Michael P. Ippolito 129 Demopolis Ave. Staten Island, NY 10308

Email: michael.p.ippolito@gmail.com – Phone: (347) 497 0741

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-ippolito-423204b4

Github: https://github.com/michaelpippolito

Education

Siena College – Loudonville, NY

B.S. in Computer Science, Minors in Mathematics, Business

GPA: 3.4/4.0

Expected May 2017

Technical Skills

Languages:

Tools:

Operating Systems:

Professional development experience with Java, Python, SQL, HTML, and PHP.

Very quick learner of most syntaxes.

Eclipse, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Cassandra, DOS-Shell, Bash-Shell, SVN, Git,

Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Google API, Twitter API, JIRA

Windows 7, 8, 10; Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04

Work Experience

SOCHE Contractor – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base – Dayton, OH May 2016 – Present

Working with USAF personnel on researching the use Content Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) systems

with drone technology, UAV swarms, and geolocation.

Utilizing algorithms in Computer Vision such as rootSIFT and in Information Retrieval such as k-means

clustering.

Programming in Python with OpenCV, NumPy, and SciPy libraries; initially used SQLite for database

backend and adapted to Cassandra.

Using Google’s StreetView API for dataset generation.

Submitting paper for participation in 2017 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of

Situation Management.

Received NACI clearance as part of background check and Common Access to utilize DoD facilities,

installations, and computer systems.

Lab Assistant – Siena College – Loudonville, NY September 2014 – Present

Meeting in class with students on a weekly basis for the completion of labs in Java and Python.

Explaining fundamental programming concepts including Boolean logic, basic data structures, and

general design of algorithms.

Software Development Intern – Auto/Mate Dealership Systems – Albany, NY January 2016 – May 2016

Assisted on the development team with the creation of new applications and the maintenance.

Programmed primarily in Java and performed database operations with PostgreSQL.

Daily scrum meetings, issue tracking with JIRA.

Research Intern – Siena College – Loudonville, NY May 2015 – August 2015

Worked on a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research program and participated in the 2015

Text Retrieval Conference (TREC).

Employed Information Retrieval techniques such as Natural Language Processing to develop a system

for analyzing patient descriptions and returning relevant medical journals.

Utilized Lucene, MetaMap, and the Stanford Parser with a dataset of over 750,000 medical journals.

Help Desk Intern – Teacer’s Retirement System of NYC – New York, NY June 2013 – August 2013

Performed hardware repairs, rollouts, and general maintenance as part of a 6-person team for over 350

agency employees.

Identified and repaired network, software, and hardware problems with increasing responsibility for

independent resolution of issues and implementation of solutions.

Logged over 100 tickets in JIRA during one summer of work.

Gained excellent experience in general business practices, guidelines, and communication.

Publications

Image Retrieval for Visual Understanding in Dynamic and Sensor Rich Environments. 2017 IEEE Conference on

Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management. (With A. Compton, N. Lesch, J. Pecarina). Air

Force Institute of Technology – Dayton, OH.

Siena’s Clinical Decision Assistant. 2015 TREC Conference, Clinical Decision Track. (With S. Gassert, C. Marr,

K. Small, K. Small, and S. Small). Siena College Institute for Artificial Intelligence – Loudonville, NY.

Computer Science Courses

Data Structures

Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Discrete Math

Theory of Computation

Linear Algebra

Object-Oriented Design and Programming

Software Engineering

Computer Graphics

Web Application Development

Artificial Intelligence

Computer Architecture and Assembly

Music with Python

Relevant Coursework

Scrum Master and Developer on software team creating a web

application to model a school building with a MySQL backend.

September 2016 - Present

Created a 3D first-person-shooter game using basic computer

graphics algorithms.

September – December 2016

Used basic Information Retrieval techniques with the Twitter

API to judge tweets about politicians as either positive or

negative.

September – December 2014

Awards & Achievements

Presidential Scholar, Siena College.

Presentation in women’s studies on Women in Comics and comparative

essay on contemporary vs. traditional feminism selected to highlight

work by freshmen.

President, Regis High School Speech & Debate

6th Place in Duo Interpretation (with R. Gullery), NY State Speech

Championship

4th Place in Humorous Interpretation, NY State Speech Championship

September 2013 – Present

May 2014

September 2012 – May 2013

May 2013

May 2012

Volunteer Work

Danny’s Team – Autism Speaks – New York, NY

Raise money for autism research to be donated in the name of my brother.

Participate in the annual Walk for Autism in Manhattan.

Classroom Volunteer – Association to Benefit Children – New York, NY

Volunteered full-time for the final trimester of high school.

Worked with ESL and disabled preschoolers on basic cognitive skills

2006 – Present

January – May 2013