Jacob T. Cox
Work
Oxford Molecular Group
810 Gleneagles Court, Suite 300
Baltimore MD 21286
410-821-5980 x345
Employment History:
Oxford Molecular Group
Programmer/Analyst
June 2, 1997 to Present
Developed C Oracle server front end for molecular searching.
Designed subgraph isomorphism searchs to find molecular structures in other molecules.
Implemented data structures for molecular information which included variable substructures imbedded in root molecular structures.
Towson University
Professor of Computer Science
Spring 1998 to Present
Taught C++.
Tracor Information Systems
( An SEI Level III company)
Software Engineer
February 15, 1996 to May 30, 1997
Designed and implemented client/server databases.
Wrote accompanying interface software.
Integrated COTS applications.
Tested and evaluated in-house and commercial products.
Baltimore City Public Schools
Patterson High School
Chemistry and Physics Teacher
November 11, 1991 to February 10, 1996
Designed and implemented instructional materials.
Managed 5 classrooms of students on a daily basis.
Planned and executed long and short range goals.
Maintained and inventoried science labs and classrooms.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Post Observation Data Processing Group
Data Processing Intern
Summer 1993
Wrote a disk memory management routine on a VAX/VMS system.
Trained in image processing, analysis and archiving of Hubble Space Telescope images.
Observed fault recovery operations.
Cable & Wireless Communications Inc.
Network Analyst
January 1989 to February 1991
Analyzed telephone networks for hardware failures.
Made failures transparent to users.
Tracked and documented illegal activity taking place in the network.
Education:
Towson State University (3.7)
Computer Science
1995 - 1997
Master of Science in Computer Science
Object Oriented Methods and Design
Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Systems
Distributed Architectures
Operating Systems
Database Management Systems
Intelligent Control Systems
West Virginia University (2.7)
Secondary Education
1982 - 1988
Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education (Mathematics and Chemistry)
Trained in mathematics and laboratory sciences.
Trained in human behavior and public speaking.
Training:
Trident II weapon navigation, power, safety and control subsystems.
Software Engineering Institutes guidelines and procedures.
Environment control in increasing of morale and stimulating productivity.
Publications:
"A Seven Neuron Controller Solves the Inverted Pendulum Problem," 1997 Artificial Neural Nets in Engineering conference proceedings, Jacob T. Cox, Dr. John R. Alexander.
"A Three-Neuron Controller II," 1996 Systems Man and Cybernetics conference poceedings, Dr. John R. Alexander, Dr. James T. Coughlin, Jacob T. Cox.
"Backing Up a Truck and Trailor Using Sets of Three Neuron Controllers," 1996 Artificial Neural Nets in Engineering conference proceedings, Dr. John R. Alexander, Jacob T. Cox.
Skills:
C/C++, Java, SQL, SQLBase.
Object Oriented Methodology and Design, Structured Methods, GUI Development.
Windows (3.1, 95, NT), Unix(various flavors), VMS.
Neural Network & Fuzzy Logic System design and implementation, .
Mathematical Modeling , Control System Architecture.
Database design, implementation and maintenance.
Honors:
1996 Who's Who of American Teachers
US Government Top Secret Clearance
Space Science Internship Program