Ethan Danahy

                   edanahy@eecs.tufts.edu  ::  (617) 733-3004
                       http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~edanahy

Education
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Tufts University College of Engineering. Medford, MA.
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Multimedia Communications
Overall GPA: 3.55 (Magna cum Laude) May 2000
Senior Design Project: Computer Animated Short Film - The Adventures of EPROM

Tufts University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Medford, MA.
Masters of Science in Computer Science; Overall GPA: 3.90 May 2002
Masters Project: Faster than Real-Time Machine Learning within High Fidelity Simulations

Publications/Presentations
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"Faster than Real-Time Machine Learning within High Fidelity Simulations"
Proceedings: 35th Annual Simulation Symposium, IEEE Computer Society 2002
Presentation at associated conference, April 2002

Computer Languages/Software (partial list)
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C++, ASP (VBScript), SQL (SQLServer/Oracle), HTML, JavaScript, Flash (Actionscripting), Perl, Java, 
Assembly, UNIX, LISP, Adobe Photoshop, 3D Studio Max, SoftImage|3D, Visual Interdev, SourceSafe

Employment
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Web Developer 
Sebastian Multimedia, Medford MA.  September 2001 – present
Provide programming skills to a variety of jobs including website development, dynamic content 
generation (Content Management Systems), Flash intros, online slideshows, banner ads, online games, and 
specialized functionality both for external websites and company intranets (URLs available upon request).

Research Assistant
Tufts University Department of Mechanical Engineering, September 2000 – May 2002
Assist professor (Chris Rogers) with various programming tasks, such as creating interactive teaching tools 
and an online student management system.  Responsibilities also included a webmaster position 
(www.ceeo.tufts.edu) as well as working on the NASA SENSORS site (see below).
 
NASA SENSORS
The Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote Sensing, January 2001 – May 2002
Developed website used to help educate about remote sensing.  Incorporated a variety of technologies (ASP, 
JavaScript, Flash, SQLServer, LabView/RoboLab) in creating a system to control robots over the internet.

Webmaster
Spotfire, Inc., Davis Sq. Somerville MA. June 2000 – September 2001
Webmaster and technical advisor for data visualization company's website (www.spotfire.com), updating 
pages and integrating with backend databases.  Supported marketing department, working on a team with 
designer, technical writer, and developer.  Developed content management system to allow browser based 
updates to the site, as well as customized tracking system to monitor visitors’ actions.

Programming Intern
First Call Interactive, Cambridge MA. Summer 1999
Programmed web and database applications for a small internet startup company in Harvard Sq. Assisted in 
redesigning and programming client's intranet webpage. Drafted and implemented automatic database 
storage of daily news stories with accompanying search engine (Perl, Oracle).