Andrew Head

EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh, 2008 2013. B.S. in Computer Engineering. B.A. in Music. Cumulative GPA 3.97 / 4.00. Major GPAs 4.00 / 4.00

Curriculum Vitae

COURSEWORK
Introduction to Compiler Design. A+. Designed and developed Java compiler with type checking, parsing errors and register allocation. Built MIPS assembler and, with partner, designed intermediate representation generator and compiler. Advanced Digital Design. A+. Designed and simulated CPU with exception handling with partner in HDL Designer. Single-handedly designed cache and controller. Algorithm Implementation. A+. Implemented network flow optimization, spline and polynomial interpolation, and dynamic programing tree balancing with Java. Programming for Web Applications. A. Developed crowdsourcing quiz system with PHP. Created emergency notification system UI with Javascript and AJAX. Software Engineering. A. Led 5-person development team to design, document, and implement a 5-component light-rail simulator. With team, produced hundreds of pages of design documentation and thousands of lines of Java code. Senior Design. A. Designed and programmed Networked Sequencer, a collaborative application for composing electronic music, with partner. Prototyped system with Python third-party libraries. Presented poster at Senior Design Fair.

RESEARCH PROJECTS
ToneWars. Primary researcher. Designed 24-user study to evaluate educational outcomes and engagement for multiplayer language learning application. Designed expertstudent game interaction. Programmed gesture control, peer-to-peer networking, and voice input. http://mips.lrdc.pitt.edu/demos/ToneWars.mp4. Adaptive MicroTutor. Researcher, primary programmer. Developed Android shortsession tutor. Implemented heart rate-based learning suggestions and XML question database. Submitted to STEM 2013 App Development Challenge. http://mips.lrdc.pitt.edu/demos/AdaptiveMicroTutor.mp4. e-Chimera. Second author, researcher under PhD student. Helped develop Eclipse-based visual environment for psychology researchers to prototype mobile experiments. Contributed content and revised paper submitted to ACM TOCHI. Programmed graphical feedback features connecting hierarchical visual editors. http://mips.lrdc.pitt.edu/demos/eChimera.mp4.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fall 2012 Present. Undergraduate Researcher. Mobile Interfaces & Pedagogical Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh. Offered hour-length presentations on Eclipse plugin development, game prototyping, and my research. Led ToneWars project, collaboratively developed Adaptive MicroTutor and e-Chimera (see above). Spring Summer 2011, Summer 2012. Embedded Linux Engineer. Timesys Corporation. Developed demo suite to showcase GPU performance for Freescale reference boards. Located cause of slow Linux kernel runtime for customer. Developed build engine for customizing Fedora distributions with proprietary software. Summer 2010. Research Assistant. Intel Labs China, Application Development Team. Implemented match-ranking algorithm for evaluating results of object recognition. Reviewed SIFT and SURF methods of image matching.

PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

Wencan Luo, Andrew Head, Walter Schneider, Jingtao Wang. e-Chimera: Rapid In-Situ Mobile Experimentation through Integrated Design, Test, and Deployment, submitted to ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction in November 2013. Under review. Head, Andrew. Evolving Style in the Super Mario Bros. 3 Soundtrack, in Forbes & Fifth Undergraduate Magazine. December 2013.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2009 Spring 2010. Teaching Assistant, Honors Physics. University of Pittsburgh. Co-led review sessions for working through student-requested problems on dynamics, kinematics, and electromagnetics.

AWARDS / HONORS
Summer Undergraduate Research Award, Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences, 2013. Grant awarded to 20 students to pursue full-time summer research. Martin Richard and Susan Baer Gluck Music Award, Music Department, 2012. Annual award for 1 music student with exceptional academic record. University of Pittsburgh University Scholar, Swanson School of Engineering, 2011. Award for students with GPA in top 2% of their graduating class in their school. International Research and Education in Engineering Grant, NSF, 2010. Stipend for 3 months to travel to China to collaborate on engineering research. Pitt Club of Greater Philadelphia Scholar, Pitt Alumni Association, 2008. Honor awarded to 1 student from hundreds of admitted students from Philadelphia area. Selected based on academic merit and personal statement.

Honors College Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh, 2008. Merit based 10-semester scholarship to support entire undergraduate study. Mortar Board National Collegiate Senior Honor Society Inductee, 2012. Deans List, University of Pittsburgh, 2008 present.

SOFTWARE
ToneWars (Android app). Primary developer. 2013. Educational game for second-language learners of Chinese to master the Mandarin Tones by playing against native speakers. In Java with AndEngine. Kings Ascent (Web game). Primary programmer. 2012 2013. Story-based platform-jumping game. 70,000 views. 4/5 stars on NewGrounds. In ActionScript. http://www.kongregate.com/games/shoosein/kings-ascent. Networked Sequencer (Desktop application). Programmer. 2012. Collaborative electronic music composition application. In Python. Kitty Love (Computer game). Scripter and music composer. 2012. Visual novel with branching storyline. In Renpy scripting language. http://headandrew.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/kitty-love/.

CREATIVE WORKS
Overture to Grendel, 2013. Overture for full orchestra. Composed for Music Department senior project. Performed December 4, 2013. 5, 6, 7, 8! 2011. Electronica album. Composed and performed for Pitt Electronic Musicians ElectroShowdown 5.

REFERENCES
Available upon request. !