Eric Evans
Office (607)255-0708
eje4@cornell.edu
EDUCATION:
MA, mathematics and statistics, University of West Florida, 1987
BA, mathematics and statistics, University of West Florida, 1981
WORK HISTORY:
Jan 1996 to present, Staff Technical Consultant, Cornell Phonetics Laboratory, Ithaca NY.
Perform all UNIX system administration in support of a speech analysis lab with four Sun
workstations, with NIS, SSH, Samba, and NFS; administer email mailing lists with Mailman; provide statistical consulting
support to graduate student researchers;
write programs in PERL (including CGI and dynamic webpages), MATLAB, awk, and csh script languages;
setup and configure speech perception experiments using E-Prime; install and troubleshoot computers, networking
hardware and audio equipment; administer lab network; install and configure software on Suns, PCs, and Macs;
update and maintain departmental website.
Mar 1995 to Jan 1996, Research Analyst, Ithaca College Office of Institutional Research, Ithaca
NY.
Oversaw and directed all aspects of survey production, mailing, retrieval, coding, and analysis; did
statistical programming in SPSS for tabulation of survey results, interrogation of statistical
databases, and preparation of graphical data summaries.
Sep 1992 to Feb 1995, Senior Systems Engineer, Computer Data Systems, Inc., Panama City FL.
Developed software for laboratory data-acquisition and data-analysis applications, including
unmanned testing of underwater breathing apparatus, realtime physiological monitoring, and
statistical analysis; helped lab technicians troubleshoot instrumentation problems; installed and
configured computers and data-acquisition boards; provided statistical and mathematical
consulting support to the scientific director of the Navy Experimental Diving Unit; designed and
programmed an algorithm for performing ensemble-averaging of waveforms using a kernel-smoothing technique; wrote
technical documentation. Programming was done in LabVIEW on Macintoshs, and in C (with
LabWindows) on PC's.
Feb 1992 to Sep 1992, Programmer/analyst, International Marine, Inc., Panama City FL.
Performed a major overhaul of a large laboratory data-acquisition software system, including a
rewrite of most of the program code, and troubleshooting and correction of computational bugs;
implemented an improved graphical user interface.
Programming was done in
C (with LabWindows) on PC's.
Jun 1989 to Dec 1991, Teaching assistant, Florida State University Mathematics Dept.,
Tallahassee FL.
Taught courses in basic college algebra and trigonometry.
May 1986 to May 1989, Senior Systems Engineer, Computer Sciences Corp., Pensacola FL.
Designed and programmed modifications to software for the real-time simulation of shipboard
engineering controls, including simulation of hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, and propulsion
systems. This work included all engineering investigation, analysis, design of mathematical
models and algorithms, programming, testing, and documentation of each modification; wrote
technical reports and revised Navy engineering manuals; supervised four other programmers.
Programming was done in FORTRAN and DEC MACRO-11 assembler on PDP-11 computers.
Nov 1984 to May 1986, Programmer/analyst, Computer Sciences Corp., Pensacola FL.
Developed software for a large financial database project, using LINC on Unisys A-series
computers; supervised four other programmers.
Jul 1983 to Nov 1984, Programmer/analyst, Technology Management Corp., Pensacola FL.
Developed software to perform statistical distribution-fitting of aircraft vibration data; designed
and programmed a Monte Carlo simulation of aircraft engine compressor overhauls; wrote
technical reports. Programming was done in FORTRAN on PDP-11 computers.
Jun 1981 to Jul 1983, Programmer/analyst, Saltmarsh Cleaveland & Gund Certified Public
Accountants, Pensacola FL.
Designed and programmed a variety of software for accounting and financial applications
including banking, general ledger, accounts receivable, amortization, and auditing, in both batch
and online modes. Programming was done in COBOL on the Burroughs B-2900 computer.
CONSULTING:
Jul 1990 to Aug 1990, Florida State University Oceanography Dept.,
Tallahassee FL.
Developed programs to perform spectral analyses of irregularly-spaced oceanographic time series,
using a technique of regression on trigonometric polynomials. Programming was done in MATLAB.
VOLUNTEER WORK:
Board Secretary and member of the Board of Directors, Community Science Institute, 1999 to present.
