210 S. Bouquet St.
Sennott Square Building,
Rm. 6135
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 624-8442
pdillon AT cs DOT pitt DOT edu
Objective
A mutually beneficial research fellowship, scholarship, or internship
in Computer or Network Systems.
Currently pursuing doctorate in Computer Science from the University of
Pittsburgh.
Education
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
2005-present
Computer Science (Ph. D. Grad Student)
Current GPA of 3.93
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
2000-2004
Computer Science, Computer Engineering (Dual Bachelor of Science)
Minors: Mathematics, Software Engineering
GPA: 3.99
Professional Experience
Intern
Pittsburgh, PA
June-August 2008
Ericsson
Designed and implemented software based simulation tools for
Passive Optical Network(PON) equipment testing.
Software Intern
Syracuse, NY
January-August 2005
Syracuse Research Corporation
Designed and constructed sophisticated software systems for
integration into battlefield radar systems involving network
programming, real-time programming, QNX-Windows CE interfacing,
specialized hardware, and conformance to specification.
Preprofessional Programmer
Poughkeepsie, NY
May-August 2004
IBM Corporation
WebSphere for S/390 z/OS Development.
Projects involving WebSphere source code clean-up, migrating old
code to newer technology and old source code removal in preparation for
larger departmental projects.
Preprofessional Programmer
Poughkeepsie, NY
May-December 2003
IBM Corporation
IT Skills Program: z/OS Systems Programming including SMP/E,
ServerPac installation, JCL construction, data migration, and software
development on z/OS.
Teaching Experience
CS0401
Pittsburgh, PA
May-August 2006
Intermediate Programming Using Java
CS0110
Pittsburgh, PA
Jaunary-May 2006
Introduction to Personal Computers and The Internet
Technical Skills
Extensive use of Java and C/C++, Standard Template Library (STL),
Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC), Swing, PHP, and CSS.
Software development skills for Windows, Unix/Linux, and z/OS.
Simulation and Modeling experience with NS-2, PlanetLab, OpNet, and
SimpleScalar.
Experience with MIPS, SPARC, and Intel assembly languages, Scheme,
Prolog, Pascal, OpenGL, Java3D, GTK+, Apache, Unix shell scripting, HTML,
XML, CSS, SQL, Perl, ABEL, VHDL, IBM Domino API, and JCL.
Knowledge of Automata Theory, Compiler Construction Techniques,
Database System Design, Operating Systems Design, Instruction Set
Architecture (ISA) Design, Thread/Process Synchronization, Algorithm Design
and Analysis, Digital Circuit Design and Analysis, and microelectronics.
Excellent communication, leadership, organizational, and time management
skills
Interests, Activities, and Awards
President of School of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Organization,
Univ. of Pittsburgh, 2009—present.
Vice President of School of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student
Organization, Univ. of Pittsburgh, June 2008—December 2008
President of Computer Science Dept. Graduate Student Organization, Univ.
of Pittsburgh, 2006-present.
IBM Poughkeepsie Future Blue Social Committee Email Coordinator,
Summer 2004
Clarkson Univ. Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Award for
Outstanding Senior, April 2004
Eight semester undergraduate Presidential Scholar
Clarkson Univ. Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science Award for
Outstanding Junior, April 2003
Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society, 2003-present