Joseph Gonzalez

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R. Chamberlain, J. Gonzalez, G. Gutt, E. Tailor. "New Line of Sight Algorithm Renders Superlative TINs Superfluous." JPL Document D-32587, <http://www.dtic.mil>, ADB312345, 05 May 2005. Export-Controlled, U.S. Government Only.
Gonzalez, Joseph. "Leaping Over Chasms" CURJ Vol.4, April, 2004.
L. Doshi, J. Gonzalez, P. Kidd, "Simulating a Fountain" The UMAP Journal. 23.3. 209-219. 2002.
J. Gonzalez, F. Doshi, J. Charlesworth, "The Crowd Before the Storm" The UMAP Journal. 22.3. 2001.

JPL Tech Brief Award (2005): Awarded for the publication of a new algorithm for efficiently evaluating line-of-sight.
NASA Space Act Award (2005): Awarded for a sizeable contribution to space exploration.
NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Award (2005): Awarded for the development of an innovative new technology that has made a sizeable contribution to space exploration.
Nominated for Computer Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate (2005): Nominated by faculty at Caltech.
Member of Sigma Xi (2004): I was nominated into the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.
First Place in the Doris S. Perpall Contest (2004): In this contest, I competed against several hundred other Caltech students in the presentation of my research.
Upper Class Merit Award (Twice) (2004,2005): I was awarded full tuition for academic excellence, participation in research, and faculty recognition.
Presidential Award (2002-2006): I was awarded full tuition for research and academic achievements.
Twice Outstanding (Highest Achievement) (2001, 2002): The international undergraduate competition for mathematical modeling. (www.comap.com) I outranked several hundred of the top universities as a high school student.
Awarded most significant contribution to the field of Mathematics (2001): by the Virginia Junior Academy of Science for the paper describing a mathematical model of mtDNA inheritance.

Head TA for CS2:Redesigned introductory computer science course objectives and assignments, ran recitation and occasional lectured. (2004 and 2005) (Al Barr: )

Microsoft Developer Internship (2005): I worked on the MSN Search team developing new techniques to use behavioral information and machine learning to identify web content intended to artificially boost the ranking of web pages (search spam). (Greg Hullender: )
Undirected Search Algorithms (2004): Developed a new query-less search technology (currently being patented) that uses prior reading interests to select documents that maximize the learning of the reader. (Alex Bäcker: )
Efficient Line-of-Sight Evaluation (2003): Developed a new algorithm for efficiently evaluating line-of-sight on digital elevation maps at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The new algorithm redirected 8 years of research by facilitating the use of maximal resolution data and providing superior asymptotic performance. (Robert Chamberlain: )
Electron Backscattering (2002): Analyzed electron backscattering data and ran beam line calibration analysis. (Jeff Martin)