Adam Rifkin: Background Coursework

Independent Study

Good Design

• Attended the class When Design Makes a Difference by Edward Tufte, April 3, 1995, put on by the Graphics Press, Box 430, Cheshire, CT 06410, (203) 272-9187, fax (203) 272-8600.

Engineering Management, Caltech Industrial Relations Center.

1. Assertive Management
2. Vocal Communication and Presentation Technique (June 5-7, 1995)
3. Managing in Technical Organizations (May 15-16, 1995)
4. The Successful Negotiator (May 4-5, 1995)
5. Leadership: The People Challenge (March 22-23, 1995)
6. Successful Project Management (March 6-8, 1995)
7. Effective Business and Report Writing (October 12-13, 1994)
8. Developing a High Performance Team (October 5-6, 1994)
9. Time Management (September 28, 1994)
10. Strategic Alliances (September 17, 1993)

California Institute of Technology

Computer Science

1. Topics in Compiler Construction (Hall, 1995)
2. Mathematics of Computer Programming (Leino/Hofstee, 1994)
3. Principles of Concurrency (Martin, 1992-3)
4. Computer Algorithms (Chandy, 1992-3)
5. Information and Complexity (Abu-Mostafa, 1992-3)
6. VLSI Design Laboratory (Seitz, 1992)

Business, Economics, and Management

1. Psychology in Economic Theory (Camerer, 1995)
2. Fundamentals of Game Theory (Camerer, 1994)
3. Investments (Bossearts, 1993)
4. Intro to Finance (Erics, 1993)
5. Venture Capital (Bossearts, 1992)

College of William and Mary

Graduate Computer Science

1. Parallel Simulation
2. Stochastic Optimization
3. Scheduling Theory
4. Digital Image Processing
5. Parallel Computer Architectures
6. Advanced Analysis of Algorithms
7. Theory of Operating Systems
8. Theory of Computation
9. Theory of Programming Languages
10. Software Engineering
11. Computer Graphics
12. Computer Networks
13. Artificial Intelligence

Undergraduate Computer Science and Math

1. Simulation
2. Operating Systems
3. Compiler Construction
4. Computer Ethics
5. Programming Languages
6. Cryptography
7. Analysis of Algorithms
8. Project: Research in Sorting
9. Database Systems
10. Computer Architecture
11. Finite Automata
12. Computer Organization
13. Data Structures
14. Concrete Mathematics
15. Probability and Statistics
16. Operations Research
17. Multivariable Calculus
18. Linear Algebra

Business, Economics, and Management

1. Mathematics of Economic Theory
2. Money and Banking
3. Macroeconomic Theory
4. Microeconomic Theory
5. Principles of Marketing
6. Principles of Accounting

Liberal Arts

1. Summer in Florence, Italy
2. Summer in Israel
3. Social and Political Philosophy
4. Ethics and Morality
5. Human Growth and Development
6. Survey of Philosophy
7. Cultural and Intellectual Traditions
8. Adventure Games
9. Military Leadership
10. American National Security Policy
11. Elementary Italian
12. Elementary Piano