Ian Katz

Research Engineer at MIT AUV Lab

Greater Boston Area

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Education
  • University of New Hampshire
  • University of New Hampshire
  • Cornell University
Connections
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Industry
Computer Software
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Ian Katz’s Summary

Ian designed and developed an automated DSL interoperability testing system in 2002 for the University of New Hampshire's Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). His experience in the design of application frameworks and database schemas led him to become the development team leader for both automation projects and web services. For his efforts, he earned the UNH-IOL Star Award in 2005 and again in 2008.

After completing his B.S. degree in Computer Science with a minor in French at the University of New Hampshire, he has stayed to pursue a graduate degree in Computer Science.

He currently works at the Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute (AUSI), where he is conducting his graduate research on building underwater acoustic networks (UANs) between multiple cooperating autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

Ian Katz’s Specialties:

I build tools. I am proficient in the design and development of both software frameworks and standalone applications.

I have a strong background in object-oriented programming (VB6, VB.Net, PHP), databases (SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, MySQL), web design (HTML/CSS), and functional programming languages (OCaml, SML, some LISP). I also have a thorough understanding of networking and communication protocols, database schema design (normalization), data visualization, and artificial intelligence.

Ian Katz’s Experience

  • Research Engineer

    MIT Sea Grant AUV Lab

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    March 2009 — Present (5 months)

  • Principal

    Achilles Test Systems, Inc.

    (Computer Networking industry)

    May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  • Software Systems Engineer

    Autonomous Undersea Systems Institute

    (Research industry)

    April 2008 — February 2009 (11 months)

    Created the http://auvac.org website (PHP/MySQL), which includes an AUV database and search tool. Created SQLite 3 database application in c to run on an AUV and store collected data. Wrote CGI scripts in c to display AUV data in both tabular and Google Earth formats.

  • Lead Software Engineer

    UNH InterOperability Lab

    (Non-Profit; Computer Networking industry)

    November 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 6 months)

    Led a team of 4 other students to upgrade DSL testing software from VB6 to VB.net, a large part of which was teaching VB.net and object-oriented programming. Led a team of 2 other web developers to create a protected area of company's website for customer logins, allowing them to request and track testing online.

  • Software Engineer

    UNH InterOperability Lab

    (Non-Profit; Computer Networking industry)

    August 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 4 months)

    Maintained and upgraded automated DSL testing software, including a conversion to an Oracle database backend. Through data mining, discovered and fixed errors in testing caused by malfunctioning test equipment. Designed and developed a CMS for company's website (PHP/XML/Subversion), including a major revision of the company's database schema (in Oracle). Developed company's intranet web services (PHP), including dashboards and a temperature/humidity monitoring system.

  • ADSL Lab Technician

    UNH InterOperability Lab

    (Non-Profit; Computer Networking industry)

    September 2001 — August 2004 (3 years)

    Designed and developed software (in Visual Basic 6) to perform automated ADSL modem/DSLAM interoperability testing and reporting. Designed a database schema (in Microsoft Access and later in MySQL) for high-volume storage of results. Created PHP website to display real-time results.

  • Web Developer

    Docutron Systems

    (Privately Held; Law Practice industry)

    May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)

    Developed a MySQL database and PHP website for Docutron Systems (now Treeno Software) to help expand their business.

  • Computer Assistant III

    Wilson Synchrotron Laboratory

    (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

    May 2000 — August 2000 (4 months)

    Created an online library of equipment documentation to aid in troubleshooting the synchrotron's magnet power and control system.

    Worked with lab's Electronics Shop to create functional overviews and simplified layout diagrams of circuit schematics.

Ian Katz’s Education

  • University of New Hampshire

    MS , Computer Science , 2008 — 2009

    Publications:
    * A. Goel, A. G. Kannan, I. Katz, and R. Bartoš, "Improving Efficiency of a Flooding-based Routing Protocol for Underwater Networks," The Third ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks (WUWNet), San Francisco, CA, pp. 91-95, Sept. 2008. [Winner of WUWNet award for best poster presentation]

    Activities and Societies:
    Area of research: Formation of networks of autonomous vehicles to enable cooperative behavior, in environments where communication is uncertain.

  • University of New Hampshire

    BS , Computer Science, French , 2001 — 2007

    Publications:
    * "A Delay-Tolerant Networking Framework for Mobile Underwater Acoustic Networks," in Proc. of the Fifteenth International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST'07), Durham, NH, 9 p., August 2007. [Winner of UUST award for best student paper]

  • Cornell University

    Electrical Engineering, Applied & Engineering Physics 1999 — 2000

    Activities and Societies:
    Concert Band

Additional Information

Ian Katz’s Websites:

Ian Katz’s Groups:

  •    Eagle's Nest--Eagle Scout Award Recipients
  •    University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory
  •    OCaml Developers
  •    UNH Computer Network Research Group

Ian Katz’s Honors:

* Award for Best Student Poster at the Third International Workshop on
UnderWater Networks (WUWNet), 2008
* UNH-IOL Star Award for Meritorius Service, 2008
* Award for Best Student Paper at Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST) Symposium, 2007
* UNH-IOL Star Award for Meritorius Service, 2005
* Eagle Scout, 1996

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