| Wake Forest University, Information Systems, 1100 Reynolds Blvd Winston-Salem, NC 27105 707-622-5843 (mobile) david.w.h.chin@gmail.com |
1834 Wake Forest Rd, Unit 6005 Winston-Salem, NC 27109 Citizenship: Malaysia; Status: Permanent Resident http://tinyurl.com/yercfn4 |
| A challenging and stimulating position implementing and managing a high performance computing environment. |
| 1997-2005 | PhD, Physics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Dissertation: “Exploratory Studies in a Search for Continuous-Wave Gravitational Radiation in Early LIGO Data” |
| 1992-1995 | MSc, Physics Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. |
| 1988-1992 | BA, Physics, with distinction in all subjects Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. |
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| 2008, Nov. – present | High Performance Computing Systems Analyst Information Systems Dept., Wake Forest University. Manage 220+ node Linux cluster running on IBM BladeCenter servers running RHEL4 and RHEL6. Consultant in cluster usage for scientific computing researchers in a variety of fields. |
| 2005, Oct. – 2008, Oct. | Post-doctoral Research Fellow Radiation Oncology Dept., Medical Physics Div., Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Monte Carlo modelling of radiation therapy treatments. Manage 19-node Linux cluster. |
| 1999, Sep. – 2005, Aug. | Research Assistant Physics Department, University of Michigan (Prof. Keith Riles). Analyzed interferometer response to gravitational waves, and effect of discretization on detection sensitivity. Wrote realtime and off-line data analysis C/C++ routines (time series, spectral, time-frequency) for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory. Troubleshot data acquisition systems with VxWorks. Coached undergraduate research students. |
| 1999, summer | Research Assistant Space Sciences Department, University of Michigan (Prof. Paul Drake). Performed high-energy density 1-D plasma simulations, and wrote visualization/animation code in IDL. Beta-tested 2-D plasma simulations, and wrote GUI visualization tool. Coached undergraduate research student. |
| 1998, May – Dec. | Research Assistant Physics Department, University of Michigan (Prof. Byron Roe). Wrote Monte Carlo simulation code for pion focussing horn in the Booster Neutrino Experiment for neutrino oscillations. |
| 1997, Sep. – 1998, Apr. |
Graduate Student Instructor Physics Department, University of Michigan. Head GSI for the Physics Help Room. Maintained 20 contact hours/week assisting all levels of undergraduate physics. Coördinated instructors’ schedules. Maintained Help Room web page. |
| 1995, Jun. – 1997, Aug. |
Systems Administrator Orion Systems, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI. Supported IT for Ascent Technologies, Inc. and CriTech Research, Inc. Planned and implemented server and network infrastructure upgrades. Administered SunOS and Solaris servers, Mac OS and Windows workstations. |
| 1992, Sep. – 1995, May |
Teaching Assistant Physics Department,
Oregon State University. Taught laboratory sections for non-calculus Introductory
Astronomy, and non-calculus Introductory Physics. Grader for 1st year graduate
level classical mechanics, and computational physics; grader for junior/senior
level electromagnetism, and statistical physics. Systems Administrator — Initial setup and subsequent maintenance of network of DEC OSF workstations and Tektronix X workstations for computational physics facility. |
| 1993, Jun. | Instructor Science & Math Interactive Learning Experience for underprivileged middle school students, Oregon State University. Prepared and taught physics lectures, devised solar-powered hot dog cooker project, and supervised students working on project. |
| 1991, Jan. – 1992, Aug. |
Systems Administrator Physics Department, Cornell University. Responsible for initial setup and maintenance of a network of AT&T SVR3 Unix workstations and servers for the instructional computational physics laboratory. |
| 1990, Jan. – 1991, Dec. |
Programmer Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University. Wrote data analysis and visualization software for the LASSPtools project. |
| 1989, Aug. – 1990, Dec. |
Tutor Mathematics and Physics Departments, Cornell University. Tutored freshman and sophomore level mathematics and physics. |
| 1989, Jun. – Dec. | Undergraduate Research Student Newman Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (Prof. Persis Drell). Studies for the development of a high resolution multi-wire proportional chamber particle detector: effects of dimethyl-ether on components, and methods of securing wires without crimping. Modification of electronic test equipment. |
| 1988–1992 | Cornell University International Student Scholarship |
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L. Court et al., Evaluation of the dose calculation accuracy in
intensity-modulated radiation therapy for mesothelioma, focusing
on low doses to the contralateral lung, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 10 (2) 2009 D. Chin et al., Effect of dental restorations and prostheses on radiotherapy dose distribution: A Monte Carlo study, J. Appl. Clin. Med. Phys. 10 (1) 2009 B. Abbott et al., All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data, Phys. Rev. D 77 (2) 2008 ______, Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars, Phys. Rev. D 76 (4) 2007 ______, Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves, Phys. Rev. D 76 (8) 2007 ______, Searching for a Stochastic Background of Gravitaional Waves with the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory, Astrophysical Journal 659 2007 ______, Searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1: Results from the second LIGO science run, Phys. Rev. D 76 (8) 2007 ______, Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806-20 hyperflare of 27 December 2004 using LIGO, Phys. Rev. D 76 (6) 2007 ______, Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run, Classical and Quantum Gravity 24 2007 ______, First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds, Phys. Rev. D 76 (2) 2007 ______, Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspirals in LIGO data, Phys. Rev. D 73 (6) 2006 ______, Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO's third science run, Classical and Quantum Gravity 23 2006 H.F. Xiang, J.S. Song, D. Chin, R.A. Cormack, R.B. Tishler, G.M. Makrigiorgos, L.E. Court, and L.M. Chin, Build-up and surface dose measurements on phantoms using micro-MOSFET in 6 and 10 MV x-ray beams and comparison with Monte Carlo calculations, Medical Physics 34 (4) 2007 L.E. Court, L. Jahnke, D. Chin, J.S. Song, R.A. Cormack, P. Zygmanski, R.B. Tishler, and L.M. Chin, Dynamic IMRT treatments of sinus region tumors: comparison of Monte Carlo calculations with treatment planning system calculations and ion chamber measurements, Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment 5 (5) 2006 B. Abbott et al., Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries, Phys. Rev. D 73 (10) 2006 ______, Upper limits on gravitational wave bursts in LIGO's second science run, Phys. Rev. D 72 (6) 2005 ______, Upper Limits on a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves, Physical Review Letters 95 (22) 2005 ______, Upper limits from the LIGO and TAMA detectors on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts, Phys. Rev. D 72 (12) 2005 ______, Search for gravitational waves from primordial black hole binary coalescences in the galactic halo, Phys. Rev. D 72 (8) 2005 ______, Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars, Phys. Rev. D 72 (8) 2005 ______, Search for gravitational waves associated with the gamma ray burst GRB030329 using the LIGO detectors, Phys. Rev. D 72 (4) 2005 ______, Limits on Gravitational-Wave Emission from Selected Pulsars Using LIGO Data, Physical Review Letters 94 (18) 2005 ______, First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic gravitational waves using the Hough transform, Phys. Rev. D 72 (10) 2005 ______, Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors, Phys. Rev. D 69 (8) 2004 ______, First upper limits from LIGO on gavitational wave bursts, Phys. Rev. D 69 (10) 2004 ______, Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 517 2004 ______, Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars, Phys. Rev. D 69 (12) 2004 B. Allen, G. Woan, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and B. Abbott et al., Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitaional waves from PSR J1939+2134, Classical and Quantum Gravity 21 2004 B. Abbott et al., Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitational waves, Phys. Rev. D 69 (12) 2004 D. Chin and K. Riles, Defining and Testing Operational State Conditions in the Data Monitoring Tool, LIGO Technical Note LIGO-T-010104-00-Z, 2001 |