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\begin{ressection}{Objective}
  \ressubitem{Seeking a full-time job starting after December 2006}
\end{ressection}

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\begin{ressection}{Education}

  \begin{ressubsec}{Bachelor of Science}{Computer Science}{Western Washington University}
    \ressubitem{Minor in Mathematics}
    \ressubitem{GPA: 4.00 (overall)}
    \ressubitem{Graduation Date: December, 2005}
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  \begin{ressubsec}{Master of Science}{Computer Science}{Western Washington University}
    \ressubitem{Projected Graduation Date: December 2006}
  \end{ressubsec}

\end{ressection}

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\begin{ressection}{Areas of Interest}
  \ressubitem{Operating System Internals, Device Drivers, Distributed Operating Systems, Parallel Computation, Programming Languages/Compilers, Natural Language Processing}
\end{ressection}

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\begin{ressection}{Google Summer of Code Grant}
  \begin{reslist}{Ported FreeBSD's NDIS Compatibility Layer and Driver to NetBSD}
    \ressubitem{Creates a NetBSD network driver from Windows .inf and .sys files}
    \ressubitem{Extensive kernel-level programming}
    \begin{reslist}{Currently tested and working for two network cards}
      \ressubitem{Intel EtherExpress Pro/100}
      \ressubitem{Dell (Broadcom) TrueMobile (NetBSD previously had no driver)}
    \end{reslist}
    \ressubitem{Article Published in January 2005 Issue of Doctor Dobbs Journal}
    \ressubitem{Mentor/Professor: Phil Nelson (\url{phil@cc.wwu.edu})}
    \ressubitem{More info available at \url{http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/ndis/}}
    \ressubitem{Recently imported into the NetBSD source tree}
    \ressubitem{Currently a NetBSD developer (commit access)}
  \end{reslist}
\end{ressection}

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\begin{ressection}{Programming Experience}

  \begin{reslist}{Some examples of software I've written over the course of my studies:}
  \begin{reslist}{Compiler for a block structured programming language}
    \ressubitem{Includes nested, and overloaded functions}
    \ressubitem{Written in C using Lex and Yacc}
  \end{reslist}
  \begin{reslist}{UNIX shell}
    \ressubitem{Features include: pipes, backquotes, as well as \emph{if} and \emph{while} statements}
  \end{reslist}
%\begin{reslist}{Program that displays 3D objects}
%  \ressubitem{Written from scratch (no 3D API, only GDI+)}
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% \begin{reslist}{Program that draws fractal plants using L-systems}
%   \ressubitem{Written in C\# using Windows Forms}
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  %\begin{reslist}{A Ray tracer}
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 % \begin{reslist}{Interpreter for a Scheme-like language}
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   \begin{reslist}{Device Drivers}
    \begin{reslist}{Analog to digital converter card (PCI-DAS08)}
    \ressubitem{Wrote drivers for both NetBSD and Windows XP}
    \ressubitem{Wrote a graphical oscilloscope program using fltk to test the drivers}
    \end{reslist}
    \begin{reslist}{Digital I/O board (PCI-DIO24)}
      \ressubitem{Wrote a driver for FreeBSD}
      \ressubitem{Application software and wiring to control 7-segment display
	and LEDs}
    \end{reslist}
  \end{reslist}
% \begin{reslist}{Integrated scripting support into a DirectX menu API with Lua}
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\end{ressection}

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\begin{ressection}{Publications}
  \begin{reslist}{Accepted}
    \ressubitem{\emph{J. Michael Meehan, Alan L. Ritter}. Tuning openMosix Load Balancing Parameters using a Genetic Algorithm, MFCSIT'06}
  \end{reslist}
  \begin{reslist}{Submitted}
    \ressubitem{\emph{Alan L. Ritter, James W. Hearne, Philip A. Nelson}. Distributional Word Clustering in Parallel, PDCS-2006 (Awaiting notification of acceptance)}
  \end{reslist}
\end{ressection}

\begin{ressection}{Employment}
  \begin{reslist}{Graduate Teaching Assistantship, WWU (Spring/Fall, 2006)}
    \ressubitem{Teaching an introductory programming lab}
    \ressubitem{Grading student programs}
  \end{reslist}

  \begin{reslist}{Grader, WWU (Winter, 2005)}
    \ressubitem{Graded programming assignments}
  \end{reslist}
  
  \begin{reslist}{Internship, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey CA (For summer 2006)}
    \ressubitem{Will optimize Fortran MPI code the the Data Assimilation
      Section}
  \end{reslist}
  
\end{ressection}
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\begin{ressection}{Skills}

	\resitem{\textbf{Operating Systems:} BSD, Linux, Windows 98/2000/XP/etc...}
 
	\begin{reslist}{Programming Languages I have experience with:}
		\ressubitem{C, C++, C\#, i386 assembler, Common Lisp, Scheme, Lua, ML, Perl, Fortran, Ada}
	\end{reslist}

	\begin{reslist}{APIs with which I am familiar:}
	  \ressubitem{Win32, POSIX, Windows Forms/.NET, OpenGL, fltk, Lua C API, pthreads, MPI}
	\end{reslist}

	\begin{reslist}{Tools I enjoy using:}
	  \ressubitem{\textbf{UNIX tools:} Lex, Yacc, \LaTeX, CVS/Subversion, Make, gcc, gdb, emacs, etc...}
	  \ressubitem{\textbf{Windows:} Visual Studio .NET, MS Office, Visio, etc...}
	\end{reslist}

\end{ressection}

\begin{ressection}{Scholarships and Awards}
  \resitem{Departmental Tuition Waiver (2003-04)}
  \resitem{WWU Class of 2006 Outstanding Graduate in Computer Science}
\end{ressection}

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