LIAM MAC DERMED
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EDUCATION & HONORS
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Graduate Program in Computer Science, Fall 2006 – Present
GPA: 4.0
Member of the Laboratory for Interactive Artificial Intelligence (IAI)
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University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science degree awarded December 2005
Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with emphasis on Artificial Intelligence. Major GPA: 3.7
Honors: Represented U.C. Berkeley at ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition, 2003 & 2004
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
| Spring 2007 – Present | Research Assistant in the Collaborative Adaptive Believable Agents Lab (CABAL) |
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Research into enabling self-interested agents to form coalitions and engage in cooperative behavior under the direction of Prof. Charles Isbell.
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| Fall 2006 | Independent Research, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Researched methods of automatically learning tiling schemes for reinforcement learning in continuous domains, culminating in a research paper, currently unpublished.
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| 2004-2006 | Research Assistant, International Computer Science Institute, U.C. Berkeley. |
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Researched a solution to the connectionist binding problem under the direction of Prof. Jerry Feldman. Paper in submission.
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| 2000 | Research Assistant, U.C. Berkeley |
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Assisted in building the web interface for Mocha and Giotto projects at the Electronics Research Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Thomas Henzinger.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| Spring 2007 | Graduate Teaching Assistant for CS 4001C Computing & Society under Prof. Colin Potts |
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| Fall 2006 | Graduate Teaching Assistant for CS 6601 Artificial Intelligence under Prof. Ashok Goel |
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| Spring 2005 | Class Tutor for CS 188, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, under Prof. Stuart Russell |
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| 2004, 2005 | Grading Assistant for CS 182, Neural Basis of Thought and Language |
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Spring 2004 & Spring 2005 under Prof. Jerry Feldman. Revised and developed class assignments.
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PROJECTS
AuctionHound
Developed a market-ready application through a class project for tracking, storing, and evaluating eBay auctions. Includes several sophisticated tools for determining optimal bidding practices.
AceBook Grader
Developed a tool to assist middle and high-school teachers in grading and tracking student performance. Includes a highly polished user interface. Created as a computer interface class project.
Written Recommendation Received: Prof. John Canny.
WordStockMarket.com
Enterprise web design position responsible for website infrastructure and SQL database management.
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