Contact

Usit Duongsaa  duongsaa@cs.utah.edu (425) 296-2496

  

Education

M.S. in Computer Science, University of Utah, 2005

Grad GPA: 4.0

Dual B.S. in Computer Science and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, 2003. 

Undergraduate GPA: 3.993

 

Employment Experience

Software Development Engineer

Microsoft Corp, Windows Platform, 2005-Now

    • Work on the Windows Photo Gallery component for Windows Vista

    • Personally responsible for the Windows Thumbnail Cache Service and the Order Prints Wizard

Research Assistant

University of Utah, School of Computing, 2003-2005

    • Design and conduct experiments on techniques to create real-time, fail-safe software for embedded systems

    • Derive and implement algorithms to emulate RISC instructions in the abstract domain with perfect precision

Intern Software Design Engineer

Microsoft Corp, Games Division, 2002

    • Research, design and build prototypes to realistically shade out-door scenes, taking into account the atmospheric perspective and light ray scattering effects

    • Design and build prototypes to create real-time procedurally animated clouds

Teaching Assistant

University of Utah, School of Computing, 2002

    • Teach students in small groups and provide one-on-one help on programming assignments

    • Grade students’ homework and exams

 

Skills and Qualifications

C++ (strong), C, Java, C#, assembly (x86, GPU, some Microcontrollers), Pascal, and BASIC.  11 years of experience

DirectX and OpenGL

Finishing projects end-to-end

Graphics engine and game programming

Math and Physics

VHDL, computer architecture, electronics, and embedded systems

Enjoy time-critical tasks and competitions

 

Publications, Honors and Awards

  • Papers "Preventing Interrupt Overload" (2005) and “Deriving Abstract Transfer Functions for Analyzing Embedded Software” (2006), published in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems

  • Summa Cum Laude (GPA in top 1% at graduation), 2003

  • CS Faculty Scholarship award, 2002

  • Micron Scholarship award, 2002-2003

  • Dean's Honor List, 2000-2003

  • Member of the University of Utah's team for the ACM programming competition, which won 1st place in Utah and 3rd in the Rocky Mountain Region, 2004

  • Reserved member of Thailand's national team for the IOI, and one of the seven students qualified to attend the national final intensive training, 1998-2000