Steven Gentner
Employment Objective:
A position that allows for extensive investigation of computer science applications concerning
biology, medical applications, artificial intelligence (psychology) and sciences in general.
Furthermore, a position that will allow some freedom in the design and programming of such
applications mentioned above.
Education:
Currently enrolled in the University of California as a master student majoring in computer
science.
Relevant Course Work:
- Various Programming classes in C, FORTRAN and LISP
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Graphics, Undergraduate & Graduate level
- Large Software Systems Design
- Operating Systems
- Graduate Level Cognition and Neuroscience
- Introduction to Robotics
- Computer Algorithms
Employment Experience:
Computer Programmer -- Three years experience as a volunteer working at The USC
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology with a research scientist in a number of tasks. Such
tasks have included extensive image analysis programs using texture analysis, pattern recognition
techniques, and other picture quantifies, i.e. fourier analysis, moment invariant descriptors, etc.
Other related tasks have included graphical applications concentrating on 3-D image reconstruction
from serial cross sections with several viewing specifications developed to enhance viewing of
complex pictures. Furthermore, several small utility programs which along with the above
programs have provided a vast programming background ranging from graphical user interface
programming, mathematical routines, data compression techniques, animation routines, virtual
memory routines, and other areas of computer science required to produce large software systems.
Future Plans:
Acquire graduate master level skill of Computer Science with possibilities leading to Ph.D.
study while researching the artificial intelligence, graphic, and robotics fields of computer science.
Interests:
- Artificial Intelligence.
- Neural Nets.
- Cognitive Science.
- Computer Vision.
- Image analysis.
- Object Recognition.
- Patter classification.
- Computer Graphics.
- Innovative GUI design
- Virtual Reality
- HMD’s
- Object reconstruction.
- Object modeling.
Current Work:
Mercury Excavation Project.
TeleRobotical excavation of artifacts using SCARA IBM robot interfaced
with Mosaic across internet.
Cell Erosion/Dilation
The process of eroding adjoining cells to separate into discrete quantifiable
units.
Parallel IBM PC computing across LAN.
Increase performance of single PC by executing RPC’s on other PC
accessible though LAN network.
Single Dot Random Stereograms.
Investigating visual illusions though the generation of single dot random
stereograms.
Demo program
illustrating the possibility of using unsensored parallel grippers
to orient a part. See Dr. Kennith Goldberg’s home page for further information.
Further Information:
Recommendation form Dr. Diekwisch working at The Center for Craniofacial Molecular
Biology, references in journal publications in biomedical papers, college transcripts, a portfolio of
computer programs.
gentner@usc.edu