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Wai Gen Yee
waigen@cc.gatech.edu

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Born in New York City. Did a BS in math at the University of Chicago. Programmed in Chicago for 2 years. Wrote some restaurant review articles for the GT paper

Vita

    Education:

      BS in Mathematics with a Concentration in Computer Science June, 1995
      PhD in Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology ?

    Experience:

      Freelance Web Page Designer July, 1997 - September, 1997
      Marketed and sold custom web pages primarily to academic clients in New York City.

      Application Developer May, 1995 - June, 1997
      Lakeshore Technologies, Inc. Chicago, IL
      Developed data acquisition and analysis software and internet applications for scientific use in both government and industry.

      Programmer March, 1995 - September, 1995
      Dept. of High Energy Physics, University of Chicago Chicago, IL
      Developed UNIX based software applications for automation of laboratory tasks.

      Research Assistant December, 1994 - June, 1995
      Dept. of Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Lab, University of Chicago Chicago, IL
      Researched computer based knowledge representation and remote control of artificial intelligence lab robot. Programmed primarily in LISP.

      Research Assistant June, 1994 - October, 1994
      Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI), Columbia Business School New York, NY
      Analyzed the economic feasibility of interconnecting independent telecommunications networks for book publication.


    Research and Projects

      Database Synchronization Project
      Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
      September, 1997 - Present
      This project involves optimizing an internet compatible database synchronizer for remote users. Two current areas of research are in the efficient organization of client update files, and in a robust multicast protocol for cheap data dissemination to remote users.

      Java Numerical Signal Analyzer
      Lakeshore Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL
      November, 1996 - June, 1997
      This project demonstrates some of the data acquisition and signal analysis capabilities of
      Lakeshore Technologies. (www.laketech.com/People/SigAnal/SignalAnalysis.html)

      Delphi Components for Data Acquisition
      Lakeshore Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL
      November, 1996 - May, 1997
      This project consists of visual objects designed specifically for data acquisition and analysis that can be easily dropped into relevant projects.

      Custom Client/Server Database Project
      Lakeshore Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL
      October, 1995 - June, 1997
      This database project was designed to send data over intranet and modem.

      Cable Television Radiation Leakage Collection and Analysis Software
      Lakeshore Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL
      May, 1995 - June, 1997
      This project is used by the cable industry to record then analyze radiation leaks from their physical plant.

      Global Positioning Satellite Signal Analysis Using Kalman Correction
      Lakeshore Technologies, Inc., Chicago, IL
      May, 1995 - June, 1997
      The Global Positional Satellite software is used in conjunction with the cable radiation leakage software to locate the position of leaks.

      Computational Model of Red Blood Cell Chemistry
      Critical Concepts Inc., Chicago, IL
      March, 1996 - September, 1996
      This project was originally written for the U.S. Army Medical Corps in Fortran. Our task at Critical Concepts was to update its physiological models, its user interface and port it to C++.



    Personal:

    I used to be an athlete in college. Now, all I do is beer commercials. I like to go to eclectic restaurants. I am trying to learn to play the guitar, speak French, and cook.



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