Victor Bennett

Haas School of Business
University of California, Berkeley
545 Student Services #1900
Berkeley, CA 94720

bennett at this domain

http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/bennett/

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (in progress), Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley.

MS, Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley

BA with Honors in Science, Technology, and Society, Stanford University.

(Honors Thesis Advisor: Dr. Kenneth J. Arrow)

Concentrations: Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Economics.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

06/03 - 11/05   Google, Inc.   Technical Specialist

• Statistical analysis of "click validity",
• Implementation of data analysis platform,
• Managed release of AdSense Preview Tool,
• Internal Technical Trainer

1. "Systems and Methods for Relating Traffic Using Traffic Signatures," with Sasank Mudunuri, Google, Inc., filed 2004.

2. "Methods and Systems for Generation of Community Structure in a Social Network" with Adam Smith, Google, Inc, filed 2004.

3. "A Context-Aware Process for Allowing Users of Internet Services to Access Account Information Remotely," with Gorkem Ozcelebi, Google, Inc., filed 2004.

4. "Rules Compliance Validation," with Dr. Kourosh Gharachorloo, Gokul Rajaram, et al., Google Inc, filed 2004.

5. "Systems and Methods for Prioritizing Error Notification," Google, Inc., filed 2005.

6. "Reading Speed Detection and Utilization," Google, Inc., filed 2005.

7. "Media Parsing to Human Recognizable Units," Google, Inc., filed 2005.

8. "Automatic Selection of Representative Media Segments," Google, Inc., filed 2005.

9. "Traffic Prediction for Websites," Google, Inc., filed 2005.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

1. "Empirical Analysis of Patience with Adaptive Products."
2. "Learning about Learning: Bayesian Evaluation of Improving Processes"
3. "Expecting Off- Label Prescription: Are Pharmaceutical Indications Endogenous."
4. "Type Inference in Continuous Time Wars of Attrition."