Wei-Hwa Huang

Experience

• Senior Member of Technical Staff, February 2000 - current
  ARMILLAIRE Technologies, Bethesda MD
  ARBROS Communications, Silver Spring MD
  Designed and developed Java-based HTTP Web Manager for the Armillaire-2000(TM) Switch, an advanced packet-based switching system that provides Voice Telephony and ANSI/ITU-T SS7 Signaling over ATM. Responsible for the design and development of the Web-based GUI for OAM&P. Designed and tested XML-based prototypes of Armillaire-2000 configuration utilities. Designed Service Feature Server for VoIP prototype. Designed XML interface for ISM module for Armillaire-5000(TM) Switch.
  Responsibilities include:
  • Design and development of GUI prototypes
  • Design and partial development of Provisioning Servlet/Applet system
  • Design and development of Alarm Management system
  • Internationalization of GUI
  • Migration of switch configuration to XML-based design
  • Team design of potential Voice over IP (VoIP) network
  • Support as needed
  GUI development skills include:
  • Java Servlet programming
  • Applet programming; use of Swing libraries
  • Applet/Servlet Tunnelling
  • JNI (Java Native Interface)
  • JSP (Java Server Pages)
  • Installation and maintenance of Java Web Server 2.0 on Solaris and NT systems
  Other skills include:
  • Writing test plans and supporting System Integration
  • Refining User Documentation
  • Member of ISO-9001 Tiger Team
  • Coordination of Company Picnic
  
  
• Government Contractor, October 1998 - February 2000
  DynCorp, Reston VA
  GTE Information Systems LLC, Chantilly VA
  GTE Government Systems, Chantilly VA
  Worked on the JSAN (Joint Staff Automation for the Nineties) contract as part of the Joint Staff Integration Lab, servicing the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States of America. Projects include:
  • Designing, testing, and deployment of WWW browsers across the entire Joint Staff in order to meet Y2K-compliance deadlines. Skills used include creation of package with Microsoft's IEAK and deployment with SMS 1.2 Server.
  • Rewriting Appointment Calendar generation program used by the Office of the Chairman. Skills used include VBA development, support and documentation writing.
  
  
• Government Contractor, September 1996 - September 1997
  GTE Government Systems Corporation, Chantilly VA
  Contracted for the Defense Technical Information Center (branch of the Department of Defense); programmed perl CGI scripts and some Microsoft Word Basic macros to generate DefenseLINK News Release WWW pages. Included administration of News Release database.
  
  
• Summer Student, Summer of 1993
  Institute for Defense Analyses: Supercomputing Research Center, Bowie MD
  Generalized and solved a theoretical parallel networking problem utilizing C programming and linear algebra.

Part-Time Experience

• Puzzle Challenge Author, Winter 2001
  Binary Arts, Alexandria VA
  Created puzzle challenges for product Metro. Selection of "40 Beginner-to-Expert Challenges."
• Puzzle-Generation Software Author, Winter 2000
  Dell Magazines, New York NY
  Created software, using Visual C++, that generated Number Place puzzles (a numerical logic puzzle) suitable for publication.
• Puzzle Checker, Spring 2000
  Sterling Publishing, New York NY
  Reviewed book MENSA Math & Logic Puzzles. Checked drafts of book for errors in preparation for publication; solved all puzzles and verified that solutions were unique (about 5% of puzzles were flawed and were revised before publication).
• Part-time puzzle designer, February 1997 - Fall 1998
  Smart Games, Incorporated , Salem MA
  Software game company. Designed and created strategy-based levels for SmartGames Stratajams and SmartGames Puzzle Challenge #2.
• Editor, January 1994 - November 1995
  Caltech campus newspaper The California Tech
  Elected and paid position; in charge of layout and design of paper; editing, public relations, and personnel management.

Education

• California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA
  B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science (Comp. Sci. Option), 1998
  
• Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring MD
  Blair Magnet Program, graduated 1993

Selected Honors & Awards

• 1999 World Puzzle Championship at Budapest, Hungary; First Place
• 1995-1996 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, Southern California Regionals at San Diego, CA; First Place Team Member
• 1993-1994 William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition; Putnam Fellow
• 1993 Westinghouse Science Talent Search; 6th Place Finalist
• 1993 USA Mathematical Olympiad; First Place

Credentials

• Microsoft Certified Professional (passed MCSE exams for NT Workstation 4.0 and NT Server 4.0)
• Certified Novell Netware Administrator (CNA)
• Soon-to-be-Inactive (U.S. Governmental) TS-Level (Top Secret) Clearance [U.S. Citizen]
• Member of Mensa (The High IQ Society)

Computer Skills

• C
• C++
• Perl
• Pascal
• LISP
• Visual Basic (especially VBA)
• HTML
• XML
• TeX (LaTeX and AMS-TeX)
• Java
• BASIC

• VC++
• Javascript
• Tcl/Tk
• LOGO
• Assembly
• SQL

• Unix (many flavors)
• DOS
• MacOS
• NetWare
• Windows 95/98
• Windows NT 4.0

• OpenGL
• Open Inventor
• C++ Standard Template Library
• Java Swing
• Java Servlets

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Pagemaker
• Adobe Illustrator
• Macromedia Freehand
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Word
• and others

Coursework

On-the-job Courses

• Multiple Microsoft Solution Developer courses
• Novell network administration

Undergraduate Coursework

• Discrete Mathematics and Computation
• Distributed and Parallel Programming
• Computer Graphics
• Basic Electronics
• Algorithms and Design
• Computational Methods

Other Skills and Interests

• Fluent in American English and Mandarin Chinese; can read Japanese
• Puzzles and games, including
  • mechanical puzzles
  • crossword puzzles
  • board games
  • card games
• desktop publishing and graphic design
• pinball
• human language translation
• typeface design and graphics
• MIDI sequencing
• anime