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Dec 18, 2009 |
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[7] Messages posted by Prentiss Knowlton
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Westlake Village, California |
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instructor/author |
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computer languages, piano, organ, classical music, philosophy |
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I am an independent software systems engineer, and have consulted with Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Modeling and Simulation Technologies Group of the Engineering and Communications Infrastructure Section, developing modeling software for the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit and Opportunity Rovers (recently depicted on a float at the 2008 Rose Parade, commemorating JPL's 50th anniversary).
Prior to this task, I completed a collection of training materials for JPL's Network Simplification Project (NSP) infrastructure within the Deep Space Network (DSN), helping them establish consistent operations procedures at their three deep-space tracking stations in Madrid, Spain; Canberra, Australia; and California, United States. This effort resulted in remote delivery of more than 12 hours of Computer-Based Training (CBT) with expert presenter voiceovers converted to HTML (for use by Microsoft Internet Explorer 6) and PDF (for use by Adobe Acrobat 6), over the web and also via a single CDROM, reducing materials costs from $195.94 per printed binder of 862 PowerPoint slides to $0.45 per CDROM of the same information, complete with voiceovers.
Other recent JPL activities include consulting in their Enterprise Information System (EIS) infrastructure, helping them establish consistent operations procedures in various lab-wide services such as email, enterprise file management, and security; selecting and setting up of hardware and software needed to improve workstation interoperability, simulation and modeling of microprocessors aboard the current Cassini spacecraft that recently successfully landed on Saturn; and developing software for operation of tracking station ground support telecommunications systems.
I've also worked with companies in computer factory automation, as well as on projects for various telephone service companies and long-distance carriers in the areas of traffic analysis, automated billing, and computer-assisted handling of calls by live operators.
I've been a UCLA Extension instructor for more than 20 years, and have also taught C, C++, Visual C++, C#, and Java courses to more than 2000 students.
I have a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Utah, which was earned getting a computer to capture, organize, and display music notation. Later, circumstances led to the opportunity of connecting a computer to a large pipe organ and performing several public concerts. |
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