ALEXANDER HSU [email protected]
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ALEXANDER HSU [email protected] EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Minor in Japanese July 2008 – Present Cumulative GPA: 3.89/4.0 (212 units); Expected Date of Graduation: June 2012 HONORS/AWARDS 2011 UCSB EACS Dept. Outstanding Service Award 2010 Boeing Corporation Scholarship 2011 National Engineering Week Scholarship Engineering Honors Program since Spring 2009 2011 Yardi Systems Scholarship 2009 Starting Line Cover Photography Award SKILLS Programming Languages: Proficient: C/C++, HTML/CSS, Java, JavaScript/JQuery, Matlab Familiar: Apache HBase, Apache OFBiz, Groovy, MySQL, OpenGL, Perl, Python, Qt Software: Photoshop, Eclipse, Netbeans General: Fluent in English and Chinese; 4th year college level Japanese WORK EXPERIENCE UCSB RESEARCH CENTER FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND BEHAVIOR Position: Research Assistant Sept 2011 – Present Learning how to design and develop virtual environments through the use of 3DSMax Learning how to program immersive environments through the use of Python scripts to allow for experiments. UCSB DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM LAB Position: Research Assistant June 2011 – Present Implemented the Transaction management layer of G-Store, a scalable data store with transactional multi-key access functionality, using Strict Two Phase Locking (S2PL) to control concurrency. Implemented an independent working system following a regular Apache HBase key-value store implementation and using the Two Phase Commit protocol (2PC) to coordinate the participating nodes. WARP9INC Position: Web Development Intern March 2011 – Present Implement and manage dynamic ecommerce websites with MVC interaction pattern, through Apache OFBiz. Manage both front-end (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) and back-end (Java/Groovy/OFBiz/MySQL). UCSB ACCOUNTING SERVICES AND CONTROLS Position: Systems Administrator August 2010 – June 2011 Troubleshoot and remove viruses; set up/connect various computers onto the domain; and manage the department website. UCSB CAMPUS LEARNING ASSISTANCE SERVICES Position: Mathematics and Statistics Tutor Sept 2010 – March 2011 Tutored various lower-division Math and Stats courses to students who come for help; up to 25 students per session. ACTIVITIES UCSB JAPANESE LANGUAGE CAFE Position: Co-founder/Organizer Dec 2010 – Present Co-founded a student organization which now has more than 50 active members. Organize weekly meetings, movie-screenings and various events for Japanese language and culture exchange. Plan and raise funds for the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake in Japan through various fund-raising events like T-shirt design contest and Thousand Paper Cranes event; $3500 raised so far. SQUARE TOWER DEFENSE Position: Technical Lead Jan 2010 – March 2010 Participated in a 4-person team-based game development in Java using JGame Engine. Designed and decided on game features; implemented some of the core classes; implemented A* pathfinding algorithm. INTERESTS Drawing; Novel Writing; PC Gaming; Piano; Photography; Table Tennis; Travelling; .