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Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 1964 |
PhD in electrical engineering, MIT |
| 1962 |
MS in electrical engineering, MIT |
| 1962 |
BS in electrical engineering, MIT |
| 1960–1962 |
Co-op student, Bell Telephone Laboratories, |
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(now Lucent Technology and AT&T Shannon Laboratories) |
| 1958 |
Diploma, Highland High School, Fort Thomas, KY |
Principal Employment
| 2008–2012 |
Chairman, Berkeley Quantitative LLC |
| 2006–2019 |
Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley |
| 2002–2006 |
Professor of Graduate School, UC Berkeley |
| 1983–2002 |
Professor of Mathematics, UC Berkeley (0.5 time) |
| 1989–1990 |
President, Axcom Trading Advisors |
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(now Rennaissance Technology’s “Medallion Fund”) |
| 1983–1989 |
President, Cyclotomics (became Kodak Berkeley Research) |
| 1971–1983 |
Professor of Mathematics and of EECS, UC Berkeley |
| 1974–1975 |
Miller Institute Research Professor |
| 1975–1977 |
Associate Chairman of EECS for Computer Science, UC Berkeley |
| 1966–1971 |
Member of Technical Staff, Mathematics Research,
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Bell Telephone Laboratories |
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(now AT&T Shannon Lab and Nokia Bell Labs) |
| 1964–1966 |
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley |
Visiting Academic Positions
| January 2008 |
Visiting Professor of Mathematics, MIT |
| 1991–1993 |
Visiting Professor of EECS and Mathematics, MIT |
| 1970 (spring) |
Visiting Lecturer at Westfield College, U. London |
| 1969 (spring) |
Adjunct Assistant Professor of EE, Princeton |
| 1966 (fall) |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Statistics, U. North Carolina |
| 1960--1963 |
Co-op Student and Summer Employee, Bell Telephone Laboratories |
MSRI Board of Trustees
| 1986–1988 |
Chair, International Board of Friends of MSRI |
| 1994–1997 |
Chair, Board of Trustees |
| 1994–1997 |
Finance Committee |
| 1994–1997 |
Steering Committee |
| 2001–2005 |
Capital Campaign Committee |
| 2004–2019
| Trustee |
| 2004–2016 |
Development Committee |
| 2006–2007 |
Committee on Trustees |
| 2008–2016 |
Corporate Partners Committee |
| 2010–2013 |
Committee on Trustees |
| 2015–2017 |
Vice Chair, Committee on Trustees |
Academic Review Boards
| 2005–2007 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 1999–2019 |
Mathematics Department, Princeton University |
| 1997–2013 |
Mathematics Department, MIT |
| 1981–1982 |
EE Department, The Technion |
| 1971–1974 |
EECS Department, MIT |
Corporate Boards
| 2008–2012 |
Berkeley Quantitative, LLC, Chairman |
| 1998–2012 |
Space Computer Corporation (acquired by Exelis) |
| 1992–2010 |
A.K. Peters, Ltd acquired by CRC Press |
| 1984–1990 |
Audit Committee, Cylink (NASD CYLK, acquired by Safenet in 2002) |
| 1995–2002 |
Audit Committee, Cylink |
| 1982–1993 |
IC Designs (became Cypress Timing Technology) |
| 1989–1991 |
Axcom Trading Advisors, President (now Renaissance Technologies) |
| 1986–1989 |
Kodak Federal Systems Division |
| 1974–1989 |
President, Cyclotomics, (became Kodak Berkeley Research) |
Nonprofit Governing Boards
| 2012–2015 |
Chairman, Gathering 4 Gardner (G4G) |
| 2007–2019 |
Gathering 4 Gardner (G4G) |
| 2000–2003 |
Chairman, International Computer Science Institute |
| 1999–2002 |
College Preparatory School, Oakland, CA |
| 1994–1998 |
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Chairman |
| 1986–1992 |
Head Royce School (K–12), Oakland, CA |
| 1979–1982 |
American Mathematical Society |
| 1970–1973 |
IEEE Information Theory Society, President |
Nonprofit Investment Committees
| 2007–2013 |
National Academy of Engineering Finance and Budget Committee |
| 2000–2019 |
National Academy of Sciences Investment Committee |
Science Advisory Boards
| 1997–1999 |
Institute for Defense Analysis, FOCUS Review Panel |
| 1984–1988 |
Livermore/Los Alamos National Laboratories, |
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UC President’s Science and Academic Advisory |
| 1981–1982 |
Sloan Foundation Panel on Engineering Education |
| 1978–1980 |
NSF Steering Committee for Information Science |
| 1975–1977 |
Lawrence Hall of Science |
| 1974–1976 |
Army Mathematics Steering Committee |
| 1972–1974 |
Chairman, FOCUS Review Panel, Institute for Defense Analysis |
Editorial Boards
| 2003–2019 |
Internet Mathematics |
| 2000–2002 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
| 1993–2000 |
Theoretical Computer Science |
| 1982–2019 |
Utilitas Mathematica |
| 1979–1982 |
Mathematical Reviews |
| 1967–1985 |
Information and Control |
| 1970–1973 |
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory |
| 1968–1971 |
American Mathematical Monthly |
Scientific Conference Organizing Committees
| 1993–2016 |
Biannual G4G conferences |
| 2008 |
BIRS Workshop on Combinatorial Games |
| 2005 |
BIRS Workshop on Combinatorial Games |
| 2000 |
Co-Chairman, MSRI Workshop on Combinatorial Games |
| 1994 |
Co-Chairman, MSRI Workshop on Combinatorial Games |