1. Alpheus Madsen
961 South, 200 East
Orem, UT 84058
home: (801)375-2007
cell: (435)363-5968
alpheus.madsen@gmail.com
Objective To find ways to provide services that take advantage of those talents that have led
me to become a mathematician, with bonus points awarded to those services that
involve numbers systems, geometries, or physics.
Skill Summary Experienced with linear algebra, calculus, quaternions, statistics, Newtonian physics
and other mathematics. Proficient with Linux and multiple computer languages,
such as Python, PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, HTML, and XML, and can delve into
lower-level languages, like C++, Assembler, Forth, and Java, as needed. Can
quickly learn new technologies. Can read and research mathematics and other tech-
nical subjects, and explain technical subjects to others, both orally and in writing.
Enjoys giving presentations, and tutoring individuals and small groups.
Qualifications Strategic Thinking
• Can sort through clutter, to find the best solution to a problem.
• Looks through complexity to find patterns, playing out alternate scenarios to
find the best path to a solution.
• Pointed out implications, for servers and for the user interface, of database and
tree structures of YouWho’s data system.
A Love of Ideas.
• Delighted to discover elegant, simple concepts that describe why things are the
way they are.
• Revel in viewing the world from strangely enlightening angles.
• Hobbies include designing portable computing devices and “paperless” comput-
ing applications, analog robotics research, and contemplating the possibility of
using nonlinear robotics techniques in artificial intelligence.
A Desire to Learn.
• Drawn to the process of learning; energized by the steady and deliberate journey
to competence.
• Enjoys the discovery of new ideas, and how they may relate to interesting prob-
lems.
• Currently attempting to learn Common Lisp, and its powers of abstraction.
Establishment of Context.
• Inspired by the history of ideas, using historical perspective to see future impli-
cations of those ideas.
• Understands the importance of tradition, and respects the need to pay homage
to the past while accepting change.
• Used the stories of data—where it came from, and how it was obtained—to
better understand how the data should be best formatted.
Contemplation.
• Enjoys time alone for musing, reflection and introspection.
• Takes time to discover connections between diverse ideas.
• Interested in small flying devices, in machining (both manual and computer
controlled), as well as physics and Finite Element Analysis, and how these things
can come together to produce something interesting.

2. Education Bridgerland Applied Technical College, Logan, UT
Machining Technology Basics, October 2008 to December 2008
State University of New York at Albany, NY
PhD in Mathematics, December 2007
MS in Mathematics, June 2005
Westminster College of Salt Lake City, UT
BA in Mathematics, June 2002,
with minors in Computer Science and Music
Experience Perfect Search Corp, Orem, UT
July 2009 to August 2012, Research Assistant
YouWho Inc, Lehi, UT
August 2011 to January 2012, Assistant Data Crawler
EV Source, Logan, UT
October 2008 to October 2010, Website Programmer
State University of New York at Albany, NY
August 2007 to December 2007, Lecturer
August 2003 to August 2007, Graduate Assistant
Liberty ISP, Salt Lake City, UT
February 2003 to August 2003, Computer Programmer
Westminster College of Salt Lake City, UT
August 1999 to June 2002, Mathematics and Computer Science Tutor
Conferences Utah Open Source Conference
and Workshops Utah State University, Orem, UT, May 2012
Attended
Utah Open Source Conference
Salt Lake Community College, Miller Campus, Sandy, UT, October 2009
Presented “The (Untapped) Power of Functional Programming”
Route 81 Conference on Commutative Algebra
and Algebraic Geometry
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, September 2007.
Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science Day
State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, March 2006.
Summer School on Free Resolutions of Monomial Ideals
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May 2006.
Fields Institute Summer School and Conference on
Valuation Theory and Integral Closure in Commutative Algebra
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CA, July 2006.