BENJAMIN GARRETT

275 IRVING AVE, APT. 2B, BROOKLYN, NY 11237
212 518 6371
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Objective: To find a position in software development and utilize my diverse
educational background in a variety of interesting projects.

Education

PhD candidate, Computer Science, Temple University, expected 2011.
MA, Comparative Literature, CUNY Garduate Center, 2010.
MS, Computer Science, Temple University, 2005.
MS, Telecommunications, University of Pittsburgh, 2001.
BA cum laude, French & Italian, University of Pittsburgh, 1998.

Experience

Queens College, Flushing, NY
French & Italian Instructor, 8/2008 – 5/2010
Taught all levels of undergraduate French and Italian language and culture.

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
French & Italian Instructor, 1/2003 – 12/2007
Taught all levels of undergraduate French and Italian language and culture.

ENEA Research Center, Rome, Italy
Research & Development Programmer, 6/2006 – 12/2006
Conducted research on crowd motion and panic behavior using stochastic models.
Developed a software simulation of subway system using intelligent agents for
egress analysis. (C++ & Visual Studio)

Arcadia University, Dept. of Computer Science & Mathematics, Glenside, PA
Computer Science Instructor, 9/2005 – 5/2006
Taught Theory of Computation and Discrete Mathematics.

Temple University, Dept. of Computer Science, Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant, 1/2004 – 12/2005
Assisted in teaching the following courses: Image Processing, Computer Networks,
Principles of Database Management Systems, Object-Oriented Programming in Java.	

National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Marseilles, France
Research & Development Programmer, 1/2003 – 12/2003
Developed a research tool for the visualization of archeological and
architectural sites, that provides clickable regions on maps that link to GIS
data. (Java)

NSABP Foundation, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
IT Support Technician, 1/2000 – 8/2001
Provided technical support for Microsoft Windows PCs, performed routine system
maintenance and deployment.

ISS: Biomedical Instrumentation, Inc., Champaign, IL
Research & Development Programmer, 1/1999 – 12/1999
Developed operating software for physics instrumentation devices. Improved
legacy, DOS-based software (Turbo Pascal) and participated in the development of
a new, Windows-based version (C++ & Visual Studio).

Skills

Programming Lanuages: C/C++, Java, MATLAB, Mathematica, Maple, MySQL, MS-SQL,
Oracle.
Platforms and OS: Netbeans, Visual Studio, ANT. Windows, OS/X, Linux, Solaris. 
Fluency in Italian, French. Conversational in Spanish.

Academic Awards

Nationality Rooms Scholarship (1996), Study Abroad Scholarship (1997), Enhanced
Chancellor’s Fellowship (2007), Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society
Award (1996).

Publications

Benjamin Garrett, "The Dialectics of Desire and Alienation in the Early
Neorealist Cinematic Production of Michelangelo Antonioni" Proceedings of the
American Association of Italian Studies. Ann Arbor, MI, Apr, 2010.

Benjamin Garrett, Mauro Annunziato, Alessandro Pannicelli, Carlo Liberto. 2006.
“Modeling Crowd Motion Using Swarm Heuristics and Predictive Agents.” 2ND
European Symposium on Nature-inspired Smart Information Systems. Tenerife, Spain,
Nov, 2006.

Benjamin Garrett. “Using Shape Information Measures to Improve Content-based
Image Retrieval Queries.” Masters Thesis, Temple University, Aug, 2006.

Pierre Drap, Julien Seinturier, Marco Canciani, Benjamin Garrett. “A GIS Toolbox
for Cultural Heritage. An Application on Constantine, Algeria, Historical
Center.” VAST2003: The 4TH International Symposium on Virtual Reality,
Archeology, and Intelligent Cultural Heritage, Brighton, Nov, 2003.

Benjamin Garrett. “Investigation of Dynamic Channel Allocation Policies in
Pico-, Micro-, and Macro-cell Wireless Networks.” Masters Thesis, University of
Pittsburgh, Aug, 2001.