James Ostheimer
828 G Cabell Ave - Charlottesville
VA 22903
Phone (434) 245 5269 - Fax (434)
924-3104 - E-mail jco9w@virginia.edu
Education
University
of Virginia 1999 - Present Charlottesville, Virginia
Ph.D.
Astronomy (expected May 2002)
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Received 2 Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of
Research Awards
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Thesis title: "Exploring the Stellar
Halo of the Andromeda Galaxy"
Yale
University 1998 - 1999 New
Haven, Connecticut
M.S.
Astronomy
University
of Virginia 1995 - 1998 Charlottesville, Virginia
B.A.
Astronomy-Physics
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Received Limber Award for Excellence
in Astronomy
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Invited research speaker at the College
Advisory Board Honor Award Ceremony, 1997
Computer Skills
Languages:
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Proficient in FORTRAN 77 and 90, C++,
SPP, IDL
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Familiar with Java, C-shell scripting,
Perl, HTML
Platforms:
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Solaris, Linux (RedHat), Macintosh,
Windows, VMS
Numerical
and Statistical Techniques:
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Function Integration, Model Fitting
and Bayesian Statistics, Cluster Analysis
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Kernel Discrminant Analysis, Monte
Carlo Data Simulations
Neural
Networks:
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Standard Back-Propagation Neural Network
EXPERIENCE
University
of Virginia 1999 - Present Charlottesville, Virginia
Research
Assistant
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Independently plan, organize, and conduct
research programs
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Develop and test extensive software
for reduction and analysis of astronomical images
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Compose refereed journal articles as
well as grant proposals
National
Optical Astronomy Observatories Summer 1997 Tucson, Arizona
Research
Assistant
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National Science Foundation supported
summer student
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Processed and photometered digital
astronomical images
Yale
University, University of Virginia 1998-2000
Teaching
Assistant
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Organized and prepared lectures and
review sessions for groups of 20-30 students
Publications available at http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~jco9w/cv.html