Marilyn C. Cole

350 Price Ave.
Athens, Georgia 30606
404-226-0394
marilyn@gtf.org
http://marilynccole.com

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Georgia, Fall 2008 - current
M.S. Computer Science, New York University, Fall 2006 - May 2008
B.S. Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Fall 1999 - May 2003
Specializations: Intelligent Systems, Theory.

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Musicomputation
New York University, New York, New York, Summer 2008
Developed curriculum, gave lectures, and supervised labs for a pilot course introducing computer science and computer music to some great young students in middle and high school with aptitude in math and music.

Teaching Assistant, V22.0310-001 and 002: Basic Algorithms and Basic Algorithms Honors
New York University, New York, New York, Spring 2007
Walked students through rigorous in-class demonstrations of understanding algorithms in tree and graph theory, dynamic programming, and sorting complexity.

Instructor, Impossible Problems (2007) and Will Computers Ever Understand Language? (2008)
cSplash, a Math and CS Festival for High School Students, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU
Taught courses and assisted with the website, data, and logistics for a large scale math and CS weekend event. cSplash was inspired in part by the MIT Splash program.

Research Interests

Capabilities of AI and Machine Learning, Theoretical Computer Science, Graph Theory, Algorithms, Exemplary Teaching (particularly in Computer Science and Math), Encouraging Female Interest in CS.

Research Experience

Research Engineering Intern
Google, New York, New York, Summer 2007
Worked with Machine Learning algorithms to improve Google Local data for GOOG-411.

Research Development: AI Software Creation
Georgia Tech / General Electric, Atlanta, Georgia, Spring 2003
Served as Technical Lead for the planning and development of an artificially intelligent system using case-based reasoning to analyze large amounts of gas turbine diagnostic data.

Employment History

Software Developer
Micro Office, Inc., New York, NY, Fall 2006 - Spring 2008
Perl CGI, PostgreSQL and other web development for an exciting start-up.

Systems Engineer
Livewire, Inc. (now Nagravision), Atlanta, GA, Fall 2003 - Spring 2006
Embedded real-time systems development with ANSI C. MPEG decoding, graphics manipulation, and hardware communications were all managed and organized within major time and space restrictions.

Internet and eBusiness Developer
Merial, Ltd., Atlanta, GA, Spring 2002 - Fall 2003
Development, maintenance, and management of merial.com and supplementary sites included use of HTML/CSS, SQL/Oracle, ASP with Perl, and Java.

Service

Association of Computer Machinery (ACM), University of Georgia: PR representative and webmaster.

ACM-W, University of Georgia: Secretary and member.

Women in Computing, New York University: Active member and tutor.

ACM, New York University: Secretary and active member.

Women's Resource Center, Georgia Institute of Technology: Active volunteer and performer.

National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Georgia Institute of Technology: Technology chair and active member.