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Education:
PhD Student (2004 - ) Management Science, Department of Decision & Information Technolgy
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 2001, Slippery Rock University with minors in History, Russian, and Math
Infantry Officer Basic Course, 2002, Ft. Benning, GA
U.S. Army Ranger School, 2002, Ft. Benning, GA
Experience:
Worked on a bus-routing project over the past four years
Infantry Lieutenant, Anti-Armor Platoon, D Co, 2-505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
Served 8 months in Afghanistan and 4 months in Iraq
Publications:
Co-author with Dr. Sam Thangiah - "A Network Architecture." Proceedings of the ACM 2000 Conference
Co-author with Dr. Li Yin - "Exponential Prediction Models Based on Sequence Operators." Kybernetes: The Journal for Systems and Cybernetics. Vol. 30, Nos. 3/4, 2000.
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Personal Interest:
Interested in graph theory and algorithmic graph implementation, Steven Wolfram's A New Science, heuristic applications to Rubik's Cube solutions and routing problems
Majored in violin and organ performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music before burning out and switching gears
Spent three summers (1992 – 1994) touring Europe as concertmaster and soloist with the Blue Lake International Youth Symphony Orchestra performing Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto #2 in D Minor, Bruch’s Violin Concerto ?? in G Minor, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherezade
Spent three months in 1998 living in Moscow attempting to become decent with my Russian
Passionate about eating good food, weight-lifting, reading, listening to music and buying copies great works of art
Married for 2 years to the beautiful Amanda C. Mennell
Contact Info:
E-Mail wmennell@hotmail.com
E-Mail wmennell@rhsmith.umd.edu
Office #1308
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