Tyler N. Sondag
4815 Todd Dr. #62 - Ames, IA 50014 - sondag@cs.iastate.edu - 618-960-4296

   Education
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 + Iowa State University - Ames, IA - May 2007 - Current
   Ph.D., Computer Science
   Adviser: Hridesh Rajan
   3.9 GPA
 + University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI - June 2006 - July 2006
   Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics
   4.0 GPA
 + McKendree College - Lebanon, IL - August 2003 - May 2007
   B.S., Computer Science and Mathematics
   3.738 GPA (4.0 GPA within Computer Science courses)

   Selected Publications and Presentations
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 + Tyler Sondag and Hridesh Rajan. Phase-guided Thread-to-core Assignment for
   Improved Utilization of Performance-Asymmetric Multi-Core Processors (under
   review). Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI), 2009.
 + Tyler Sondag, Viswanath Krishnamurthy, and Hridesh Rajan. Predictive Thread-
   to-Core Assignment on a Heterogeneous Multi-core Processor. ACM SIGOPS 4th 
   Workshop on Programming Languages and Operating Systems, October 2007
 + Tyler Sondag and Jim Feher. Open Source Wifi Hotspot Implementation.
   Information Technology and Libraries, June 2007 
 + Presented: A Linux Cluster that Serves as a Windows Computer Lab at the 2006 
   Sigma Zeta National Convention and was awarded first presentation honors

   Professional Services
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 + External Reviewer for ACP4IS '08, AOSD '09

   Awards and Honors - Graduate
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 + Golden Key, November 2008
 + National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention,
   April 2008
 + Professional Advancement Grant, October 2007

   Awards and Honors - Undergraduate
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 + Top student in the Division of Computer Science McKendree College class of 2007
 + Phi Kappa Phi
 + First Presentation Honors, 2006 Sigma Zeta National Convention
 + Sigma Zeta (National Science and Mathematics Honor Society)
 + Attended: International Scholar Laureate Program - Delegation on Technology to China
 + President's List (4.0 GPA both semesters junior year and first semester senior year)
 + National Dean's List all four years
 + Academic All American

   Related Work Experience
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 + Teaching Assistant - August 2007 - Current
   Iowa State University - Ames, IA
   Summer 2008 - Teaching Assistant for ComS 207 "Programming 1"
   Spring 2008 - Teaching Assistant for ComS 229 "Advanced Programming Techniques"
   Fall 2007   - Teaching Assistant for ComS 362 "Object-Oriented Analysis and Design"
 + Research Assistant - May 2007 - August 2007
   Iowa State University - Ames, IA
   Research Assistant in the Laboratory for Software Design (Adviser: Hridesh Rajan)
 + Computer Science Department Lab Worker - May 2005 - May 2007
   McKendree College - Lebanon, IL
   Computer Science and Mathematics tutor
   Setup and maintained campus wireless network
   Setup, maintained, and programmed for Computer Science Dept. computer cluster
 + Technician - August 2001 - May 2007
   Norcom 2000, Inc. - Belleville, IL
   Technical Support for residential and business customers
   Assisted with network administration

   Skills
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 Languages:
   C (with MPI), C++, Java, Perl, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, MySQL, LaTeX, R
 Operating Systems:
   Linux (including kernel), Windows

   Other
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 + Co-mentor for James Mueller as part of the Freshman Honors Program at Iowa
   State University
   - James was awarded a Freshman Honors Mentor Grant
 + Presentation: Graduate School and the Application Process.  Given to
   undergraduate students in the departments of Computer Science and Science
   and Mathematics at McKendree University annually during the Fall semester.
 + Member of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity (2007-current)
   - Positions held: Co-Vice President of Scouting and Youth Services and
     Corresponding Secretary / Webmaster
 + Assisted with four WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) 
   Academic Challenge Events (2005-2007)
 + Assistant bowling coach for Althoff Catholic High School, (2005-2007)
 + Eagle Scout (and Assistant Scoutmaster / Volunteer Lifeguard)
   Eagle Scout project: Designed and implemented a computerized card catalog system 
   for the Academy at St. Mary's (elementary school), which is still in use today.