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			  BRIAN ROSS GARDNER
			   266 Sidney Sreet
			 Cambridge, MA. 02139
			    (617) 868-7723

Objective

  To obtain a full-time or part-time programming job using
  the C and LISP computer languages.

Education

 * Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   Doctor of Science (candidate), Media Technology

   Accepted September 1987.
   Studying Computer Graphics via Artificial Intelligence and Vision Research.

 * University Professors Program, Boston University
   Doctor of Philosophy (candidate; all but dissertation), Interdisciplinary

   University Scholar. Accepted in January 1984, as the 
   first BA/MA/PhD candidate at Boston University.
   Studying the inter-relationship of Psychology of Visual Perception,
   Art History, and Computer Graphics.

 * Graduate School, Boston University
   Master of Arts, Computer Science, Jan. 1985

   Thesis: ``GRAFLISP: A Graphics Package Design
             for Artificial Intelligence Applications''.

   > Author of one of first graphics packages specifically designed for A.I..
   > Head programmer for Speech Recognition project.
   > AT\&T Information Systems Laboratories Achievement Award.

 * College of Liberal Arts, Boston University
   Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, May 1984

   GPA - 3.7; Background in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics.

Projects and Languages

  LISP   A.I. Graphics Package      Fortran     Henon Mapping (math research)
  C      3-D Graphics Package       Pascal      Image Processing
  PL/I   Full Screen Editor         Basic       Graphics Comm. Terminal
  Troff  Graphics Macros            IBM370-Asm  Graphics Device Drivers 

Organizations

 * President for the B. U. Computer Club, 1983--1984.
 * President for the B. U. -- A. C. M., 1982--1983.
 * President of the Society for Software Advancement, 1980--1982.

Experience

 * 1988 Summer. Digital Equipment Corporation, Project Athena.
     X-Window System and X-Toolkit user interface programming in C.
     Artificial Intelligent mail filtering: Athena Information Lens Project.

 * 1986--1988. Research in Expert Systems and Qualitative Knowledge Laboratory,
         under Prof. Barrand, University Professors Program, Boston University.
     Graphics programming in Franz Lisp.
     Programming Symbolics 3670 in Common Lisp.

 * 1987--1988. Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
     LISP Programming on a Symbolics 3670.

 * 1986 Summer. Yankelovich, Clancy, Shulman Inc., Marketing firm.
     Artificial Intelligence programming in PL/I on an IBM-3090 mainframe.
     User Interface programming in the C language on an IBM-PC using MS-DOS.

 * 1984--1987. Academic Computing Center, Boston University.
     Programming in C under Unix 4.2 bsd for the Distributed Systems Group.
     Graphics Consultant in B.U. Computer Graphics Laboratory.

 * 1976--1979. B.G. Superior Prosthetics.
     Proprietor of a successful small business.

 * 1974--1976. The Make-Up Center of Boston.
     Artist -- drawing, sculpting, and graphic design.
     Special Effects Make-Up Artist for TV, stage, and film.

Publications

 * ``Knowledge-Based Generation of Computer Images'',
    Holynski, Marek, Brian R. Gardner and Rafail Ostrovsky,
    Proceedings: Computer Graphics '86,
    National Computer Graphics Association, 1986.

 * ``Semantic Network Reasoning for Picture Composition'',
    Rafail Ostrovsky, Brian R. Gardner and Marek Holynski,
    Graphics Interface '86 Proceedings, Vancouver, Canada, 1986.

 * ``Towards Intelligent Computer Graphics Systems'',
    Holynski, Marek, Brian R. Gardner and Rafail Ostrovsky,
    Technical Report, Boston University, 1986.

 * ``Meaning Oriented Generation of Computer Images'',
    Holynski, Marek, Brian R. Gardner and Rafail Ostrovsky,
    Proceedings: International Electronic Image Week,
    CESTA/SIGGRAPH, Nice, France, 1986.

Personal Background

   Interests in sculpting, holography, photography, skydiving,
   painting, and theatre.

References

   Available upon request.
