Joseph Schlessinger
350 Third Street, Apt 2305, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
joe.c.schlessinger@gmail.com joseph.schlessinger@usma.edu +1 (203) 536-7623
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S. in Technology and Policy
Thesis: TBD
Adviser: TBD
Focus: TBD
United States Military Academy
B.S. in Computer Science
Thesis: Twitter Health Metrics
Adviser: Dr. Christa Chewar
Focus: Social network analysis, advanced data structures, algorithms
B.S. in Mathematical Sciences with Honors
Thesis: Machine Learning in Financial Markets
Adviser: Dr. Grover LaPorte
Focus: Machine learning, time series analysis, neural networks
Cumulative GPA: 4.128 / 4.0
Honor Graduate
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Military Research Fellow Jul 2019 – Jun 2021
Project: Causal Inference on Communication Networks
Advisors: Dr. Ed Kao and Dr. Steven Smith
Focus: Causal inference, potential outcomes, network science
Department of Mathematical Sciences, United States Military Academy
Undergraduate Research Student Sep 2017 – May 2018
Project: Condorcet Clustering on Sparsified Networks
Supervisor: Dr. William Pulleyblank
Focus: Integer programming, Condorcet clustering, CPLEX, computational geometry, Delaunay triangulations
Director’s Summer Program, National Security Agency
Summer Research Intern Jul 2017 – Aug 2017
Project: Library of Massively Parallel Number Theoretic Algorithms
Focus: Number theory, parallel programming, CUDA, Nvidia GPU framework
Disease Biophysics Group, Harvard University
Summer Research Intern Jul 2016 – Aug 2016
Project: Creating Hydrophobic, Strong Paper Using Rotary Spun Nanofibers
Supervisors: Dr. Kit Parker
Focus: Nanofibers, experimental design, rotary jet spinning
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[1] W. Pulleyblank, R. Miller, S. Morse, T. Russell, J. Pleuss, J. Schlessinger and S. Lynch, “Condorcet Clustering with Delaunay Triangulation,” in International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, University of Calgary, Vancouver, CA, Aug 2019. (Pending Review)
[3] B. An, A. Bell, O. Deal, N. Nepa, Z. Riggenbach, J. Schlessinger, and K. Sims, “Nanofiber Paper Airplane: Paper Manufacturing for Optimized Flight,” in ARL/USMA Research Symposium, Aberdeen, Maryland, USA, Oct 2016.
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United States Corps of Cadets
Executive Officer, India Company, Second Regiment May 2018 – Dec 2018
Deputy commanded 130 cadets, primarily responsible for spread of information and oversight of day-to-day operations
Honor Non-Commissioned Officer, India Company, Second Regiment Dec 2017 – May 2018
Educated cadets on honorable living and adjudicated honor violations as part of a cadet-led jury
National Ski Patrol, West Point, New York, USA
Cadet in Charge, Outdoor Emergency Care Training May 2017 – Mar 2018
Designed a medical training curriculum, supervised training, and certified cadets as OEC technicians and OEC instructors
Student Conference on US Affairs, West Point, New York, USA
Technology and Communications Director Jan 2017 – Nov 2017
Planned and coordinated visual, audio, and other technical support for large intercollegiate US Affairs conference
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Programming Languages: Scala, Python, C, Java, C++, Cuda