Sam Johnson
Pursuing B.Sc in Computer Science from University of Illinois, Lab Assistant at Frederick Seitz Material Research Lab (2008), Technical Writing Consultant and Web Developer at National Center for Supercomputing Applications since 2009.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Engineering, Event planning, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Management, Public Relations, Software Engineering, System Administration, Web design, Web Development, Windows, Writing |
| Location: | Champaign, IL |
| Groups: | Idea to Product (I2P) Competition at University of Illinois, V. Dale Cozad New Venture Competition |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
| Position: | Web Developer |
| Time period: | May 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Developed and tested a web application for analyzing audio on the Django Development
Framework Worked with users to develop specifications for many features, including an interactive audio catalog Designed and implemented an interactive audio catalog using AJAX and JQuery Communicated and collaborated with another programmer to complete tasks |
| Employer: | Special Interest Group for Artificial Intelligence |
| Position: | Project Co-manager |
| Time period: | April 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Designed and developed a method for extracting information from Wikipedia, creating a database
schema to hold such information and generating a general knowledge base Oversaw the design and development of a web application to query the Knowledge Base Currently working with Prof. Eyal Amir to improve knowledge extraction from Wikipedia and reason with the Knowledge Base |
| Employer: | National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
| Position: | Technical Writing Consultant |
| Time period: | May 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Researched and synthesized information about ISO standards to create informational brochures,
press releases, and technical documents for Perry Johnson Registrars, a large auditing and accreditation firm Wrote web content for a private jet charter company Researched information about a business continuity standard and wrote a 30-page informational guide for Perry Johnson Registrars Edited translated documents and web content for a Japanese Auditing Firm |
| Employer: | Tau Beta Pi |
| Position: | Publicity Chair |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Coordinate with other chairs to promote events
Communicated with professors and engineering department staff to promote Tau Beta Pi Peer Tutoring |
| Employer: | Frederick Seitz Material Research Lab |
| Position: | Lab Assistant |
| Time period: | May 2008 - December 2008 |
| Description: | Performed low-temperature physics experiments on graphite with another undergraduate
students, whose results were presented at the American Physical Society March Meeting Worked with professors, post-docs, and other students to analyze data Wrote internal reports to document the progress of our project Gave talks on advanced physics topics to a group of undergraduate students |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign |
| Time period: | 2011 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, BSc |
