Curriculum vitae

Name: Simon Lovat Angus McIntyre

Date of Birth: 16th March 1965

Nationality: US/UK (dual national)

Education

1984-1988 "Linguistics with Artificial Intelligence" at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Graduated MA (Hons), First class.

1988-1989 "Intelligent Knowledge-Based Systems (Artificial Intelligence)" at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. MSc with Distinction.

Prior Experience

Full-time employment 1989-1996

1996- Researcher in evolution of language at Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Paris.

1993-1996 Independent consultant in knowledge-based systems, Internet communications and office automation. Web design and coding. Freelance journalist and technical/creative writer.

1990-1993 Project developer, Knowledge Technologies n.v., Brussels, Belgium. R&D in knowledge acquisition and representation, knowledge-based instruction, and transportation scheduling. Macintosh system support. [2 years], including:

1991-1992 Research fellowship, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium. R&D in advanced knowledge-level design systems [9 months].

1989-1990 Research assistant at Dida*Lab, R&D department of Dida*El s.r.l. of Milano, Italy. R&D in knowledge-acquisition and user-modelling for intelligent tutoring systems. Macintosh and UNIX system administration [1 year]

Part-time ('vacation employment') 1984-1988

1988 Programmer, Centre for Speech Technology Research, Edinburgh, Scotland, working on user interfaces for speech signal processing packages [2 months]

1986 Programmer, Monotype Advanced Development Group, Cambridge, England working on advanced typographical design systems. [6 weeks]

1984 Consultant to the Disabled Persons Association, Wellington, New Zealand, on use of teletext.

1984 Consultant to the Australian Caption Centre, Sydney, Australia on the use of interactive video in distributed learning systems.

1984 Teaching assistant and computer manager at Fairley House School, London, an independent school for children with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia). [5 months]

Skills

Programming/markup languages

Areas of expertise

AI programming (knowledge-based systems)
WWW design and implementation (including scripting)
User interface design and implementation
Natural language processing
System administration (Apple Macintosh, UNIX, DOS/Windows)
Application software (Word, Excel, PhotoShop, Freehand, PowerPoint, FileMaker etc.)
Technical authoring/documentation
Creative writing/journalism

Personal

Languages

English (mother tongue)
Italian (fluent)
French (fluent)
Dutch (basic)
Spanish (very basic)
Japanese (minimal)

Outside Interests

Reading, writing, travel, photography.