BRIAN NAKAYAMA
www.BrianNakayama.com
nakayama@iastate.edu
(719) 686-4619
Objective
Education
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Currently not seeking any positions.
08/2013-Present
Iowa State University
08/2009-05/2013
Regis University
Math and Computer Science major, minor in Women’s Studies
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors
02/2012-05/2012
Korea University
Ames, IA
Denver, CO
Seoul, S.K.
Work Experience
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05/2015-07/2015
ISU CS Department
Undergraduate Instructor
Teaching COMS 227. Lecture materials can be found on my website.
06/2013-05/2015, 08/2015-Present
ISU CS Department
Teaching/Research Assistant
Ames, IA
07/2014, 07/2015
Highschool Instructor
Ames, IA
05/2011-07/2011
Intern
10/2009-05/2011
Math Tutor
ISU OPTAG
Matthew Shepard Foundation
Regis University
Ames, IA
Denver, CO
Denver, CO
Research and Presentations
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Papers
T Tun, R Lutz, B Nakayama, Y Yu, D Mathur and B Nuseibeh. “The role of
environmental assumptions in failures of DNA nanosystems,” COUFLESS 2015,
Florence, Italy. ACM, 2015.
• Also see: B. Nakayama, “RQDA catalog of DNA origami failure diagrams,”
<http: //www.cs.iastate.edu/ ∼ rlutz/cat>, 2015.
B Nakayama and D Bahr. "Universal Computation in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game," UCNC
2014, London, Ontario. Springer: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2014.
B Nakayama. Universal Computation in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game. Diss. Regis University,
2013.
Talks
03/20/2015 "DNA Nanotechnology: The Programmable Building Block of Life," Computer
Science Seminar Series. Simpson College: Simpson, IA.
• 07/18/2014 "Universal Computation in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game," Unconventional
Computation and Natural Computation 2014. University of Western Ontario: London, ON.
• 04/01/2013 "Universal Computation in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game," Honors Thesis
Defense. Regis University: Denver, CO.
• 02/23/2013 "Universal Computation in the Prisoner's Dilemma Game," Pikes Peak Regional
Undergraduate Math Conference.
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Activities
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02/2015-Present
Volunteer/Team lead for Table to Table, Food Rescue
Tracking Software
09/2014-Present
CS: Graduate Academic Committee Member
09/2014-05/2015
CS: Graduate and Professional Student Senator
09/2014-02/2015
Youth and Shelter Services GRIP Mentor
01/2014-04/2014
Computational Thinking Competition
Volunteer and Judge
08/2009-05/2013
Honors Program
08/2009–10/2012
Gay-Straight Alliance
President during 2010
02/2012-06/2012
Study Abroad
Attended Korea University in Seoul, Republic of Korea for a semester. My trip abroad
made me a globally engaged citizen, helping me discover both Korean culture and
the subtle ways in which my American upbringing affects how I interact with the
world.
06/2010-02/2011
Comfort Café
Volunteered once a week cooking and cleaning for this pay-what-you-can,
community café from their opening until February.
09/2009-11/2010
Multicultural Awareness Committee
Worked to further the diversity efforts of minority students on campus through
programs and activities. Some of these activities included: coordinating events with
other groups such as Black Student Alliance, organizing the interactive educational
exhibits like the Tunnel of Reality, and giving a presentation on general LGBT
history, as well as important Lesbian and Gay persons.
Honors and Awards
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2015
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2009-2013
2009-2010
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Iowa State: Robert Stewart Early Research Award
Iowa State: Teaching Excellence Award
Iowa State: Pragmatics Fellowship
Regis University: Alan M. Turing Award for Excellence in
Computer Science
Regis University: The Frederick T. Daly S.J. Award for
Excellence in Mathematics
Math-Science Scholarship Recipient Regis University
Diversity Award from Regis University
Skills
• Considerable experience teaching, developing curriculum for Math and Comp Sci.
• Skilled with Java. <https://github.com/briannkym/SSEngine>
• Acquainted with C, C++, Verilog HDL, VHSIC HDL, SQL, Php, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Familiar with both MIPS and AVR instruction sets.
• Comfortable in software engineering work environments.
• Practiced in writing proofs for mathematical concepts salient to Computer Science.
• Experienced leading, organizing, and writing proposals through several clubs and
committees.
• Confident in ability to adapt to different settings, programming languages, and work
requirements.