Thane Plambeck
EDUCATION
Stanford University, Computer Science, PhD 1990 (Jeff Ullman)
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Mathematics, BA 1985
UPCOMING, RECENT, OLD HAT
[Mar 2008] Eighth Gathering for Gardner
[Jan 2008] BIRS conference on Combinatorial Game Theory
[Aug 2007] counterwave, inc (stealth mode)
[Sep 2006] Misere quotients for impartial games (with Aaron Siegel)
[Aug 2006] Games at DAL 4
[Jun 2006] The Misere Mex Mystery (Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting), Calgary
[Mar 2006] Game Theory and the Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre [txt]
[Mar 2006] Advances in losing
[Dec 2004] Taming the wild in impartial combinatorial games
[Mar 2004] Pretending in misere combinatorial games, Experimental Math Workshop, Oakland, CA
[2003] A pedestrian learns physics
[2002] Klarner project
[2001] The Vern and Marlene Plambeck endowment for the fine arts
ANCIENT HISTORY
[2000-2001] Principal Scientist, CTO Organization, VeriSign
[1999-2000] Chief Architect, Signio [acquired by VeriSign]
[1997-1999] President & CEO, Structured Arts Computing Corporation [acquired by Signio]
[1996-1997] Chief Operating Officer, Numerical Technologies [acquired by Synopsys]
[1996-1997] Independent Consultant, C*ATS Software
[1995-1996] VP Engineering, International Risk Control [acquired by C*ATS Software]
[1991-1995] President & Co-founder, Postmodern Computing Technologies [acquired by Visigenic]
[Summer 1991] IDA-CCR (Princeton, NJ)
[1990-1991] Senior Software Engineer, Teknekron Software Systems [now TIBCO]
LOOK ON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR!
[1985] Phi Beta Kappa
[1983] World champion team, ACM International computer programming contest
[1977] State tennis champion team, Kearney High School (Nebraska)
[1974] Nebraska elementary school scholastic chess champion
PERSONAL
Grew up in Kearney, Nebraska
Married. Two children.
