Joshua Johanson joshua.johansonfamily.com jgj@byu.edu 4341 Seville St Las Vegas, NV 89121 (702) 759-6370

EDUCATION
University of Washington - Seattle, WA
    Professional Master's in Computational Linguistics - est. December 2006

Brigham Young University - Provo, UT
    B.S. degree in Computer Science and minor in Math - April 2004
    Graduated Magna Cum Laude, GPA 3.91
    Heritage Scholarship (4-year full tuition), Dean’s List, Phi Eta Sigma

Chaparral High School - Las Vegas, NV
    Valedictorian, GPA 4.0
    National Honor Society, Student Council, Seminary, Mu Alpha Theta

SKILLS
Programming Languages

Java – Excellent	C/C++ - Good	Perl – Good
HTML – Competent	Scheme – Basic	Matlab – Basic

Spoken Languages

English – Native

Portuguese - Fluent

Spanish – Fluent

Italian - Conversational

PROJECTS
DARPA Grant   I helped run an experiment using a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Contributed to “Human Assisted Capture-The-Flag in an Urban Environment” Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation , April 2004

Modeling AI with Satisficing (EC EN 493)   I participated in an experiment to model artificial intelligence using saticficing. We ran experiments to measure human response to simple games and tried to model the human behavior with an artificial agent.

Parsing – I parsed English Text using CYK algorithm.
Tagging – I used various learning algorithms to tag parts of speech for a Korean Text.
Neural Networks – I built a neural network to identify spoken vowels.
Clustering – I used a clustering method to create a topic-based search engine.
Hidden Marcov Model – I used a Hidden Marcov Model for author recognition.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Web Tech – WebSTAT.com, Springville, UT

Sept 2004–Sept 2005

    I worked in a small web company in a variety of capacities; including programming, tech support, marketing, sales and web page development.

Research Assistant   Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

June 2003-June 2004

    I did research with a grant in the Human Centered Machine Intelligence Lab.

Computer Instructor at Fundet   Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Jan 2003-April 2003

    I taught Java, HTML, and English to students, teachers, and programmers in Spanish.

Custodial   Provo, Utah

Apr 2002-Aug 2002

LDS mission   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nov 1999-Nov 2001

    Two year service teaching gospel principles in Portuguese
    I learned valuable people skills, time management, team work, leadership, and teaching skills.

Staffmark   Las Vegas, NV

Aug 1999-Nov 1999

    Data entry for Resort Financial service in both Excel and on propriety software

Bank of America   Las Vegas, NV

Jun 1996-Aug 1997

    Senior Clerical Technician   Microfilm librarian/shooter

References Available upon Request