Mark Yarvis

Current

• Senior Staff Research Scientist at Intel Corporation

Past

• Independent Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)
• Research Assistant at University of California, Los Angeles
• Member of Technical Staff at Trident Data Systems

• Teaching Assistant at University of California, Los Angeles

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Education

• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, Los Angeles

• University of California, Los Angeles
• Davis High
• Davis
• Davis High

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Industry

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Websites

• My Website
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• My Naymz Page

Mark Yarvis’s Summary

I am a Research Scientist at Intel, specializing in pervasive computing and wireless technologies. I am married, have two children, and live in Oregon. I enjoy gardening and hiking in the summer, and skiing in the winter.

Mark Yarvis’s Specialties:

sensor networks, wireless, ad hoc networking

Mark Yarvis’s Experience

• Senior Staff Research Scientist

  Intel Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Computer Networking industry)

  October 2001 — Present (7 years)

  - Staff Architect, Healthcare Platforms Lab (HPL), Systems Technology Lab (STL), Corporate Technology Group (CTG)
  - Lead Software Architect, Sensor Network Operations (SNO), Intel Research (IR)
  - Network Protocol Architect, Communication Technology Lab (CTL), Corporate Technology Group (CTG)
  - Principle Investigator, Heterogeneous Sensor Network (HSN) Strategic Research Project (SRP), Intel Research (IR)
  - Researcher, Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Strategic Research Project (SRP, Intel Research (IR)

• Independent Consultant

  Sole Proprietorship

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1995 — 2001 (6 years)

  Provided Unix and TCP/IP-based systems administration, network management, and Internet connectivity support to small businesses.

• Research Assistant

  University of California, Los Angeles

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  1995 — 2001 (6 years)

  Designed and implemented Conductor adaptive networking service, which allows automatic, reliable, and secure deployment of arbitrary adaptation modules into heterogeneous networks. Designed and implemented a kernel-level TCP interception facility for Linux. Core member of the Rumor project: enhanced, debugged, maintained, and evaluated a peer-to-peer file replication service.

• Member of Technical Staff

  Trident Data Systems

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1991 — 1995 (4 years)

  Participated in the design an dmanagement of a 3000 seat Intranet. Designed, implemented, and maintained medium-sized software projects. Developed and taught in-house technical courses. Provided consultation to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department to develop policies and guidelines for the design and management of their computing and network facilities.

• Teaching Assistant

  University of California, Los Angeles

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  1995 — 1995 (less than a year)

  Led weekly recitations on systems programming. Prepared and graded laboratory assignments.

Mark Yarvis’s Education

• University of California, Los Angeles

  Ph.D., Computer Science, 1998 — 2001

  Advisors: Gerald J. Popek and Peter Reiher
  Dissertation: Conductor -- Distributed Adaptation for Heterogeneous Networks

• University of California, Los Angeles

  M.S., Computer Science, 1995 — 1998

  Advisors: Gerald J. Popek and Peter Reiher

• University of California, Los Angeles

  B.S., Computer Engineering, 1987 — 1991

• University of California, Los Angeles

  Computer Science 1987 — 1991

• Davis High

  1985 — 1987

• Davis

  1983 — 1987

• Davis High

  1983 — 1987

Additional Information

Mark Yarvis’s Websites:

• My Website
• My CV
• My Naymz Page

Mark Yarvis’s Interests:

gardening, hiking, and skiing

Mark Yarvis’s Groups:

Member: IEEE, IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC)
Member: ACM, ACM SIGCOMM

•    UCLA Alumni
•    CS.UCLA
•    The UCLA Alumni Group

Mark Yarvis’s Honors:

Dean's Honors List, UCLA School of Engineering - 1988/89
Dean's Fellowship, UCLA School of Engineering - Winter 2000, Spring 2001
Malcolm R. Stacey Memorial Fellowship (declined) - April 2001
Intel Corporation, Corporate Technology Group (CTG) Devision Recognition Awards (DRA) - Q2'04, Q4'04, Q3'07

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