Computer Science Graduate Researcher at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas Area
- Current
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- Graduate Researcher (GRA) at The University of Texas at Austin
- Past
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- Managing Consultant at EDS
- Technical Consultant at COMSYS Technical Services
- Engineering Consultant at Obert Associates
- Research Assistant at U.S. Naval Academy/Maryland Advanced Development Laboratory
- Education
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- The University of Texas at Austin
- Southern Methodist University
- University of Kansas
- The University of Texas at Dallas
- London Business School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Research
John Thywissen’s Summary
Computer science graduate scholar, with extensive computing industry experience.
Interested in many areas of computer science, for example: 1) Abstractions to capture problems and express solutions in a manner that is natural (a fit to developers' mental model), general, and practical (a fit with current and upcoming computer & software architecture). 2) Augmenting human's ability to reason logically with automated support for non-mathematical problems.
John Thywissen’s Specialties:
As a grad student: programming languages, particularly operational semantics
As an industrial software engineer: object-oriented architecture, iterative development, engineering management, domain modeling, human-computer interaction, business process modeling, optimization
John Thywissen’s Experience
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Graduate Researcher (GRA)
The University of Texas at Austin
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Department of Computer Science
The plan: Ph.D. -> Post Doctoral Fellow (?) -> Faculty position
Currently working on a programming languages research project in the area of coordination of distributed computations. Our research language is Orc, which has semantics that structure concurrent operations in a concise and natural notation.
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Managing Consultant
EDS
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1993 — August 2008 (15 years 3 months)
* Provided technology expertise, advice, and education to business and government clients.
* Designed and led development of numerous large software systems.
* Directed I.T. projects and programmes as part of contracts valued from $64k to $700M.
* Led technology adoption and education for EDS teams, and acted as “consultant to the consultants”, for software engineering practices such as: object oriented development, iterative development, Web systems development, distributed systems, and human-computer interaction.
* Technology and management expert for critical project situations: advanced technology introduction, “turnaround” (get out of trouble), and “schedule crash” (faster than reasonable).
* Developed project proposals for government and business clients.
* Initiated and directed the EDS+University Collaboration Programme.
* Diverse set of clients, including airline, banking, dot-com, defense, manufacturing, insurance, travel, and government clients. -
Technical Consultant
COMSYS Technical Services
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1992 — 1994 (2 years )
* Reengineered and enhanced digital telecommunications test equipment remote control software. Maintained system’s proprietary windowing system and multitasking executive. Wrote utilities, including field programmable gate array (FPGA) program download.
* Provided technical leadership to make prototype U.S. military ID card system feasible within the constraints of its three-tier distributed platform architecture. -
Engineering Consultant
Obert Associates
(Privately Held; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
1990 — 1992 (2 years )
* Developed fluid dynamics modeling software for:
- Ariane 5 space launch vehicle’s Vulcain engine cryogenic main system feed
- Two-phase flow in various applications (for example, vessel blow-down)
- Naval costal systems center vortex ring project
* Prepared engineering project reports for manufacturing, aerospace, and military applications. -
Research Assistant
U.S. Naval Academy/Maryland Advanced Development Laboratory
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
1989 — 1989 (less than a year)
* Developed data acquisition and control software and hardware for vortex ring research project.
* Assisted with experimental runs (apparatus construction, data collection, etc.).
John Thywissen’s Education
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The University of Texas at Austin
MS/PhD , Computer Science , 2008 — 2014 (expected)
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Kappa Phi National Scholastic Honor Society
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Southern Methodist University
MS , Engineering Management , 2004 — 2006
Award: "Outstanding Executive Program Student",
GPA 3.97 -
University of Kansas
BS , Computer Science , 1985 — 1989
Additional studies in mathematics, electrical engineering, meteorology, and physics.
National Merit Scholar Semifinalist.- Activities and Societies:
- Astronomy club
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The University of Texas at Dallas
2007
Personal interest classes, primarily financial mathematics
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London Business School
Accelerated Development Programme 2001
ADP is an executive program designed to provide a broad foundation for general managers. Topics include: accounting, finance, leadership, information management, strategy, operations/production, international strategy, marketing, and strategic innovation.
Additional Information
John Thywissen’s Interests:
programming languages, software engineering, decision theory, human-computer interaction, critical thinking, decision making under risk, business systems engineering, operations research, options trading, aviation, flight instruction
John Thywissen’s Groups:
Association for Computing Machinery, ACM, SIGOPS, SIGPLAN, SIGSOFT, SIGCOMM, SIGCHI, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE, IEEE CS, IEEE ComSoc, IEEE-SA, IEEE TCSE
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Texas Exes/University of Texas at Austin -
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The Official Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Group -
Southern Methodist University Alumni -
Alumni of London Business School -
EDS Alumni -
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The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi -
UTCS -
The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School
John Thywissen’s Honors:
Phi Kappa Phi National Scholastic Honor Society
Certified Usability Analyst (CUA)
Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) (ASE)
Certified Flight Instructor-Instrument (CFII) (A)
Ground Instructor
Commercial Pilot (ASEL)
John Thywissen’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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