Charlie Carver

Education

Dartmouth College
- When: 9/2018 to Present
- Where: Hanover, NH
- Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
Fordham University
- When: 9/2014 to 5/2018
- Where: Bronx, NY
- Degree: Bachelor of Science in Physics, Minor in Mathematics
- GPA: 3.70, Magna Cum Laude

Research Interests

Visible light communication and sensing, mobile computing, systems design, scientific computing, and quantum computing.

Publications

Best Paper. Carver, Charles J., Zhao Tian, Hongyong Zhang, Kofi M. Odame, Alberto Quattrini Li, and Xia Zhou. "AmphiLight: Direct Air-Water Communication with Laser Light." Proceedings of the 17th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 20), Febuary 25-27, 2020, Santa Clara, CA. Link.
Zhao Tian, Charles J. Carver, Qijia Shao, Monika Roznere, Alberto Quattrini Li, and Xia Zhou. "PolarTag: Invisible Data with Light Polarization" Proceedings of the 21st International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile '20), March 3-4, 2020, Austin, TX, USA. DOI.
Best Demo. Zhao Tian, Charles J. Carver, Qijia Shao, Monika Roznere, Alberto Quattrini Li, and Xia Zhou. "Demo: PolarTag - Invisible Data with Light Polarization" Proceedings of the 21st International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile '20), March 3-4, 2020, Austin, TX, USA. DOI.
Carver, Charles J., Tianxing Li, and Xia Zhou. "Lighting the way to wireless efficiency." XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students 26.1 (2019): 28-31. DOI.
Carver, Charles, Shela Wu, Adriana Rogers, Matthew Stafford, N. Sertac Artan, and Ziqian Dong. "Indoor Localization Through Visible Light Characterization Using Front-Facing Smartphone Camera." In 2017 IEEE 14th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), pp. 575-579. IEEE, 2017. DOI.
Stafford, Matthew, Adriana Rogers, Shela Wu, Charles Carver, N. Sertac Artan, and Ziqian Dong. "TETRIS: Smartphone-to-Smartphone Screen-Based Visible Light Communication." In 2017 IEEE 14th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), pp. 570-574. IEEE, 2017. DOI.
Carver, Charles. "Rutherford Scattering with Adaptive Runge-Kutta." Unpublished.
Carver, Charles. "Efficiencies of Linear-System-Solution Algorithms in Finding Equilibrium Positions of a 2D Mass-Spring System." Unpublished.

Presentations

"AmphiLight: Direct Air-Water Communication with Laser Light." 17th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 20), Santa Clara, CA, 2020. Video and Slides.
"The Physics of Visible Light Communication," University of New Hampshire Physics Colloquium, Durham, NH, 2019.
"Visible Light Localization & Communication," New York Institute of Technology REU Showcase, New York, NY, 2017.
"Efficiencies of Linear-System-Solution Algorithms in Finding Equilibrium Positions of a 2D Mass-Spring System," Computational Physics and Programming, Bronx, NY, 2016.

Posters

2nd Place for Best Poster. "TETRIS: Smartphone-to-Smartphone Screen-Based Visible Light Communication" (Second Place for Best Poster), New York Institute of Technology's 8th Annual Cybersecurity Conference, New York, NY, 2017.
"Indoor Localization through Visible Light Characterization using Front-Facing Smartphone Camera," New York Institute of Technology's 8th Annual Cybersecurity Conference, New York, NY, 2017.

Fellowships

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP), Dartmouth College, 2019.
Dartmouth Fellowship, Dartmouth College, 2018.
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Fellowship (REU), New York Institute of Technology, 2017.

Awards

Victor F. Hess Award, Fordham University, 2018.
Sigma Xi Inductee, Fordham University, 2018.
Dean’s List, Second Honors, Fordham University, 2017 to 2018.
Dean’s List, Second Honors, Fordham University, 2016 to 2017.
Robert Reger Jr. Scholarship, Fordham University, 2016 to 2018.
Pi Mu Epsilon Inductee, Fordham University, 2016.
Brendan P. Pfalzgraf Scholarship, Fordham University, 2014 to 2018.
Dean’s List, Fordham University, 2014 to 2015.

Technical Skills

Proficient in Python, MATLAB, Swift, PHP, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, CSS, and MySQL.
Experience in C, C++, Objective-C.
Hardware experience with Arduino, Raspberry PI, TI Launchpad, and FPGAs.

Teaching Experience

"Introduction to Programming and Computation," Dartmouth College Department of Computer Science, Spring 2019.
"Software Design and Implementation," Dartmouth College Department of Computer Science, Winter 2018.
"Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science," Dartmouth College Department of Computer Science, Fall 2018.

Work Experience

Head of IT, Fordham University Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, 2017 to 2018.
Lab Assistant, Fordham University Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, 2016 to 2017.
FinTech Software Engineering Intern, Montserrat Capital, 2016.
Grading Assistant, Fordham University Department of Mathematics, 2015 to 2018.
Summer Programming Intern, Cyberonics Inc., 2012.
Digital Comic Author, ComiXology Inc., 2009 to 2010.
CEO and Co-President, Carv Creative LLC, 2008 to Present.

Volunteering

United Technologies STEM U Mentor, New York Academy of Sciences, 2018 to 2019.
The Concourse Group, Fordham University, 2016 to 2017.
Physics Tutor, Fordham University, 2015 to 2018.

Contact

Email: ccarver.gr{at}dartmouth.edu

Hi, I'm Charlie Carver!

Education

Dartmouth College

Fordham University

Research Interests

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Fellowships

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Teaching Experience

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