JAMES C. FORD Phone (603) 353-9509
488 NH Route 10 Apt. D Fax (603) 646-1672
Orford, NH E-mail james(dot)c(dot)ford@dartmouth(dot)edu
03777 http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~jford/

Education

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 2003

Ph.D. in Computer Science
Ph.D. thesis: "Patient Classification of fMRI Brain Activation Patterns"
Advisor: Fillia Makedon
60+ refereed academic publications

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 2000

Master of Science degree in Computer Science

University of Georgia, Athens, GA 1993

Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence
University fellowship

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 1991

Bachelor of Arts in Biology
P. Thorndyke academic scholarship

Experience

System Administrator/Programmer 2007-present

Brain Imaging Lab, Dept. of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School

Computer Science Researcher 2003-present

Dartmouth College Dept. of Computer Science & Dartmouth Medical School

Assistant Director 2003-present

Dartmouth Experimental Visualization Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

o Assisted Professor Fillia Makedon, Director

o Directed and managed research and publications for 15+ graduate students

o Led creation and grant submission for several major, multi-year research projects

System Administrator/Computational MRI Research Fellow 1998-2000

Brain Imaging Lab, Dept. of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School

o Managed and helped expand an SGI UNIX medical imaging research lab

o Set lab policy and upgraded and maintained workstations and Web server

Research Lab Coordinator 1997-2003

Dartmouth Experimental Visualization Laboratory (DEVLAB), Hanover, NH

o Helped run a Macintosh/UNIX/Microsoft NT multimedia research lab

o Helped plan NSF-funded $40,000 expansion of facilities, 1998-1999

o Established and maintained a WWW proxy cache server, 1998-2000

Teaching assistant 1995-1997

Dartmouth College Department of Computer Science, Hanover, NH

o Led lab and review sections (10-30 students), gave occasional lectures, helped grade exams, and managed undergraduate graders for 4 introductory courses

Coordinator and Proceedings Editor 1994-1995

DAGS '95 Conference, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

o Managed arrangements with twelve invited speakers

o Assembled and edited printed and electronic proceedings

Conference Manager 1994

DAGS '94 Symposium, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

o Led preparations and arranged logistics for a small academic conference

UNIX System Administrator 1991-1993

Artificial Intelligence Lab, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

o Helped manage and expand a small Sun UNIX research lab

Skills

User/administrator experience with UNIX/Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. Programming experience in C, C++, MATLAB, and Lingo (Macromedia Director). Project/team management experience. Excellent writing, editing, and presentation skills.

Personal

Enjoys reading, hiking, skiing, and computer and board games.