Rebecca Anne Hutchinson
hutchins@bucknell.edu

Current Address: C2279 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 (570) 577-5272

Permanent Address: 706 Bordeaux Rue Green Bay, WI 54301 (920) 336-1273

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, May 2002
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.93/4.00

HONORS:

Barry M. Goldwater Scholar (2001)
President's Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement (2000, 2001)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (2000)
Dean's List (all semesters)
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society (1999)
National Merit Scholar (1998)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Aristotle Research Group Member
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (Summer 2001)

• Designed and implemented tools for packaging information with software components to aid in regression test selection.
• Expanded the project into a year-long senior honors thesis.
• Maintained a webpage documenting my summer experience.

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA (Spring 2001)

• Studied a new approach to the issue of NP-completeness.
• Worked to extend existing work to a new domain of NP-complete problems.
• Learned about the process of experimentation in computer science research.

Research Group Member
Brown University, Providence, RI (Summer 2000)

• Researched multi-agent learning in Internet games in the competitive environment of online auctions.
• Collaborated with other researchers by sharing code, and co-directing the progress of the project.
• Maintained a webpage documenting my summer experience.

Computer Science Teaching Assistant
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA (Fall 1999 - Fall 2000)

• Assisted students in lab once a week by answering questions.
• Conducted help session for guidance with programming assignments weekly.
• Graded about 70 labs each week.

Resident Assistant
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA (Fall 1999 - Spring 2001)

• Acted as a resource, especially in matters involving adjustment to college life, to 40 first-year students.
• Organized programming activities designed to promote overall wellness.
• Enforced university policies enacted to ensure safety.

Piano Teacher
Self Employed (Fall 1996 - Spring 2000)

• Instructed children aged 5-13 in the fundamentals of playing the piano.
• Prepared weekly lesson plans and researched teaching methods appropriate for each student.
• Maintained and distributed monthly billing information for students' families.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Programming Languages: C/C++, MIPS Assembly, Prolog, Scheme, html, Java, Open GL, XML
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux

ACTIVITIES:

Association for Computing Machinery (Fall 2000 - Present)
Society of Women Engineers (Fall 1999 - Present)
The Connection, Bucknell Computer Science Dept. Newsletter (Fall 1999 - Spring 2001)
Women's Ultimate Frisbee Team (Fall 2000 - Present)
Coach, Lewisburg High School Odyssey of the Mind Team (Fall 1999 - Spring 2000)
Piano Lessons (1998 - Present)
Bucknell Symphonic Band (Fall 1998 - Fall 1999)