Education

Georgia Institute of Technology (Spring 2001 - Spring 2004)
Degree: BS in Computer Science
Specialization: Intelligent Systems
GPA: 3.76

Valdosta State University (Fall 1998 - Fall 2000)

Special Courses
AI Problem Solving (Spring 2004)
Intelligent Systems (Fall 2003)
IC Fabrication (audited, Fall 2002)
Transmission Electron Microscopy, graduate level (Fall 2002)
Introduction to MEMS, graduate level (Fall 2002)
Honors Physics II (Fall 2001)
Circuit Analysis (Fall 2000)

Research Experience

Microfabricated Conformable Electrode Array (Fall 2004 - Spring 2005)
Emory Physiology Department and Georgia Tech Laboratory For Neuroengineering
Advisors: Prof. Shawn Hochman, Prof. Stephen DeWeerth

Currently, I am designing, fabricating, and testing a conformable 2D micro-electrode array for spinal cord stimulation. I am also programming a multichannel stimulator to control it. The project has given me an opportunity to gain practical experience in microfabrication and electrophysiology experimentation.

Evolved Virtual Creatures (Fall 2003 - Spring 2004)
Georgia Tech College of Computing
Advisor: Prof. Tucker Balch

I created an artificial life program where virtual creatures evolve in a physically simulated 3D environment. Given a user-defined fitness function, a genetic algorithm evolves the creature’s brain (an artificial neural network) and physical morphology based on its performance in simulation. My program successfully evolved creatures with walking and block pushing behavior. The project received second place at Georgia Tech’s undergraduate research symposium, and I presented it at the undergraduate workshop of the 2004 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Images and videos are available at http://www.jungleboogie.org .

Nano-structure Research (Spring 2002 - Summer 2003)
Georgia Tech Physics Department
Advisor: Prof. James Gole

Working with Prof. Gole’s group, I completed three special project courses and two summers funded by a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. I electrochemically etched porous silicon for gas sensor applications and designed an etching chamber to improve etching reproducibility. I also developed a method for electroless nickel deposition on nanoporous silicon to improve lithium ion battery capacity. I verified the method with scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis. 

Molecular Dynamics (Fall 2002)
Georgia Tech Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Wolf

For a special project course, I worked on integrating a network event delivery system, ECho, into an open source molecular dynamics program, VMD. I studied VMD’s C++ source code and modified it to accept information from an ECho data channel. The purpose of the project was to link VMD to Dr. Wolf’s visualization software via ECho and enable collaborative realtime interaction and remote visualization of molecular dynamics simulations. 

Aerial Robotics Image Processing (Spring 2002) 
Georgia Tech College of Computing
Advisor: Prof. James Rehg

As a member of the Georgia Tech Aerial Robots Team, I created a graphical Java program for exploring onboard camera image processing algorithms, which helped our team win first place in the 2002 International Autonomous Aerial Robotics Competition. The program allowed us to test edge detection, Hough transforms, and custom feature extraction algorithms on various images.

Neural Feedback and Interpretation (Fall 2001)
Georgia Tech and Georgia State University 
Advisor: Prof. Melody Moore

Prof. Moore creates brain-computer interface software that gives severely paralyzed users the ability to control a computer with brain signals. I designed, programmed, and tested a biofeedback software application, BrainTrainer, to help patients visualize and control neural activity from a “neurotrophic” electrode. Prof. Moore continues to use BrainTrainer in her research.

Extracurricular Projects

Neural Sonification (Spring 2004)
I created a program to convert spiking information from neurons (cultured by Prof. Steve Potter’s Lab) on an electrode array into a MIDI signal. Electrode location and spike amplitude were mapped to note pitch and volume. The project was included in Prof. Gil Weinberg’s Computer Music presentation at GA Tech’s Technology Square Research Building.

Wheeled Robot (Summer 2001)
To gain experience with robotics, I built and programmed a wheeled robot with an onboard microcontroller and infrared proximity sensors. It used cues from the environment to determine its location in a eight by eight foot model of a house.

Work Experience

Computer Lab Technician Intern (Spring-Summer 2000) 
IBM Global Services - Education & Training; Atlanta, GA

•	Provided technical support
•	Configured and installed software for more than 100 computers both in the Atlanta facility and for other IBM learning centers

Computer Lab Technician (Summer 2001)
Georgia Governor's Honors Program; Valdosta, GA

•	Taught students computer and website design skills
•	Guided creation of the 2001 GHP website

Papers

JungleBoogie: A System for Studying Brain-Body Evolution of Virtual Creatures
Author: Richard Giuly
Presented at the GECCO 2004  Undergraduate Workshop

<http://www.jungleboogie.org/gecco_paper.pdf>
Neural Signal Feedback and Interpretation
Authors: Richard Giuly, Melody Moore, Todd Kirby
Unpublished
http://www.jungleboogie.org/neuralsignal.doc

Honors
Georgia Tech 2004 Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2nd Place Judges Award
Graduated from Georgia Tech with Highest Honor
Dean's list standing at VSU and GA Tech for 11 semesters and faculty honors Spring 2004
Hope Scholarship

Memberships
Georgia Tech Aerial Robotics Team
UPE International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines
Golden Key International Honor Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Computing Machinery
American Association for Artificial Intelligence
Georgia Tech Musician's Network