Objective

Education

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, area of Human Computer Interactions, University of New Hampshire (UNH), Durham NH, May 2010, GPA 3.8/4.0, sponsored by NSF grants.

MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, area of Computer Vision, University of New Hampshire (UNH), Durham NH, September 2002, GPA 3.8/4.0, sponsored by teaching assistantships.

BS in Electrical Engineering, Odessa National Polytechnic University, Ukraine, May 2000, GPA 95/100. Graduated with honors.

Professional skills

Operating systems: Windows, Linux, Solaris

Programming

• C, C++ (STL, boost, MFC, wxWidgets, OpenGL, OpenAL, Ogre3D, CeGUI, vtp, gdal, opencv, xerces, zlib, PhysX, audiere, pantheios, enet, sockets, doxygen), Delphi, pascal
• Perl, tcl/tk, python, lua, prolog
• Php, css, JavaScript, HTML
• VHDL

Software

• Microsoft Visual Studio, Borland Delphi
• SPSS (PASW) Statistics, SciLab, MatLab, MathCad
• Mercurial, subversion, cvs
• Open Office, Microsoft Office
• Blender, trueSpace6.6, AutoCAD, Gimp, Photoshop, 3DMax
• Apache, MySQL
• Mentor Graphics Tools for hardware design

Concepts: scientific analysis, simulations, patterns, threads, serious games, network protocols, plugins

Foreign languages: fluent Russian, intermediate Ukrainian, basic Spanish

Related experience

Chief Technology Officer at Static Line Interactive, Inc., September 2007 - present

• Founded the company
• Designed and developed applications with C++
• Streamlined processes using perl, python to create "one button operation" environments
  
• Created unique real time aerodynamic parachute simulations
• Created automatic mesh generation tools: GIS data comes in; ready to use mesh comes out
  
• Delivered training tools for skydivers (commercially available)
• Managed up to 3 people
• Worked with customers on product specifications and provided customer support
  

C++ programmer for Experiment Wizard, August 2008 - August 2009

• Designed a cross platform open source automation tool for automation of scientific experiments
• Developed the program in C++, perl
• Used XML Schema and Xml with xerces-c
• Published the program as an open source project on sourceforge.net

Coop position at Datacube, Inc., June 2002 - August 2002

• C++ programmer in Software Development group
• Designed test programs
• Performed quality assurance
• Debugged existing applications
• Participated in team and individual projects
• Was offered a full time position
  

MS thesis, Library for pattern recognition systems, September 2001 - May 2002

• Designed a library for pattern recognition systems
• Implemented the library using C++ (MFC, STL)
• Plug-in based

Coop position at Datacube, Inc., June 2001- August 2001

• C++ programmer in Customer Applications group
• Designed demonstration programs for old and new digital image processing hardware
• Debugged and extended existing programs
• Participated in team and individual projects

Digital image processing competition, UNH, Spring 2001

• 1st place
• Developed set of tutorials for digital image processing
• Programed in Matalab
• Designed a framework for creation of tutorials

Personal projects, C++ programming

• cregen - automatic mesh generation from a skeleton
• plug-ins for trueSpace - open source plugins for a 3D modeling and animation software
• ssr - 3D multiplayer game using OpenGL, OpenAL, sockets (code statistics)
• sjgui - open source gui library using OpenGL (extensive usage of templates and STL) (code statistics)

Freelancer, Summer 2000

• Designed and developed an educational program on Tai-Chi using Delphi (commercially available)
• Developed language learning tools using Delphi.

Research experience

Research Assistant at UNH, September 2003 - August 2009 Sponsored by Consolidated Advanced Technology Laboratory (CATLAB) and NSF grants

• Won best presentation award at NECHFES 2007 Student Conference
• Earned PhD degree, dissertation title: "Human-human multi-threaded spoken dialogs in the presence of driving"
• Studied human-computer and human-human spoken interactions
• Programmed in C++, tcl, perl
• Designed and ran experiments
• Analyzed data with Matlab and SPSS
• Worked with high fidelity driving simulator

Static Line Interactive, Inc., September 2005 - September 2007

• Researched aerodynamic properties of parachutes
• Developed 3D simulations using C++
• Analyzed data with SciLab

Research Assistant at UNH, September 2002 - August 2003 Sponsored by Datacube, Inc.

• Studied multi-threaded digital image processing

Publications

• Oskar Palinko, Andrew Kun, Alexander Shyrokov, and Peter Heeman, “Estimating Cognitive Load Using Remote Eye Tracking in a Driving Simulator,” ETRA 2010, pdf.
• Alexander Shyrokov, Andrew Kun, and Peter Heeman, "Experimental Modeling of Human-Human Multi-Threaded Dialogues in the Presence of a Manual-Visual Task," SIGdial 2007, Antwerp, Belgium, September 1-2, 2007, pdf.
• Peter Heeman, Fan Yang, Andrew Kun, and Alexander Shyrokov, "Conventions in Human-Human Multi-threaded Dialogues: A Preliminary Study," in International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, San Diego CA, Jan, 2005, pdf.

Teaching experience

Teaching Assistant for

• Introduction to Digital Systems Course, UNH, ECE, Fall 2009
• Computer Engineering Course, UNH, ECE, Spring 2002
• Communication Course, UNH, ECE, Fall 2001
• VLSI Design Course, UNH, ECE, Spring 2001
• Junior Laboratory, UNH, ECE, Fall 2000 and Spring 2001
• Communication Course, UNH, ECE, Fall 2000
• Teaching Assistant in Computer Applications, Odessa National Polytechnic University, Ukraine, Spring 1998

For all courses

• Prepared and assisted students with lab work
• Made up and corrected lab and homework assignments

Leadership

Argentine tango club, University of New Hampshire, 2007 - 2009

• Founded Argentine tango club
• Taught students the science of Argentine tango

Leader in New Hampshire Outing Club, UNH, 2006 - 2007

• Planned and organized trips
• Led people on different outdoor trips

Martial arts instructor, Odessa, Ukraine, 1995-2000

• Self defense classes
• Tai-chi
• Bagua

Work authorization

• Any employer in US
• Green card holder

Hobbies

• 3D graphics: programming, modeling, animation, input devices
• Sports: fencing, martial arts, skydiving, gymnastics
• Dancing: Argentine Tango, West Coast Swing

References

• Andrew Kun: Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire, (603)-862-4175
• Richard Messner: Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire, (603)-862-1304
• Andrzej Rucinski: Professor, University of New Hampshire, (603)-862-1381
• Bill Ward: Engineering Manager, Datacube Inc.