J OSHUA H OROWITZ
joshuah@alum.mit.edu
Cell: 860-424-2108
Education
Fall 2011 – Fall 2012
Stanford University — Stanford, CA
• Worked towards a Ph.D. in Physics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Cambridge, MA
Fall 2006 – Spring 2010
• B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Mathematics.
• Coursework also included Introduction to Algorithms, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, User
Interface Design, and Digital and Computational Photography.
• Winner of the “Feynman Writing Prize” for best term paper in Quantum Physics III: “From Path Integrals to
Fractional Quantum Statistics”.
Experience
Google Inc. — Software Engineer
Fall 2010 – Summer 2011
• Designed, implemented, and tested efficient and reliable software components for Google’s search engine.
MIT Physics Department — TA
Spring 2010
• Tutored study groups in the introductory statistical physics course.
• Assisted in grading student work.
Institute for Theoretical Physics, TU Berlin — RA
Summer 2009
• Researched nonlinear dynamics of quantum dot lasers.
• Developed a method to analytically determine frequency-response curves of complex laser systems.
MIT Mathematics Department — RA
Summer 2008
• Studied a mathematical problem related to the interaction of a quantum system with its surroundings.
MIT Experimental Studies Group — TA
Fall 2007
• TAed advanced introductory classical mechanics course.
• Reviewed concepts in weekly recitations, led problem-solving sessions, graded student work.
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab — RA
Summer 2007
• Researched amorphous computing with the Space Time Programming Group.
• Found new ways to analyze error in algorithms running on spatially-distributed networks.
• Built a locally-controlled self-folding virtual material in the STPG’s Proto language.
Clay Mathematics Research Academy — Participant
Spring 2005
• Studied representation theory with seven others under MIT professor Pavel Etingof at a selective week-long program. Attended colloquia by eminent mathematicians and physicists. Presented results in quiver representations.
Publications
• Suk Bum Chung, Joshua Horowitz, and Xiao-Liang Qi, Time-reversal anomaly and Josephson effect in time-reversal invariant
topological superconductors, arXiv preprint, 2012.
• Daniela Buccella, Joshua Horowitz, and Stephen Lippard, Understanding Zinc Quantification with Existing and Advanced
Ditopic Fluorescent Zinpyr Sensors, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011.
• Jonathan Bachrach, Jacob Beal, Joshua Horowitz, and Dany Qumsiyeh, Empirical Characterization of Discretization Error in
Gradient-based Algorithms, IEEE SASO 2008, October 2008.
Skills
• Experienced with Python (NumPy), C/C++, Javascript, CoffeeScript, Java, Scheme, Mathematica, Matlab, LATEX, HTML.
• Comfortable working with Git, Perforce, CVS, Subversion, Emacs, & Eclipse.
• Conversant with Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows systems.
Interests
data visualization, education (& exposition), data analysis, signal processing, computational photography, digital audio,
scientific computing (& optimization), geography/cartography, geometry, data scraping, interaction design, physics,
programming languages & symbolic systems.