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