Full Name

Dr Thomas Christopher Newcomb B.A. (Oxon) D.Phil. (Oxon)

DOB

10th November, 1977

Nationality

British

Home address

75 Rosamund Road

Oxford
OX2 8NX

Work tel

-

Mobile

07747 691 791

Email

tom.newcomb@gmail.com

Jan 2007 -

   Financial Software Engineer, Oxford Asset Management, Oxford

Nov 2004 - Jan 2007

   Research Officer, Oxford University Computing Laboratory, OX1 3QD

   Sponsored by the United States Office of Naval Research, Washington DC

• Conducting academic research into computer security and interoperability
• Constructing and relating theories of knowledge with applications to discovering guessing attacks on cryptographic security protocols and key management/distribution protocols
• Developing formal models and algorithms for verifying security of access control policies
• Producing tractable methods for proving absence of deadlock in concurrent programs and distributed systems
• Producing technical papers and publishing in international journals
• Attending international conferences and presenting research to large audiences of academics
• Organising and chairing research seminars and meetings
• Working independently and in collaboration with others

Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

   College Lecturer for Computer Science, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, OX1 4AR

• Organising and conducting tutorial teaching for undergraduate students
• Giving lectures and classes to large student audiences
• Supervising and marking student projects
• Selection of students using UCAS applications, testing and interviewing
• Attracting students to the college via open days and school liaising
• Pastoral care of students at the college

Aug 2006

   Course Instructor, East China Normal University, Shanghai

• Preparing and conducting graduate lectures on High Dependability Computing Technology

Jun 2003-Oct 2004

   Software Engineer, Sychron Ltd, Oxford, OX1 1RR

• Developing large-scale distributed software for automated policy-based resource management of server clusters
• Cross platform development for Linux, Solaris and Windows (ACE)
• Designing and coding distributed scheduler intelligence (C, C++, CORBA)
• Building an automated product deployment and testing suite (Perl, UNIX scripting)
• Working within a full development lifecycle

Summer 2002

   Consultant, QinetiQ, Malvern, WR14 3PS

• Mathematical modelling and analysis of secure, reliable replication protocols

Summers 1998, 1999

   Consultant, Cantor Fitzgerald International, London, EC3N 2LT

• Design and prototyping of interactive internet charting system for live share data (Java)
• Programming date mathematics for finance logic code (C++)

Summer 1997

   Entertainer, The Arabian Derby, Pleasure Land, Southport

• Cash collection, interacting with the public, and giving live commentary on camel races

1999-2003

   Oxford University Computing Laboratory, OX1 3QD

   Sponsored by the UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency

• PhD Computer Science

1996-1999

   St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, OX1 4AR

• Double First BA Maths & Computation

1991-1996

   Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, L23 0QP

• ‘A’ Level: Maths (A), Further Maths (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (B), General Studies (B), Maths AS (A)
• GCSE: Two A*'s, six A's and one B, including A's in English Literature and English Language

Sports

School cross country team, I competed in many national competitions

College Badminton Team

College Rowing Team, gave me experience in team work and getting up very early

Music

Playing musical instruments, especially the guitar. This has given me the opportunity to play with others in styles ranging from rock to jazz and blues

Camping

Together with fell-walking, usually in the Lake District

Gardening

Mostly landscape gardening. Developing my skills over a number of years, I have learned to build stone steps, rockeries, and dry-stone walls