|
|
|---|---|
| Name | Simon Tong |
| Address | Gates Building 1A
Department of Computer Science Stanford University Stanford CA 94305-9010 |
| simon.tong@cs.stanford.edu | |
|
|
| 1997-2001 | Stanford University
Ph.D. Computer Science Specialized in Artificial Intelligence. Advisor: Prof. Daphne Koller Thesis: Active Learning: Theory and Applications |
| 1999 | Stanford University
M.S. Computer Science |
| 1994-1997 | University of Oxford
St. John's College, Oxford, OX1 3JP, UK. B.A. Honours (Class I) Mathematics and Computation. |
|
|
| 1997 | University of Oxford
Ranked joint first in year. Class I, Oxford Final Examinations in Mathematics and Computation. Awarded British Telecommunications Research and Technology Prize for Computer Science. |
| 1995 | University of Oxford
St. John's College, Casberd Scholarship. |
|
|
| Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Perl, Fortran, Functional languages (ML, Gofer, Orwell) |
|
| 2000 | Lead Scientist. ContactDetails.com
Glen House, 200 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7PL, UK. Primarily responsible for creating and developing advanced datamining technology. Within three months performed research, development and implemented a functioning machine learning system. Early stage startup required numerous other skills to be drawn upon. Assisted with front-end web development and marketing. |
| 1997-2001 | Research Assistant. Stanford University
Investigated and designed technology for extracting key patterns from data. Applications included text classification, image retrieval and causal modeling. Published and presented in numerous peer-reviewed international conferences. |
| 1998, 1999 | Teaching Assistant. Stanford University
Teaching Assistant for two graduate level courses: Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques & Knowledge Representation and Reasoning under Uncertainty. |
| 1996 | Chief Web Designer. St. John's College, Oxford
Web page authoring for the official college prospectus. |
| 1995, 1996 (Summers) | Research Assistant. Horticulture Research International East Malling, Maidstone, Kent ME19 6BJ, UK. Mathematical and computational techniques for genetic linkage analysis. Computer branching models for strawberry inflorescences and growth models for fungal hyphae structures. |
|
|
| Desktop Publishing | Chief Sub-editor and Production Manager for the Oxford Student Newspaper (readership circa fifteen thousand). |
| Virtual Simulations | Co-author of a nine month project producing a three-dimensional, interactive, computer model of St. John's College, Oxford. |
| Travel | Visited numerous countries in Europe, Asia and North America. Feel privileged to have had the opportunity to live and study on three separate continents. |
| Music | Piano playing for general enjoyment since the age of four. |
| Racquet Sports | Tennis, table-tennis and badminton. Member of St. John's College First team for table-tennis. Member of high school table-tennis team - placed second in regional finals. |
Personal Details
