Anthony A. Boyles
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Education
Master of Science in International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology Ivan Allen College, Atlanta, GA
Graduated December 2011
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Computer Science
Emory University College of Arts and Sciences, Atlanta, GA
Graduated May 2010
Associate of Arts
Oxford College of Emory University, Oxford, GA
Graduated August 2007
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
Georgia Tech Research Institute Office of Policy Analysis and Research, Atlanta, GA, Fall 2011
- Worked for OPAR developing Drupal Data Visualization tools and maintaining the Mediawiki Platform for the Science and Technology Policy Primer.
Intern
Georgia Tech Research Institute Office of Policy Analysis and Research, Atlanta, GA, Summer 2011
- Worked for OPAR coding legislation for their annual “Legislative Landscape.” Also established the Semantic Mediawiki Platform for the Science and Technology Policy Primer
Independent Study
Georgia Institute of Technology Department of International Affairs, Atlanta, GA, Spring and Fall 2011
- Worked with Dr. Peter Brecke to produce a proof-of-concept paper using ifcSoft Self-Organizing Maps software to analyze political science data
- Worked with Dr. Margaret Kosal researching the discrepancy between top-level policy and defense spending priorities in the United States Defense Budget
Research Assistant
Emory University Department of Political Science, Atlanta, GA, Fall 2009 – Summer 2011
- Worked for Dr. Jeffrey Staton to generate automation scripts in AutoIt scripting language and data mining and preparing applications in Java to download Supreme and Constitutional Court case files from around the world, convert them to PDF (where necessary), and upload them to The Comparative Law Project server to be coded
- Worked for Dr. Kyle Beardsley coding a dataset archiving every unique United Nations Security Council action, derived from raw text of UN Security Council Resolutions
Teaching Experience
Teacher/Tutor
The Princeton Review, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 2008 – Present
- Tutor and teach the Princeton Review SAT (Jan. ‘08), ACT (June ‘09), and GRE (Jan. ‘11) courses, administer diagnostic examinations, advise students on the University application processes
Other Experience
Web Developer
Emory University Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 2008 – April 2009
- Created and temporarily maintained Confucius Institute of Atlanta website
- Worked to develop dynamic Blackboard content to aid the teaching of CHN 101 and CHN 102: Introductory Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified Characters)
Skills
- Proficient Programmer in Java and AutoIt
- Proficient with Statistical Analysis in R and SPSS
- Proficient with MS Office (Yes, I know how to use Excel and Visio)
- Proficient administrator of WordPress, Mediawiki and Drupal Content Management Systems
- Experience with System Dynamic Modeling in Stella, with some experience in similar platforms
- Experience with Agent-Based Modeling in Netlogo
- Experience with MySQL
- Elementary Proficiency with ArcGIS
- Experience Writing Scenarios and Executing the Path Game “The Mastery of Asia”
Interests
- Methodological Interests include Quantitative Methods (Statistical, System Dynamic, and Agent-Based Modeling), and Formal (Game Theoretic) Modeling, Forecasting, Automated Content Analysis, Data Mining.
- Substantive Interests include Assassinations, Inter- and Intra-state Conflict, Arms Markets, Science and Technology Policy, East Asian Politics
Languages
- Intermediate (2+ years study) Proficiency in (Beijing) Spoken Mandarin Chinese
- Native Spoken/Written Fluency in English