Résumé: Charles Duan

Sept. 2004–Present Harvard Law School: Pursuing JD degree (expected 2007).

Sept. 2000–Jun. 2004 Harvard University: A.B., magna cum laude, in Computer Science.

• Honors thesis title: A Theoretical Taxonomy of Anti-Spam Technologies.

Jun. 2004–Present Cambridge, MA Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Intern and Research Assistant.

• Developed analytical computer tools for investigating Internet content filtering in foreign countries.
• Analyzed advertising trends in millions of spam messages.
• Interacted with faculty members at Harvard Law School and University of Toronto in project management.

Summer 2003 Boston, MA Geode Capital Management, LLC Summer Research Analyst.

• Designed statistical models for predicting the stock market for a medium-sized hedge fund corporation.
• Utilized at least four major financial data sources (Compustat, BARRA, Reuters, CRSP) and non-linear mixed-effects statistical prediction models.

Summer 2002 Cambridge, MA Harvard Freshman Seminars Office Web/Systems Designer.

• Designed a web application form for the Freshman Seminars Program and an automated system for assigning students to seminars.
• Interacted with faculty and department members to design an intuitive interface.
• The system has been used since Fall 2003, by 600 freshmen and over 100 faculty members per semester.

Aug. 2001–Jun. 2004 Cambridge, MA Harvard FAS Computer Services Student Supervisor and Computer User Assistant (on-site and helpdesk computer assistance for students).

• Advanced Support Team: Performed difficult computer resuscitation and repair.
• Managed student helpdesk offices; trained and instructed new computer user assistants.

Computer programming proficiency, in the following languages:

C/C++	Java (certified programmer, Aug. 2001)
Perl	R/S-Plus (statistical language)
TeX/LaTeX	SQL (databases)

Data mining and analysis. Capable of processing millions of data entries at once and performing complex statistical analysis and characterization. Also skilled at data visualization and graphic presentation.