Mark Shipman

1016 N. Euclid; Pittsburgh, PA; 15206 * (412) 661-6666 * mps@andrew.cmu.edu

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Education

1997 - July 99                     Carnegie Mellon University           Pittsburgh, PA
MS / Logic, Computation and Methodology

Thesis: An optimization to the Naive Bayes Algorithm for Text Classification
QPA: 3.4
Graduate Student Assembly, Coffee House Comittee, Joint Funding Comittee



1993 - 96                             University of Dallas                           Irving, TX
BA / Philosophy

Spent a semester in Rome and a session in Greece.
GPA: 2.9

Relevant Experience

Sept. 98 - Present             CMU Text Learning Group            Pittsburgh, PA
Thesis Research / Software Development

Theory, design, implementation and testing of cluster analysis software.


Aug. 97 - Present             Carnegie Mellon University             Pittsburgh, PA
Teacher's Assistant / Instructor

Professional Ethics
Duties include delivering lectures, grading essays and tutoring students.


Aug. 97 - Present             The Pittsburgh Journal                     Pittsburgh, PA
Editor

Edited papers related to Logic and the Philosophy of Science.
Organized related conference.
Distribution includes North & Central America and Europe.


1997 Jan. - June               Microsoft Network                            Irving, TX
Technician / Help Desk

1996 May - June               MobileComm                                     Irving, TX
Technician / Help Desk

Aug. 94 - May 96              University News                                 Irving, TX
Editor

Programming Languages

C/C++, ML, Pascal, Matlab, Lisp, HTML, Perl, Visual Basic, Java;
Operating Systems: Unix, Win32
Natural Languages: Italian

Publications / Research

Editorial - The Pittsburgh Journal (1999);
Moral Mazes: Explorations in Applied Ethics [Annenberg (1999)];

References furnished upon request.

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Mark Shipman

Last modified: Fri Aug 6 01:14:18 EDT 1999