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Applied Math                                       Computer Science                                         Engineering

 Current as of December 2009.
COMPUTER SCIENCE RESUME

Michael C. Hughes

RESEARCH INTERESTS
My primary interests lie at the intersection of AI and computer vision, such as tracking, topology estimation, and activity recognition. Other interests include security, algorithms, and game theory.
PERMANENT
* 3106 Avenue F
* Billings, MT 59102


web.michaelchughes.com
CAMPUS
* MB 306 Olin College
* 1000 Olin Way
* Needham, MA 02492

michael.hughes@students.olin.edu
EDUCATION

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA Class of 2010
Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, GPA 3.93/4.0
* Received four-year, full-tuition Olin Scholarship valued at $130,000
* Coursework includes: Discrete Math, Computational Modeling, artificial intelligence,
probability and statistics, signals and systems, computer architecture

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Intern, Topology Estimation for Multi-Camera Tracking, Summer 2009
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Homeland Protection and Tactical Systems Division

* Developed statistical techniques to infer transitions from camera-to-camera in nine-week project
* Recovered most ground-truth topological links in 4 camera network from only 8 min. of footage
* Achieved near 100% accuracy in predicting target transition between cameras in sparse traffc
* Presented results in hour-long, seminar style talk to full-time research sta.ff
* Mentors: Dr. Jason Thornton (MIT Lincoln Laboratory)

Project Manager, Study on Network Formation Games,   Summer 2008
Research In Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS), IPAM, UCLA.
Project Sponsored by Microsoft Research Asia.

* Led two-month team investigation of networks formed by agents seeking maximal betweenness
* Developed proofs and conjectures about connectivity in networks at Nash equilibria
* Created Matlab simulations to search for equilibria and study structural properties
* Found polynomial time approximation for NP-Hard best response calculation
* Coordinated team paper writing and submission to GAMENETS '09 conference (IEEE)
* Mentors: Dr. Wei Chen (MSRA), Dr. Gunes Ercal (U. Kansas)

Project Manager, Trustworthy Architecture for Distributed Systems, Sept 2009-Present
Senior Capstone Program in Engineering, Olin College. Sponsored by IBM Research.
* Leading 5 student team in establishing technical goals, delegating tasks, and organizing reviews
* Proposing hardware and software requirements and protocols for trustworthy communication
* Pursuing patent application through IBM, NDA prohibits further disclosure
* Mentors: Dr. Mark Sheldon (Olin), Mr. Alex Morrow (IBM Fellow)

Novice Programmer Behavior Research, Sept 2007 – present
* Conducted independent research on programming behavior of novice CS students
* Authored paper accepted in Journal of Computer Science Education
* Mentor: Dr. Matthew Jadud (Allegheny College)

PUBLICATIONS

Bei, X., Chen, W., Ercal-Ozkaya, G., Fu, X., Hughes, M., and McBride, S. "On Pure and Ap-
proximate Nash Equilibria in Betweenness Centrality Games." Unpublished manuscript. [PDF]

Hughes, M., Jadud, M., and Rodrigo, M. "Novice Programmer Strategies for String Formatting." To appear in Journal of Computer Science Education, Sept 2010. [PDF]

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

Curriculum Director, Engineering Discovery, Olin College Fall 2007-present
* Managed 15 undergrads in developing hands-on lessons for 4th-8th graders
* Hosted workshop for 30 children to design, build, and launch bottle rockets
* Pioneered green energy workshop which earned over $750 in outside funding

English as a Second Language (ESL) Tutor, Olin College, Fall 2008
* Piloted one-on-one English reading and writing intervention program for international students

HONORS AND AWARDS

Meritorious Winner, Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, Winter 2007
* Simulated and analyzed U.S. Organ Transplant Network in 72-hour team contest

Presidential Scholar, Dept. of Education, U.S. Federal Government, May 2006
* Honored among 141 students nationwide for academics, leadership, and service

First Place, Billings Clinic Science Expo,  Spring 2006
* Independent research project on the efficiency of simple genetic algorithms, ISEF qualifier

SKILLS

Languages: Proficient in Java, Python, C, Erlang, Matlab.
Software: LaTeX, ModelSim, R (open-source statistical analysis)
Communication: Technical writing for publication, public speaking