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Joseph R. Polastre
Current Address
410 Dryden Court
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607)272-7831 		jpolast@apache.org
http://www.polastre.com/		 Permanent Address
144 S. Old Turnpike Rd.
Drums, PA 18222
(570)788-3443

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Objective
To gain employment in a research or product development environment that coincides with my research interests where my abilities will be beneficial to the employer and the work atmosphere fosters continual development of my skills.

Education
1997-Present Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Bachelor of Science, School of Computer Science, College of Engineering.
Expected May 2001. Cumulative GPA: 3.76 Major GPA: 3.75

Research Interests
Mobile Agents in Distributed Computing, Wireless Networking, Mobile Computing, Systems Theory

Work Experience
2000-Present IBM Corporation Cupertino, CA
XML Software Engineer
Developed DOM 2.0 functionality for the Apache (open source) Xerces XML Parser for C++ and Java. Designed methods to reduce memory usage while optimizing for speed.
http://www.ibm.com/developer/xml/
http://xml.apache.org/

2000-Present Dept of Computer Science, Cornell Univ Ithaca, NY
Teaching Assistant
Course staff (office hours, grading, etc...) for CS 280: Discrete Mathematics & Structures. Spring 2000 and Fall 2000.
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/

1999-2000 IBM Corporation Cambridge, MA
Software Engineer, IBM Extreme Blue Summer Internship Program
Developed an XML Parser with COM interface for Windows CE, wrote a Wireless ML browser and server that used HTTP and WAP protocols, developed document-type-definitions and abstraction layer for mobile synchronization with desktop/server computers.
http://extremeblue.adtech.internet.ibm.com/

1998-1999 Dept of Computer Science, Cornell Univ Ithaca, NY
Research Assistant for Professor von Eicken, Computer Science
Studied interactions between Internet technology (Java, HTML, RPC, TCP/IP) and PBX systems
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/slk/jkernel.html

1996-1999 INetU, Inc. Allentown, PA
Applications Developer and Graphic Art Designer
Managed Windows 95/98/NT Product Team. Developed tool to profile search engines.
http://www.inetu.net/

Volunteer
Cornell University Engineering Ambassadors Executive Committee
SWE Corporate Liason & Website Manager
SWE High School Outreach Program
American Cancer Society
Pennsylvania Junior Leadership - Community Service Action Committee

Presentations
"Efficient Data Transfer over Wireless Networks"
BOOM 2000, Cornell University Computer Science Research Fair

"Pervasive Technologies & Wireless Applications: Where are they going?"
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Interests
SCUBA Training and Certification, Private Pilot Aviation Training, Skiing and Snowboarding, Cross Country and Long-Distance Running, Ultimate Frisbee

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