Résumé of Aaron Davidson

Aaron Davidson, 2001
Résumé of
Aaron Davidson
Residence: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
E-Mail: davidson@cs.ualberta.ca

Work Summary

BioTools Inc.
Software Developer March 2002 - Present Development of bioinformatics software applications.

University of Alberta
Department of Computer Science
Teaching Assistant September 2000 - April 2001
September 1999 - December 1999 Teaching Assistant for:
CMPUT 325: Non-Procedural Programming Languages
CMPUT 114: Introduction to Computer Science

University of Alberta
Department of Computer Science
Summer Research Assistant May 2000 - August 2000
May 1999 - August 1999 Developing Artificial Intelligence to play Poker (Texas Hold'em). See UofA GAMES Computer Poker Page.

University of Alberta
Department of Medical Genetics
Computer Programmer/Network Administrator May 1998 - December 2001 Writing software assisting in data analysis for a genetics lab involved with the Human Genome Project. Also part time general tech support and network administration.

Edmonton Public School Board
Information Technology Services
Internet Help Desk Analyst July 1997 - August 1999 Full time and part time work on the Internet Help Desk, as well as the webmaster for EPSB's ISP EPSB.NET. Also programmed a web-based student e-mail system.

University of Alberta
Housing and Food Services, Lister Hall
Learning Resource Assistant September 1996 - April 1996 Assistant in the Lister Hall computer lab. Duties included maintenance, trouble shooting, and assisting lab users with the computers

University College of the Cariboo
Web Developer March 1996 Government contract work as part of a team making the Earle Birney Web Site

Silicon Creek Software
Founder, Freelance Programmer 1992 - 1998 Home based business, specializing in Macintosh entertainment software. Some contract work.

K-Mart Canada
Porter November 1995 - August 1996 Customer service, heavy lifting, restocking, and some janitorial type duties

Publications

Darse Billings, Neil Burch, Aaron Davidson, Robert Holte, Jonathan Schaeffer, Terence Schauenberg, and Duane Szafron. Approximating Game-Theoretic Optimal Strategies for Full-scale Poker. Proceedings of the 2003 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-03). 2003.

Aaron Davidson. A Fast Pruning Algorithm for Optimal Sequence Alignment. Proceedings of The 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Bioinformatics & Bioengineering (BIBE'2001), November 2001.

Darse Billings, Aaron Davidson, Jonathan Schaeffer, Duane Szafron. The Challenge of Poker, Artificial Intelligence Journal, 2001.

Aaron Davidson, John Anvik, Mario A. Nascimento. Parallel Traversal of Signature Trees for Fast CBIR, Proceedings of the ACM Multimedia 2001. September 2001.

Aaron Davidson, Darse Billings, Jonathan Schaeffer, Duane Szafron. Improved Opponent Modeling in Poker, Proceedings of The 2000 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'2000), Las Vegas, Nevada, pp 1467-1473, 2000.

B. Kraus, A. Davidson, L. Read, D. W. Cox. High resolution mapping in the region of chromosome 14q using new computer tools, American Journal of Human Genetics. 63, Suppl: A1446, 1998.

B. Kraus, A. Davidson, D. W. Cox. ContigMaker (ZapMap): New Software to assist in the construction of physical maps. 41st CFBS meeting, 1998.

Education

(2002) MSc. in Computing Science, University of Alberta. Thesis topic: Opponent Modeling in Poker: Learning and Acting in a Hostile and Uncertain Environment.

(2000) BSc. Specialization in Computing Science, University of Alberta.

(1996) Graduated from Kamloops Senior Secondary in the top 5% of the district graduating class of 1996.

Awards

(2002) Recipient of a Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship

(2000) Recipient of a Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship, and Teaching Assistantship

(1999) NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA).

(1996) Credit Union - Forest Renewal BC Bursary Award for excellent ideas in forest renewal, sustainability and value-added.

Computer Skills

Knowledgable in several programming languages and environments such as Java, C, C++, Smalltalk, Pascal, Perl, Lisp, Prolog, Hypertalk, PL/SQL, and Motorola Assembly.

Extensive knowledge about programming for the Macintosh OS and UNIX systems.

Experience in Parallel/Distributed Computing, Network communication, GUI development, Bioinformatics, and Artificial Intelligence.

Experienced web developer (HTML, Java applets, and CGI's).

Hobbies

Juggling, Skiing, Music Composition, and Backcountry Exploration

Computer programming, web surfing.

Web development

Work Summary
BioTools Inc. Software Developer	March 2002 - Present	Development of bioinformatics software applications.
University of Alberta Department of Computer Science Teaching Assistant	September 2000 - April 2001 September 1999 - December 1999	Teaching Assistant for: CMPUT 325: Non-Procedural Programming Languages CMPUT 114: Introduction to Computer Science
University of Alberta Department of Computer Science Summer Research Assistant	May 2000 - August 2000 May 1999 - August 1999	Developing Artificial Intelligence to play Poker (Texas Hold'em). See UofA GAMES Computer Poker Page.
University of Alberta Department of Medical Genetics Computer Programmer/Network Administrator	May 1998 - December 2001	Writing software assisting in data analysis for a genetics lab involved with the Human Genome Project. Also part time general tech support and network administration.
Edmonton Public School Board Information Technology Services Internet Help Desk Analyst	July 1997 - August 1999	Full time and part time work on the Internet Help Desk, as well as the webmaster for EPSB's ISP EPSB.NET. Also programmed a web-based student e-mail system.
University of Alberta Housing and Food Services, Lister Hall Learning Resource Assistant	September 1996 - April 1996	Assistant in the Lister Hall computer lab. Duties included maintenance, trouble shooting, and assisting lab users with the computers
University College of the Cariboo Web Developer	March 1996	Government contract work as part of a team making the Earle Birney Web Site
Silicon Creek Software Founder, Freelance Programmer	1992 - 1998	Home based business, specializing in Macintosh entertainment software. Some contract work.
K-Mart Canada Porter	November 1995 - August 1996	Customer service, heavy lifting, restocking, and some janitorial type duties