From: takang@max.u.washington.edu
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Subject: Ph.D. in EE Seeking Position in Software Designs or AI
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                                 Jason T. Ma
                                 4801 24th Ave. NE #502
                                 Seattle, WA 98105
                                 (206)524-3897
                                 takang@max.u.washington.edu

                                 January 27, 1993

Dear prospective employer:

I  am  interested in applying for an engineering position in 
your organization  in  the areas of software designs, expert 
system  technologies,  and  computer  applications  to power 
systems. Enclosed please find my resume for your perusal and 
consideration.

I  will  receive  my Ph.D. degree in Electrical  Engineering
from  the University of Washington by February 1993. As  the
enclosed  resume  indicates,  I have extensive background in
power engineering and software designs. For my  dissertation
project,  I  developed an object-oriented expert  system  on
design of automatic switching for subtransmission lines.  To
derive  the  optimal automatic switching design, I  embedded
model-based   reasoning  techniques   in   the   system   to
incorporate   operational   principles   of   power   system
components. The other important project I was fully involved
in was the development of a real-time expert system. In this
project,  I  integrated and enhanced  the  developed  expert
system  with  a real-time Data Base Management System (DBMS) 
and an Energy Management System (EMS) in  the control center 
of  Puget Sound Power and Light Company, WA.   Therefore,  I 
learned the DBMSs, the EMS environment,  and the development  
skills  of  real-time applications.  My other research areas 
include computer graphics,  power  system  voltage  security  
assessment, knowledge engineering,  distribution automation,   
expert  system  maintenance, telecommunication network, etc. 
In   addition,  you  may notice that I got an ESCA  graduate  
fellowship   last   year   for   my  academic  and  research 
performance.  Based  on  my  education  and   experience,  I  
believe  that  I  can contribute a high degree of excellence 
to your company.

I  would be happy to furnish any additional material at your
request.  Thank you for your time and consideration.  I look  
forward to hearing from you soon.



                                   Sincerely,
                                   Jason T. Ma
                              
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                         Jason T. Ma
                              
                   4801 24th Ave. NE #502
                      Seattle, WA 98105
                    Phone: (206)524-3897
                     FAX: (206) 543-3842
             Email: takang@max.u.washington.edu

                              
OBJECTIVE:
  An  engineering position in  the  areas  of  software designs,
  expert  system  technologies,  and  computer  applications  to 
  power systems.  
  
EDUCATION:
  o Ph.D.  in  Electrical Engineering, University of Washington,
    Seattle, Washington, expected February 1993. GPA: 3.81/4.0.
    Dissertation:   Subtransmission  Line  Automatic   Switching
    Design and Maintenance of Rule-Based Expert Systems.

  o M.S.  in  Electrical Engineering, University of  Washington,
    Seattle, Washington,  December 1988. GPA: 3.71/4.0.
    Master Thesis: A Relation Checking Algorithm for Maintenance
    of Rule-Based Systems.

  o B.S.   in   Electrical  Engineering,  National  Cheng   Kung
    University, Tainan, Taiwan, July 1986. GPA: 3.7/4.0.
    Senior  Project: Automatic  Cell  Synthesis  for Gate Matrix 
    Layout.

HONORS AND AWARDS:
  o ESCA Graduate Fellowship, 1992

  o Eta Kappa Nu engineering honor list, 1992

  o Tau Beta Pi engineering honor list, 1989

  o Awarded  the  fifth prize in the National Cheng  Kung  Univ.
    engineering paper contest, 1986

  o Scholarship  of  the Sampo Electric Corporation  Foundation,
    1985

COMPUTER SKILLS:
  o Languages:  C++,  C,   Fortran, OPS83, OPS5,  Prolog,  LISP,
    Pascal, Basic, Modula-2.

  o Data  Base Management Systems: HABITAT, R:BASE System, DBASE
    IV.

  o Software Packages: OS/2 Presentation Manager Toolkit, EASE+,
    Matlab,  MathCAD, Microsoft Window Toolkit, LINDO,  NEXPERT,
    MIT Network Simulator, TUTSIM.

  o Operating Systems: OS/2, MS-DOS, VMS, and UNIX.

  o Window  Environments:  X Window,  Motif,  DEC  Window,   OS/2
    workplace shell, Microsoft Window.

EXPERIENCE:
 o Teaching Associate: Lectured on "Programming Expert Systems in 
   OPS83"  and  "Model-Based  Reasoning" for the course entitled, 
   "Expert System Applications to Power Systems," 1/93 - present

 o Teaching Associate: Prepared computer assignments and assisted
   students  using power system analysis packages for the  course
   entitled, "Power System Analysis I," 9/92 - 12/92

 o Research    Associate:   Conducted   research   on   knowledge
   representation    and   automatic   switching    design    for
   subtransmission lines [2-4], 5/91 - 9/92

   - Designed and developed  a knowledge-based system in C++  and
     OPS83 to solve the automatic switching design problem.

   - Embedded model-based reasoning  techniques in the system  to
     incorporate   operational   principles   of   power   system 
     components  for  deriving  the  optimal  automatic switching 
     design.

   - Designed and built a fully graphical user interface based on
     the EPRIGEMS guidelines and constructed a database in R:BASE
     Database Management System for the developed system.

 o Teaching   Assistant:  Course  entitled,  "Electrical   Energy
   Distribution Systems (Computer-Based Planning and Operation),"
   4/91-6/91

 o Research  Assistant: Conducted research on a real-time  expert
   system for Customer Restoration And Fault Testing (CRAFT) [5], 
   9/89 - 3/91

   - Integrated the developed expert system with HABITAT  and the
     energy  management  system  in  the  control center of Puget 
     Sound Power and Light Company, Bellevue, WA.

   - Analyzed and enhanced the performance of the developed real-
     time expert system.

   - Designed   and  developed  the explanation capability of the  
     expert  system   and  enhanced  the  capability  of  a fault 
     simulator.

   - Proposed  and built a methodology for assisting engineers in
     maintaining the expert system.

 o Research  Assistant:  Conducted research on  voltage  security
   assessment  [6],  artificial intelligence [7],  and  knowledge
   representation [8-11], 1/87 - 9/89

   - Designed and implemented  an  intelligent expert system that
     incorporates  both   heuristics   and   contingency  ranking 
     algorithms for  voltage security assessment.

   - Developed and implemented a relation-checking algorithm  for
     detection  of  conflicts   and  redundancies  in  rule-based 
     systems based on the  analysis  of knowledge  representation   
     and forward/backward chaining processes of expert systems.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
 o Student  member  of  Institute  of  Electrical  & Electronics 
   Engineers, 1990-present
 
 o Student member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society, 1990 -
   present.

ACTIVITIES:
 o Organized  and  instructed  the  Symposium  of Expert System 
   Products for Power System Operations, September 18-19, 1990,
   Seattle, WA.

 o President  of  the  Debating  Society,  National  Cheng-Kung 
   University, Taiwan, 1984

PUBLICATIONS:
[1] C. Liu, T. Ma, et al, "Practical  Use  of Expert Systems in 
    Power Systems," invited  paper  for  presentation   in  the 
    fourth   International   Symposium   of   Expert    Systems 
    Application to Power Systems, Australia, January 1993.

[2] T. Ma, C. Liu, et al., "An Integrated Model- and Rule-Based
    Approach    to   Design   of   Automatic   Switching    for
    Subtransmission Lines," submitted for presentation in  PICA
    '93 and publication in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

[3] C. Liu, M. Damborg, and T. Ma, CRAFT: On-Line Expert System
    for Customer Restoration and Fault Testing, EPRI Report EL-
    6880, Volume 6, April 1992.

[4] M. Damborg, C. Liu, and T. Ma, "CRAFT: Enhancements and Its
    Evolution   to   a  Design  Tool,"  Proc.   Expert   System
    Applications  for  the Electric Power Industry  Conference,
    Sept. 1991, Boston, Session 2.

[5] T.   Ma,  C.  Liu,  et  al.,  "Operational  Experience  and
    Maintenance  of  an  On-Line  Expert  System  for  Customer
    Restoration and Fault Testing," IEEE Transactions on  Power
    Systems, Vol. 7, No. 2, May 1992, pp. 835-842.

[6] K.  Vu,  T. Ma, C. Liu, etc., "An Expert System for Voltage
    Security  Assessment," Proc. Symposium  of  Expert  Systems
    Application to Power systems, Sweden, 1988, pp. 15.1-15.6.

[7] H. Marathe, C. Liu, and T. Ma, "A Relational Representation
    of  Complex  Knowledge with Applications  to  Power  System
    Problems," Proc. Symposium of Expert Systems Application to
    Power systems, Sweden, 1988, pp. 2.4-2.9.

[8] H.  Marathe,  C.  Liu,  and  T. Ma,  "A  Relation  Checking
    Algorithm   for   Maintenance   of   Rule-Based   Systems,"
    International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems,
    Vol. 12, No. 4, October 1990, pp. 235-241.

[9] T.  Ma,  C.  Liu,  and  H. Marathe,  "A  Relation  Checking
    Algorithm with Application to A Rule-Based System for Power
    System Voltage Control," International Symposium on Circuit
    and Systems, May 1989, pp. 1958-1961.

[10] H.   Marathe,  T.  Ma,  and  C.  Liu,  "An  Algorithm   for
    Identification    of   Relations   Among    Rules,"    IEEE
    International    Workshop   on   Tools    for    Artificial
    Intelligence, 1989, pp. 360-367.

[11] H.  Marathe,  C.  Liu,  and T. Ma, "A Scenario-Independent
    Algorithm  for  Identification of Relations  among  Rules,"
    accepted  for publication in Journal of Data and  Knowledge
    Engineering.

REFERENCES:
    Available upon request.
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