Mike Crawford
Research Programmer - Carnegie Mellon UniversityI work in the area of Human Computation for Luis von Ahn.
I am involved with two projects - Games With A Purpose (GWAP) and ReCaptcha.
This includes:
- Programming a game-development framework in Java.
- Developing AJAX and Flex 2 templates for games.
- Programming the GWAP website.
- Developing ReCaptcha plugins, writing documentation and implementing server-monitoring.
- Setting up a documentation wiki, issue management software, code repositories, and GWAP servers.
Education and Experience:
BSc with Computer Science Major - University of Sydney 2003
TA for Computer Science courses and summer camps - University of Sydney 2002-2003
Various roles, Consulting Firm - The Frame Group Pty Limited, Dec 2003 - October 2006 including:
- Developing the CMS for the largest Adobe Flex project in the world.
- Network Manager for Frame - 4 sites, 70 staff - VoIP, presence management, VPN, etc.
- Developing an interface to a prototype robot - Australian Robotics Industries.
- Project Manager - multiple projects for banks and telecommunication companies.
- Network Appliance Storage Consultant - consulting and engineering for ISP's, etc.
- Developing a prototype web interface to an open source IP PBX.
When I'm not at work:
- Cycling, soccer, gym, triathlon, salsa.
- Reading, traveling, geocaching, SCUBA.
Contact:
Computer Science Department
Carnegie Mellon University
Wean Hall 3408
Phone: +1 412 268 5409
Email:mike...@cs.cmu.edu