Aaron Elkiss

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Email
aelkiss@umich.edu

Phone
734 615 2484

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Office
913 S University Ave 400 Hatcher N
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
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Applications Programmer/Analyst Intermediate

About

I am a programmer and systems administrator in Library IT - Core Services. In my spare time, I sing medieval & renaissance music and play a variety of obsolete instruments.

Background

I received my BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Maryland in 2003 and my MS in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2007. I joined the University Libraries in February 2010. Prior to that, I implemented an iPhone client for a location-aware social networking platform started by a University of Michigan spinoff company. I also designed and implemented a search engine for linguists while working as a research programmer at the University of Maryland. My interests are primarily in databases, information retrieval, machine learning, and natural language processing.

Responsibilities

I lead the ingest team for HathiTrust, working on developing and implementing specifications for loading books and other material digitized from various sources into HathiTrust and managing the ingest infrastructure. I also share systems administration responsibilities for various other aspects of the Library IT infrastructure with the other members of Core Services.

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