Brian Burg

Current

• Undergrad. Research Assistant at Purdue University

Past

• Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon.com, Business Intelligence
• Student Developer at Purdue University (ITaP, Security and Privacy Group)

Education

• Purdue University
• Tohoku University

Connections

24 connections

Industry

Research

Websites

• My Website

Brian Burg’s Summary

Brian Burg’s Specialties:

Significant experience with the following acronyms: Java, Scala, SQL, Perl, PHP, Python, C, C++, BASH, CSS, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, AJAX, XML

Brian Burg’s Experience

• Undergrad. Research Assistant

  Purdue University

  (Computer Software industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

  I do research on programming language design and implementation. With applications to software engineering, security, distributed systems, and more. Team member of the Thorn language project (http://www.thorn-lang.org/)

• Software Development Engineer Intern

  Amazon.com, Business Intelligence

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AMZN; Internet industry)

  May 2008 — September 2008 (5 months)

  Developed new workflows, user interface strategy, styles, and javascript library techniques for an internal web application suite.

• Student Developer

  Purdue University (ITaP, Security and Privacy Group)

  (Computer Software industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

  Rewrote an existing web application and backend system to integrate security, firewall, and service logs from disparate application servers. Extensive experience developing interactive Python web applications with SQL, Javascript, CSS, and other technologies.

Brian Burg’s Education

• Purdue University

  BS , Computer Science, Mathematics, Japanese , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

  Involved with undergraduate research since May 2007. Advisor: Jan Vitek
  
  Research interests: scripting languages, language design and implementation, compilers, parsers, web technologies

  Activities and Societies:

  Japan Student Association, ACM, Queer Student Union, College of Science Ambassadors, University Honors Program, CS Honors, Science Honors

• Tohoku University

  BS , Computer Science, Japanese , 2008 — 2009

  Study Abroad Special Auditing Student at Tohoku University, Oct. 2008 through Aug 2009.
  
  Enrolled via DEEP (Direct Enroll Education Program), all classes in Japanese, with undergraduate research component.
  
  Research Advisor: Naoki KOBAYASHI

Additional Information

Brian Burg’s Websites:

• My Website

Brian Burg’s Interests:

Compilers, scripting languages, user interface design, Japanese language and culture, politics, music, festivals

Brian Burg’s Groups:

ACM

Brian Burg’s Contact Settings

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