James Kress

Curriculum Vitae
Education
Expected Graduation Spring 2018

5249 S. Rockland HWY Rockland, Id 83271 1.208.251.9247 1.865.574.1848 james@jameskress.com jameskress.com

2013Present Ph.D. Candidate Computer Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. 20092013 Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Boise State University, Boise Idaho, Cum Laude.
Minor in Political Science

Projects
Spring 2013 iPad Application, Lee Pesky Learning Center, Boise, Idaho.
Designed and implemented an iPad application for Pre-K teachers to use to look up fun and quick learning activities throughout the day.

Spring 2013 TCP Socket Chat Program, Networks Class, Boise State University.
Implemented client and server programs in C utilizing sockets to communicate over the network with any number of connected clients.

Spring 2013 Compiler using Bison & Flex, Compilers Class, Boise State University.
Implemented a compiler with code generation for a subset of the Java language using Bison and Flex.

Fall 2012 dash Shell, Operating Systems Class, Boise State University.
Implemented a mock-up of the Bash Shell in C which handled the normal Bash functions as well as background job functionality, and text highlighting.

Fall 2012 Buddy System Memory Manager, Operating Systems Class, Boise State University.
Implemented a stand alone memory manager utilizing the Buddy Methodology, which was tested and then proven through its incorporation into the dash Shell.

Fall 2012 Lexi WYSIWYG Editor, Object Oriented Design Patterns Class, Boise State University.
Implemented several iterations of a design pattern oriented WYSIWIG editor in Java with such patterns as Composite, Strategy, Decorator, Abstract Factory, Iterator, Visitor, and Singleton.

Spring 2012 Pipelined Processor, Computer Architecture Class, Boise State University.
Designed and implemented a pipelined computer processor with data forwarding and hazard detection that operated on a subset of the MIPS Instruction format

Fall 2011 Clobber Bot Game, Articial intelligence Class, Boise State University.
Team based clobber bot program in which the goal is to destroy all other bots. I focused specically on hazard avoidance, boundary checking, team support, targeting, testing scripts, and program evaluation.

Fall 2011 Checkers, Articial intelligence Class, Boise State University.

Team based checkers program which focused specically on how to improve the articial intelligences performance using alpha beta pruning and end game scenarios.

Fall 2011 Bioinformatics Gene Sequence Storage and Retrieval, Data Structures and Algorithms Class, Boise State University.
Team project in which I developed the top level interface for both the storage and search programs, as well performed testing and code integration.

Fall 2011 Microprocessor Keytar Hero Application, Microprocessors Class, Boise State University.
Designed and implemented a "Guitar Hero" game on a Nios II FPGA using a keyboard and monitor.

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Publications
Conference Papers
2013 A novel graphical user interface for high-ecacy modeling of human perceptual similarity opinions, James Kress, Songhua Xu, Georgia Tourassi, Proc. SPIE 8673, Medical Imaging 2013: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, 867306 (March 28, 2013); doi:10.1117/12.2007992

Employment
6/13Present Research Intern, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Designed a visual interface for large scale environmental pollutant data across the United States.

2/13Present Software Contractor, Lee Pesky Learning Center, Boise, Idaho.

Designed and implemented an iPad application for Pre-K teachers to use to look up fun and quick learning activities throughout the day.

Spring 2013 Grader, OO Program Development in C, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. & Graded student programs throughout the semester, developing my Bash, automation, and debugging Spring 2012 skills to give quick and helpful feedback to students. 8/125/13 Lab Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.
Assisted students in the Linux Lab who where having trouble with either their operating system or assignment and gave them direction on how to proceed.

12/092/13 Trip Leader, Outdoor Program, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho.
Organized and lead student trips into the outdoors, including creating trip itinerary, menus, risk management, and experiential education programs.

6/128/12 Research Intern, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Created and implemented a novel graphical user interface for high-ecacy modeling of human perceptual opinions. In conjunction, I developed and implemented a statistical modeling process to analyze the data that was collected with the new user interface to show that our collection method was much more eective than current collection methods.

200020012 Farm Hand, Kress Farms, Rockland, Idaho, Summer Position.

Operated and maintained heavy machinery. Became experienced at troubleshooting dicult and puzzling machinery problems

Honors
2013 Outstanding Graduating Senior, Department of Computer Science, Boise State University 2011 Received "Of The Month" award from the National Residence Hall Honorary for exemplary leadership, communication, and facilitation 2009 Graduated with an Honors Diploma and as Valedictorian from American Falls HS, Idaho 2004 Eagle Scout Award with an additional ve Palms

Member
ACM Association for Computing Machinery SPIE The International Society for Optics and Photonics

Computer skills
Basic R, C++, html Intermediate C, C#, Objective C, iOS, Microsoft Oce, OpenOce
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A Advanced java, Bash, L TEX, Linux, Microsoft Windows

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