Resume

Github: github.com/rjmarsan             Extended Resume: [pdf]

Academics

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
  • Masters of Science, Expected May 2013
  • Major: Computer Science
  • GPA: 4.0
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
  • Bachelor of Science, May 2011
  • Major: Computer Science
  • GPA: 3.56 Technical GPA: 3.62
Elmhurst College, August 2007 - Spring 2008 Elmhurst, IL
  • Major: Physics
  • GPA: 4.00

Projects

Tacchi (Team Leader) October 2010 - Present
  • SIGMusic@UIUC project to create a large music touchscreen
  • based off of 2 years and 4 touchscreens of prior research
  • Won Best Undergraduate Research and the Lockheed Martin CS Award at Engineering Open House
    • 2010, and first place in EOH 2011 for "Defining the Future" with SigArt/SigMusic.
  • http://acm.uiuc.edu/sigmusic/tacchi.html
Hulu Plus for Mobile (Internship)Summer 2010 - Present
  • Helped develop Hulu Plus for iPhone and iPad
  • developed many key aspects of Hulu Plus for Android
PlasmaSound (Creator)January 2011 - Present
  • Android music instrument written with libPD and Processing
  • simple user interface and controls. x-axis controls pitch, y-axis controls effects
  • Provided a study of how touch surfaces can be used for music creation.
  • As of Winter 2011, it has been downloaded over 60,000 times, with 20,000 active users, and has been featured on several prominent Android sites
  • github.com/rjmarsan/PlasmaSound
Pixelesque (Creator)September 2011 - Present
  • Android pixel-art editor in Processing
  • simple user interface and controls.
  • Designed for use on any and all android devices, from low-end phones to high-end tablets.
  • github.com/rjmarsan/Pixelesque
GestureSound/research (Creator)Fall 2010 - Present
  • Application written for my Senior Research.
  • Sound/Music creation based on an AI continuous gesture-classification framework.
  • Provided a study on how touch surfaces can create an instrument that is both easy to use and provides broad ranging sounds.
  • Subproblems included input filtering techniques (Kalman filtering), Curve calculation (Spline curve approximation) and Cloud Computing (faster neural network training).
Tuio for Android (Creator, team leader) March 2011 - Present
  • Port of the Android x86 operating system to Tacchi.
  • A remote input bridge from TUIO to android multitouch.
  • Also enables gesture controlled navigation via the same methods.
  • github.com/rjmarsan/TuioForAndroid
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FindFM (Android App Creator, assistant developer for iPhone and WM7) January 2011 - Present
  • Android/iPhone application to find FM and AM radio stations based on location.
  • Soon to be released for Windows Phone 7
  • Currently over 12,000 downloads.
PlasmaPong (Creator, team leader)January 2011 - Present
  • Android game inspired by Plasma Pong
  • Used an optimized fluid simulator, and Processing.
  • Provided a study of game-play design on a small device, much smaller than original.
  • github.com/rjmarsan/PlasmaPongAndroid
TacchiMusic software (Creator)Fall 2009 - Spring 2010
  • A Tactile music instrument inspired by the reacTable
  • written in Java and Supercollider
  • ran on a large touchscreen table
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