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Katarzyna Świrydowicz - Curiculum Vitae<br />
Contact data<br />
Education<br />
<strong>Department</strong> of <strong>Math</strong>ematics<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
Blacksburg, VA 24061<br />
465 I McBryde Hall<br />
(540) 231-7139, (540) 231-1625 (VBI)<br />
kswirydo@vbi.vt.edu<br />
www.math.vt.edu/kswirydo<br />
⇒ August 2009 – now<br />
<strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Tech</strong>, USA, PhD in <strong>Math</strong>ematics (<strong>Math</strong> <strong>Department</strong> Program), expected 2013<br />
Advisor: Reinhard Laubenbacher (<strong>Virginia</strong> Bioinformatics Institute)<br />
⇒ October 2005 – May 2009<br />
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland<br />
M. Sc. in Computer Science<br />
Advisor: dr Wojciech Kowalewski, dissertation subject: “Meshfree methods in the<br />
equations of physics” defended with grade ”bardzo dobry” (”very good”) in July 2010.<br />
Five-year program completed in four years (major: software engineering).<br />
⇒ October 2004 – May 2009<br />
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland<br />
M. Sc. in <strong>Math</strong>ematics<br />
Advisor: prof. Wojciech Gajda, dissertation subject: ”On Ramanujan Graphs and<br />
modular forms” defended with grade ”bardzo dobry” (”very good”) in June 2009.<br />
Studies according to the special program of theoretical section (major: pure<br />
mathematics).<br />
Work Experience<br />
⇒ September 2010 – now<br />
GRA at VBI<br />
⇒ August 2009 – May 2010<br />
GTA at <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
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⇒ February 2007 – June 2007 and February 2008 – June 2008<br />
Teacher assistant in courses: Programming Languages 2, Computer Tools 1 and<br />
Computer Tools 2<br />
Main activities and responsibilities: Helping teacher during laboratory class to explain<br />
to students practical aspects of what they should do and how it should be done<br />
(c/c++, java, c#, html, php, opengl etc)<br />
Name and address of employer: Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of <strong>Math</strong>ematics<br />
and Computer Science<br />
Type of business or sector: Education<br />
Scientific interests<br />
⇒ Biomathematics, graph theory, discrete mathematics<br />
⇒ Computer graphics (both the computational and the artistic side)<br />
⇒ Psychology of searching and user behavior in the Internet<br />
⇒ SET game mathematics (and everything connected to SET game)<br />
Conferences and publications<br />
Publications<br />
⇒ SET game mathematics (in Polish) – with Agnieszka Kaszkowiak, in a book that was<br />
published after 10 th International Workshop for Young <strong>Math</strong>ematicians<br />
⇒ Ramanujan graphs (in Polish), in a book that was published after 11 th International<br />
Workshop for Young <strong>Math</strong>ematicians<br />
Talks and posters<br />
⇒ 10th International Workshop for Young <strong>Math</strong>ematicians ”Combinatorics”, September<br />
2007, Kraków, Poland, poster ”SET game mathematics” (with Agnieszka Kaszkowiak) -<br />
first prize in best poster competition<br />
⇒ Winter Camp for Computer Science Students ZOSIA 2008, Miedzygórze, Poland, March<br />
6, 2007, ”Effective web searching - between computer science and psychology”<br />
⇒ 11th International Workshop for Young <strong>Math</strong>ematicians ”Number Theory”, Kraków,<br />
Poland, September 19, 2008, talk ”Ramanujan Graphs”<br />
⇒ 11th Poznań Art and Science Festival, Poznań, Poland, October 2008, talk ”SET game<br />
mathematics” (with Agnieszka Kaszkowiak)<br />
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Conferences<br />
⇒ 17-23.09.2006, Kraków, Poland,9th International Workshop for Young <strong>Math</strong>ematicians<br />
“Topology”,<br />
⇒ 1-4. 03. 2007, Przesieka, Poland, Winter Camp for Computer Science Students ZOSIA<br />
2007<br />
⇒ 16-22.09.2007, Kraków, Poland, 10th International Workshop for Young<br />
<strong>Math</strong>ematicians ”Combinatorics”<br />
⇒ 21–22.02.2008, Warsaw, Poland, <strong>Math</strong>ematics for key technologies and innovation<br />
(Polish-German conference)<br />
⇒ 23.06-27.06.2008, Bedlewo, Poland, Geometric Group Theory: Random groups and<br />
random graphs (International conference)<br />
⇒ 14.09–20.09.2008, Kraków, Poland, 11th International Workshop for Young<br />
<strong>Math</strong>ematicians “Number Theory”<br />
⇒ 19.03-21.03.2009, Applications of Graphic Processors in High Performance<br />
Computing, Warsaw, Poland (I also attended the nvidia CUDA workshop)<br />
Organizations and projects<br />
Organizations<br />
⇒ 2004–2009, Koło Naukowe Matematyków UAM (<strong>Math</strong>ematical Student Research Group).<br />
This organization was the only scientific mathematical student organization at the<br />
university. The group organized an open seminar for students and also organized<br />
departures to conferences, both on local and international level. I was a member of the<br />
Group since 2004, a cashier in academic year 2005/2006 and a president from 2006<br />
to 2009.<br />
⇒ 2004–2009, Koło Naukowe Informatyków (Computer Science Student Research Group).<br />
Projects<br />
First, I was a member of Algorithms section, later I moved to Cuda Section.<br />
⇒ 2005–2006, Project: ”Through mutiny to freedom”. I was a coordinator of the Internet<br />
Section in the one-year project that was set to commemorate some historical events<br />
that happened in 1956 in Poznań. The project was founded by European Union (‘Youth<br />
Program’).<br />
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Travels, scholarships and awards<br />
Travels<br />
⇒ September 2007 – February 2008, Genoa, Italy. I spent semester studying in Italy and<br />
Scholarships<br />
was sponsored by LLP/Erasmus program (this is a widely available European student<br />
exchange program).<br />
⇒ ”The scholarship of Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education for achievements<br />
Awards<br />
in education” (I received it for academic year 2008/2009)<br />
⇒ 1st prize for poster ”SET game mathematics” in 10th International Workshop for Young<br />
<strong>Math</strong>ematicians ”Combinatorics”<br />
⇒ Finalist of the university stage of the competition ‘Primus inter Pares – student of a<br />
Languages<br />
year 2008’ and Studencki Nobel 2009 (”the best student of the year 2009”)<br />
⇒ Polish (mother tongue)<br />
⇒ English<br />
⇒ Basics of German and Italian<br />
Computer Skills<br />
Programming and databases<br />
⇒ C/C++<br />
⇒ Java<br />
⇒ basics of opengl, jogl, cuda etc<br />
⇒ php, html/xhtml<br />
⇒ MS SQL and mysql databases<br />
⇒ Matlab, mathematica<br />
Other<br />
⇒ Adobe Photoshop, GIMP<br />
⇒ Windows/Linux/MacOSx<br />
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