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Interests: Computers, Math, Painting, Writing, Baseball, Basketball, Billiards, Working Out Favorite Movies, In order: Fight Club, American Beauty, Shawshank Redemption, The War, Se7en, PI, Requiem for a Dream, Finding Forrester, Goodwill Hunting, City of God, The Butterfly Effect, The Pianist Favorite TV Show: "The Simpsons"; but no TV anymore Music: alanis, cranberries, dido, nirvana, aerosmith, led zeppelin, tchaikovsky, and a lot of hip-hop and rap: atmosphere, sole, cannibal ox, murs, blueprint, living legends, ground opening, mars ill, talib kweli, mos def, roots, v-zilla, jay-z, eminem, nas, dmx's and outkast's old stuff (pre-2001), etc Albums: Alanis Morissette - MTV Unplugged; Alanis - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie; Nirvana - MTV Unplugged; Atmosphere - Lucy Ford LP; Aerosmith - Big Ones; Sole - Selling Live Water; Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly; Books: Crime and Punishment; In Cold Blood; Calculus Early Transcendentals (7th Edition by Anton, Bivens, Davis, 1328 pages); Psychology: An Introduction (10th Edition, 724 pages); Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Russell and Norvig); Machine Learning (Tom Mitchell). Cereal: Oatmeal Crisp w/ Triple Berries! Wants to see: Alanis; Boston; California; England; Italy; Heaven Childhood: I had the best childhood possible. I was reared in a lower-middle class neighborhood (in a suburb north of Atlanta, Georgia) and had unconditionally loving parents who taught me priceless lessons, including good morals, human decency, appreciation and respect for others, and the importance of not being materialistic or falling for money. I played sports, mostly baseball, nearly everyday ever since I was 7 years old. Those sweltering summer days were the best days I've ever had. I learned a lot from the early eras. Early Education: I worked pretty hard in primary school (elementary and middle-school). A few friends called me the human-calculator. I liked Math a lot. Secondary Education: I started to slack off in high school; I cared more for having fun with my friends. I aimed for A's, but I didn't even stress too much over low B's. I barely graduated in the top 33% of my class (132/420). College Education: I've started to work hard in my academics. I have decent grades, and I've developed a higher, genuine care to learn. Moreover, I've recently been trying to have more fun outside of the classroom, and I've consequently learned a good deal more about the human race. My experience at Florida Tech definitely has been memorable.

CHRIS TANNER 150 W. University Blvd. #6595 Melbourne, FL 32901 (321) 309-3404 ctanner@fit.edu

OBJECTIVE: To apply my software and mathematical skills, and relentless drive for knowledge, toward Software Design Engineering and Testing EDUCATION: Florida Institute of Technology - Computer Science and Applied Mathematics 3.89 GPA B.S.' expected in December 2006 Distinguished Scholar ('04-'05); Outstanding Junior Award (C.S. and Applied Math.); Outstanding Sophomore Award (C.S.). Major-related courses include Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Assembly Language (IA-32), Software Testing 1, Data Structures and Algorithms (JAVA), Accelerated C++, Intro. to Software Engineering, Digital Logic, Discrete Mathematics, Statistics, Calculus I-III, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Complex Variables INVOLVEMENT: Committee member of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society President’s Quality of Life Committee member Founding/Committee member of Infinity—first math club at Florida Tech A.C.M. Southeast Regional Programming Team, Artists' Guild, and Writers’ Guild EXPERIENCE: Harris Corporation - Melbourne, FL 5/2005 - Present Internship within the Software Testing and Maintenance Lab Working to develop and automate test harnesses so that various Solaris Servers can be easily tested and benchmarked while using given software. Florida Institute of Technology - Melbourne, FL 5/2004 - Present Researcher for NASA Anomaly Detection Project As part of the four person team, I evaluated and improved the final clustering algorithms and state machine such that data streams are correctly scored in respect to how anomalous they are. Resident Assistant 8/2003 – Present For 18 residents, my responsibilities include developing an enjoyable community, handling personal conflicts, and reporting maintenance and security-related issues. Web and Flash Designer / Teacher 8/2002 – 12/2003 Entailed construction of websites for the university, creating web-based quizzes for Civil Engineer students, and teaching Macromedia Flash to a professor. Safeguard Business Systems – Tucker, GA 5/2003 – 8/2003 Pre-press Printing and Graphic Designer Designed and created business checks for small businesses; working as the “middle-man” between the order forms and final printed product, I met and raised the goal of satisfying accuracy from 99.6% to 99.75%.