Paul W. Cuff

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

Stanford University, Stanford, CA:

PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering;       Advisor:  Tom Cover

GPA:  4.0+;            PhD Qualification Exam Ranking:  1/148

 

   Awards:        • Numerical Technologies Fellowship

                        • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

                        • 1st Place -- BASIS Entrepreneurial-Challenge

                        • Outstanding Teaching Assistant 2005

 

   Research:    Open problems in network information theory, such as communication requirements for coordinated action

 

   Publications:H. Permuter, P. Cuff, B. Van Roy, and T. Weissman, “Capacity of the Trapdoor Channel with Feedback,” submitted to IEEE Trans. Info. Theory.

 

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT:

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, April 23, 2004

GPA:  (Major) 4.0/4.0; (Combined) 3.93/4.0

 

   Awards:        • Micron Scholarship     • Tau Beta Pi    • Dean's List

 

   Research:    Removal of noise and distortion from antique phonograph recordings of historic figures

 

High School Awards, Rex Putnam H.S., Milwaukie, OR, 1998:

                        • Valedictorian                                      • Eagle Scout

                        • Electronics Scholar Award                  • Navy Scholar/Athlete Award

                        • Odyssey of the Mind (team engineering competition) -- State Champion

 

COURSE EXPERIENCE:

 

                        • Information Theory                             • Probability Theory

                        • Statistical Learning                              • Detection and Estimation

                        • Convex Optimization                           • Electromagnetics/Optics

 

EMPLOYMENT:

 

• Google, Search Quality Analyst, (6/07-9/07)

                  Gathered and analyzed internet-search market-share data

• Nuova Systems, Researcher, (6/06-9/06)

                  Developed and simulated network congestion control algorithms

• Adaptive Hearing Solutions, Co-Founder and Researcher, (6/05-3/06)

                  Innovated speech denoising technologies for hearing aids

• Stanford University, Teaching Assistant, (9/04-6/05)

                  Assisted with three EE classes and taught in professor’s absence

• L-3 Communications, Electrical Engineering Intern, (5/04-9/04)

                  Created computer simulations of advanced communication waveforms

• Brigham Young University, Research Assistant, (8/02-5/04)

                  Developed new methods of speech synthesis and restoration

• Electro Scientific Industries, Electrical Engineering Intern, (5/02-8/02)

                  Designed amplifiers and circuitry for precision laser-drilling systems

 

SKILLS:

• Fluent in conversational Japanese

• Software:  MATLAB, C/C++, NS-2

 

SERVICE/LEADERSHIP:

 

2006:                One of three-person presidency of church unit (60 members)

2003:                Volunteer physics tutor

1999-2001:        Served a two year mission in Japan as a volunteer representative for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1992-1998:        Boy Scouts of America

1997:                Boy’s State:  treasury executive board member

 

INTERESTS:

Saxophone, guitar, wrestling, football, dance, programming, optimization, artificial intelligence, Russian, Japanese, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, BYU football (in no particular order)