Stephen Sorkin

238 Grand View Ave
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 264-9722
ssorkin@gmail.com

Objective
To leverage my academic and industry experience in an early-phase venture focussed on a revolutionary innovation.
 
Education
2001-present University of California, Berkeley
Awarded Master of Science in Computer Science, May 2004.
On leave from Doctor of Philosophy program in Computer Science.
Coursework includes: Approximation Algorithms, Randomized Algorithms, Probability Theory, Statistical Learning Theory, Data Transport Protocols
1996-2000 Stanford University
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Honors and Distinction.
Honors thesis topic: "Efficient Collision Detection for Flexible Objects."
Advisors: Jean-Claude Latombe and Leo Guibas.
 
Work Experience
November 2005 -
present
Splunk
Manager, Search and Indexing
May 2004 -
November 2005
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
Research Scientist, Engineering Manager
1999-2001 Recourse Technologies (acquired by Symantec)
Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead
 
Research Experience
Summer 2004 Hewlett Packard Laboratories
Summer Internship
Summer 2003 Hewlett Packard Laboratories
Summer Internship
 
Publications

Practical Large-scale Distributed Key Generation. J. Canny and S. Sorkin. Eurocrypt 2004, Interlaken, Switzerland, May 2004.

Algorithmic Tools for Real-Time Microsurgery Simulation. J. Brown, S. Sorkin, J.C. Latombe, K. Montgomery, and M. Stephanides. Medical Image Analysis, Elsevier, 6(3):289-300, September 2002.

Real-Time Simulation of Deformable Objects: Tools and Application. J. Brown, S. Sorkin, C. Bruyns, J. C. Latombe, K. Montgomery, and M. Stephanides. Computer Animation, Seoul, Korea, November 2001.

Placing a Robot Manipulator Amid Obstacles for Optimized Execution. D. Hsu, J. C. Latombe, and S. Sorkin. Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. on Assembly and Task Planning (ISATP '99), Porto, Portugal, pp. 280-285, 1999.

On Finding Narrow Passages with Probabilistic Roadmap Planners. D. Hsu, L. E. Kavraki, J. C. Latombe, R. Motwani, and S. Sorkin. In Robotics: The Algorithmic Perspective, Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, P. K. Agarwal, L. E. Kavraki, and M. T. Mason (eds.), A K Peters, Natick, MA, pp. 141-153, 1998.

 
Patents
System and method for computer security using multiple cages. U. S. Patent 6,907,533.
System and method for analyzing logfiles. U. S. Patent Pending. Filed April 2001.
Encoded attribute matching on communication devices. U. S. Patent Pending. Filed October 2003.
Method and system for targeted data delivery. U. S. Patent Pending. Filed May 2005.
Method and system for targeted data delivery using a canonical representation of a user. Filed August 2005.
Method and system for user context information assisted search. Filed August 2005.
 
Awards and Honors
2002 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2001 California Microelectronics Fellowship
2000 Frederick E. Terman Award for Scholastic Achievement in Engineering
2000 Ben Wegbreit Prize for Best Computer Science Honors Thesis
1999 Microsoft Outstanding Junior Scholarship
1996 Stanford University President's Scholar