Kevin Reid

Skills

Languages/technologies C, C++ Common Lisp CSS Haskell HTML, XHTML Java, AWT JavaScript Objective-C, Cocoa Perl 5 Python XML Some experience with: AVR and PIC microcontrollers LaTeX Lua Scheme Bourne shell script SQL Visual Basic .NET XSLT Development Tools and Techniques Version control: CVS, Subversion, Darcs, Git IDEs: Apple Xcode, Emacs, some Eclipse Object-oriented design Test-driven development

Operating systems Mac OS X (daily use, basic administration, programming) Unix/Linux (use, programming) Windows (use) Non-software Some familiarity with basic electronics. Comfortable with mathematical thinking and abstractions. Conceptual Learning new systems quickly from specifications, reference manuals and experimentation. Understanding of principles of language design. Communication Excellent command of fundamental English writing skills. Extensive experience in technical writing for discussion; some experience in documentation. Determining non-technical users' and novices' understanding of a system in order to provide appropriate guidance.

Relevant experience

Peer Tutor for programming courses at MVCC - 2009-present

• Working with other students to build understanding of concepts and ability to solve problems, in programming and related subjects.

Participating student in Google Summer of Code - Summer 2009

• Sole designer and developer of novel system, Caja-CapTP (code.google.com/p/caja-captp), a secure distributed object system on the Google Caja platform using concepts and ported code from the E platform.
• JavaScript (Cajita) programming.

Developer of E Platform (erights.org) - 2003-present

E is a programming language designed to facilitate the creation of robust, secure, distributed software using the object-capability architecture.

• Improved language design.
• Developed E-on-Common-Lisp, an E implementation.
• Contributed to the standard E implementation in Java.
• Developed applications written in E, including a distributed virtual world prototype and a multi-user programming environment for teaching and experimentation.
• Work with related projects such as Tahoe-LAFS (allmydata.org) and Google Caja (http://code.google.com/p/google-caja/).

Sole Developer of MudWalker (mudwalker.cubik.org) - 2002-2005

An open source, Mac OS X, network client application.

• Designed modular message-passing architecture for multi-protocol and plugin support.
• Embedded Lua interpreter for user-written scripts.
• Objective-C/Cocoa programming.

Additional projects:

• Several OpenGL-based Mac OS X screen savers.
• Contributions to Steel Bank Common Lisp (www.sbcl.org).
• Assisting and teaching others whenever the opportunity arises, online and offline: Upstate Apple Users Group (uaug.org), various channels on Freenode IRC, talking in the hallway, etc.
• Many other programming projects.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science expected May 2012.
Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY

A.S. in Computer Science, May 2010.
Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY

• GPA: 4.00
• Phi Theta Kappa member.
  • Volunteer assistance to new students at the beginning of the semester.
• Honorable mention in the 2008 IBM Master the Mainframe contest for students.

Interests

• Programming language design and implementation
• Distributed/concurrent/parallel programming
• Protocol/API design
• Computer security
• Virtual worlds
• 3D graphics programming
• User-interface, information, and graphic design
• Photography
• Electronics
• Mathematics