Alvin Grissom II

Past

• Teaching Assistant at Emory University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Volunteer Writer/Reviewer at Arkansas Encyclopedia of History and Culture
• Instructor -- Computer Programming at Duke University Talent Identification Program

• Research Assistant at Emory University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Software Developer at Acxiom Corporation
• Teaching Assistant at Hendrix College Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
• NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at University of Texas at Arlington School of Engineering and Computer Science
• Software Developer Intern at Duoshare Software

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Education

• Emory University
• Hendrix College
• Kansai Gaidai University

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Connections

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Industry

Research

Websites

• My Website

Alvin Grissom II’s Summary

I am currently a computer science master's student in the Emory University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. I am especially interested in research problems which involve interdisciplinary work and/or artificial intelligence.

Alvin Grissom II’s Specialties:

Java, C, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining

Alvin Grissom II’s Experience

• Teaching Assistant

  Emory University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — May 2009 (9 months)

  Grade assignments, assist professor for introductory computer science classes.

• Volunteer Writer/Reviewer

  Arkansas Encyclopedia of History and Culture

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2006 — January 2009 (3 years 1 month)

  This position involved research, writing, reviewing submitted articles, and making suggestions for content in the encyclopedia. (http://www.arkansasencyclopedia.net)

• Instructor -- Computer Programming

  Duke University Talent Identification Program

  (Education Management industry)

  June 2008 — August 2008 (3 months)

  Designed and taught curriculum for two sessions of a 3-week course on computer programming and related topics for talented students in grades 9-11. The language used was Java, and topics included basic syntax, multi-threading, graphics, inheritance, and networking,

• Research Assistant

  Emory University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2007 — July 2008 (1 year)

  Research Assistant in Intelligent Information Access Laboratory

• Software Developer

  Acxiom Corporation

  (Public Company; ACXM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Primarily worked on Java and web-based technologies for internal projects. Presented JavaServer Faces technology at company conference.

• Teaching Assistant

  Hendrix College Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2003 — May 2006 (2 years 9 months)

  This position involved my grading papers for calculus and precalculus students, as well as being available as a tutor for six hours per week.

• NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

  University of Texas at Arlington School of Engineering and Computer Science

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  This position involved researching facial recognition technologies for use in a smart home environment, called MavHome, at the University of Texas at Arlington.

• Software Developer Intern

  Duoshare Software

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2004 — July 2004 (3 months)

Alvin Grissom II’s Education

• Emory University

  MS , Computer Science , 2007 — 2009

  Member of Intelligent Information Access Laboratory, Motorola 68k programming (for building an Operating System)

  Activities and Societies:

  Courses Taken: Natural Language Processing, Systems Programming, Data Mining, Algorithms, Theory of Computing, Compiler Construction, Information Retrieval, Operating Systems, Data Privacy and Security

• Hendrix College

  BA , Computer Science, Mathematics Minor , 2002 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society,
  Arkansas Undergraduate Mathematics Competition 1st Place Team (2006),
  Arkansas Undergraduate Mathematics Competition 2nd Place Team (2005),
  Acxiom Programming Contest, 3rd Place Team (2005),
  Genetic Programming/Planning Thesis (2006)

• Kansai Gaidai University

  Certificate , Asian Studies , 2004 — 2004

  This was a semester abroad during my time at Hendrix College. While attending this university, I lived with a Japanese host family.

Additional Information

Alvin Grissom II’s Websites:

• My Website

Alvin Grissom II’s Interests:

interdisciplinary computer science, research, artificial intelligence, teaching, music composition, writing, computational linguistics, natural language processing

Alvin Grissom II’s Groups:

Intelligent Information Access Laboratory

Alvin Grissom II’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests