Michelle Nesbit Hill

P.O. Box 601
Laytonville, CA 95454 USA
(707)984-8111
michelle@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu
http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~michelle
Resume available in ASCII.

Objective Independent contractor developing animation and motion capture applications.
Education University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
MS in Computer Science, September 1996
  • Thesis research in motion capture for skeleton animation with Dr. Jane Wilhelms.
  • Extensive research in computer choreography and dance documentation.
  • Course work in Computer Graphics, Animation, and Object Oriented Programming.
  • Student volunteer for SIGGRAPH 1995.

    University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
    Graduate Certificate in Theater Arts, June 1994

  • Course work in Choreography, Improvisation, and Production Management.
  • Teaching Assistant for three quarters of Theater Arts History.
  • Volunteer intern at San Francisco Performing Arts and Library Museum.

    University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
    BS in Computer Science, May 1989

  • Emphasis in Software Engineering and Management Information Systems.
  • Participation in Cooperative Education program.
  • Skills Languages:
    Platforms:
    Graphics Libraries:
    Multimedia Software:

    C, C++, Java, Pascal, SQL, HTML, LaTeX
    Silicon Graphics, Sun, Macintosh, IBM
    OpenGL, IrisGL, Xforms, Forms, GKS
    Alias, Director, Photoshop, Premiere,
    LifeForms, Max, SoundEdit
    Experience University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, September 1994-June 1996
  • Master Teaching Assistant for Computer Science graduate students.
  • TA for Computer Graphics teaching OpenGL and Xforms on SGIs.
  • TA for Computer Arts and Graphics teaching Alias and Macintosh software.
  • TA for Introduction to C Programming for UNIX, MacOS and Windows.

    Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, July 1995

  • Participated in Computed Art Intensive.
  • Designed MAX interfaces for sensors and MIDI.
  • Created and performed solo and collaborative projects.

    IBM, Santa Teresa Laboratory, San Jose, CA, September 1989-May 1992

  • Programmer for DB2 relational database product.
  • Designed, developed, and tested security code in PL/AS for 2.3 and 3.1 releases.
  • Supported customers and publications for security and data definition language.

    IBM, Federal Systems Division, Manassas, VA, Spring 1987 and 1988

  • Programmer for two full-time Department of Defense internships.
  • Developed regression tests and Pascal utilities for testing and integration.
  • Developed data display emulator using C and GKS.

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    Last modified: October 30, 1996