Ben Olson
6400 Lonas Drive Apt. 302
Knoxville, TN 37909
(901) 484-8654
OBJECTIVE
A graduate internship pertaining to the subject of high performance computing
or UNIX systems programming
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Computer Engineering
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
LANGUAGES
C
C++
Python
Perl
BASH
ARM Assembly
Node.js
Java
COURSES
Compilers
Operating Systems
Computer Systems Architecture
Systems Programming
Data Structures and Algorithms I & II
Computer and Network Security
PROJECTS
jetson-benchmarking
• Wrote a benchmarking application from scratch to run on the NVidia
Jetson
• Used C, pthreads, and raw Xlib
May, 2017 (expected)
July, 2015
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner
Beginner
Beginner
Fall, 2015
Spring, 2015
Fall, 2014
Spring, 2014
Fall, 2012 and 2013
Fall, 2014
newton-install
• Wrote a system to compile applications and handle dependencies
• Used Perl, BASH, and environment modules
EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant
June, 2015 - present
The University of Tennessee, EECS department
• Doing research for Dr. Michael Jantz
• Porting significant modifications from Hotspot 6 to Hotspot 9
• Beginning graduate research regarding memory optimization
Student System Administrator
November, 2013 - May, 2015
The University of Tennessee Office of IT, Newton HPC Program
• Configured, compiled, and installed scientific codes
• Developed build system in Perl to automate source code compilation
Student Cluster Competition Participant
Summer and Fall, 2013 - 2014
The National Institute for Computational Sciences
• Attended and competed in SuperComputing ’13 and ’14
• Lead a team of 6 to win second place at SuperComputing ’14
• Constructed, configured, and optimized a cluster each year
Photographer and Designer
May, 2010 - July, 2012
Justmy.com, Memphis, TN
• Took professional images of various businesses, people, and events
• Worked with customers to teach them a new marketing system
• Designed brochures, business cards, posters, and websites
HONORS
Tennessee HOPE Scholarship, Recipient with Merit Supplement
The University of Tennessee, Volunteer Scholarship Recipient