Simonster.com: Resume

Resume

Simon Kornblith
Caltech Class of 2010
simon@simonster.com

Work Experience

2001-present – The Center for History and New Media (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA)
- developed and maintained the ingester (scraping), export, bibliography, and word integration portions of Zotero, a next-generation research and citation tool funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences
- developed and maintained the backend of History News Network, a popular forum for discussion of history-related topics mentioned in the New York Times
- developed the linguistic processing system for the H-BOT Automated Historical Fact Finder, later licensed to Powerset
- managed the upgrade of CHNM Tools 4.0, a set of web applications useful for teaching, including a web scrapbook and survey builder
- co-developed the backend of History Matters, an award-winning series of resources relating to the U.S. history survey course
- co-developed the backend of the French Revolution project, a collection of resources relating to the French Revolution
- several other projects
2007-present – Koch Lab (Caltech, Pasadena, CA)
- performed analysis of data derived from human medial temporal lobe single neuron recordings
2004-present – ER Credit Consulting (Parma, OH)
- developed, deployed, and maintained an SQL database solution streamlining all organizational operations
2003 – PGP Corporation (Palo Alto, CA)
- assisted in the development of the Microsoft Entourage interface for PGP Desktop, an email and file encryption product

Conference Presentations

Kornblith, S., Owens, T., Krishnan, S. (2008). Extending Zotero translators and plug-ins. code4lib, 3rd annual meeting.
Kornblith, S. (2001). Wireless and education. Wireless Vision Congress.

Publications

Mormann, F., Kornblith, S., Quiroga, R. Q., Kraskov, A., Cerf, M., Fried, I., Koch, C. (2008). Latency and selectivity of single neurons indicate hierarchical processing in the human medial temporal lobe. (under review)

Awards

2007 The Associates Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient
2006 Lake Ridge Academy Valedictorian
2006 Presidential Scholar Candidate
2005 National Merit Commended Scholar
2005 Williams Book Award Winner
2003 Ohio State Bar Association "There Ought to Be a Law" Essay Contest Junior Division Second Place Winner
1999 President's Student Service Award Winner

Testing and Scores

Community Service

2005 – assisted in the deployment of six computers and the administration of a Windows NT server at Oberlin Community Services, an organization providing assistance to disadvantaged Oberlin residents
2004 – designed SQL database to manage visitor information at The Bridge, Oberlin's community technology center (a division of the Oberlin Public Library)
2002 – developed and deployed an online payment system for contributions to the Tim Hagan for Governor campaign
2000 – received President's Student Service Award for assistance with a series of workshops dedicated to training teachers in the use of technology, and the deployment of a server, website, and network infrastructure for the Oberlin Public Schools

Extracurricular Activities at Lake Ridge Academy

Lake Ridge Academy chapter of the Junior State of America
- 2005-2006 President
- 2004-2005 Vice President
- 2003-2004 Sergeant at Arms
The Lion's Mouth (Lake Ridge Academy's Student Newspaper)
- 2005-2006 Co-Editor-in-Chief
- 2002-2006 Primary Layout Editor
- 2002-2006 Columnist and news writer
Lake Ridge Academy Student Senate

Mock Trial (Ohio Center for Law Related Education HS Competition)
- 2005-2006 Defense Witness
- 2003-2004 Defense Attorney
Junior Engineering and Technical Society

2005 Varsity team member: team placed first in division in University of Akron regional competition, eighth nationally
2004 Junior Varsity team member: team placed first in division in state competition