours  Evaluated students’ work & Proctored Exams

NTT/Verio Technical Support Level 1, January – August 2002  Supported & Managed Unix-based web servers  Investigated & Solved/Escalated problems  Responded to customers by phone and email

1 Volunteer Work  Graduate Student Rep, TritonLink Executive Committee December 2003 - present  Mesa Housing Family Rep, Affiliated Housing Advisory Committee September 2004 - present

Achievements  Lifetime Membership, Golden Key National Honor Society  BYU Trustees Scholarship (four year full tuition)  BYU College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences Dean’s List, 8 semesters