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Curriculum Vitae

This page is devoted to major achievement, responsibilities and milestones of my research career. For list of publications, conference presentations and research related activities please consult corresponding pages. 

Education

The University of Calgary (1998-1999), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science

The University of Calgary (1994 - 1998)
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Computer Science and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Specialization: Computational geometry
GPA = 4.0
Lomonosov Moscow State University (1988 - 1993)
Diploma with Honors (M. Sc. equivalent), Department of Computer Science, Moscow, Russia,

Profession: Applied mathematics
Specialization: Computer software
GPA = 4.0

Research Grants Received

1.              CFI New Opportunities Research Grant “Establishement of Biometric Technologies Lab” S. Yanushkevich, M. Gavrilova, 180,000 cash CFI, 140,000 Alberta Government, 144,000 University and in-kind, $464,000 for 2003-2005

2.     GEOIDE Fundamental research “Multivariate Spatial Analysis of Disease Incidence as a Function of Localized Social and Environmental Factors: The Case Study of Coronary Heart Disease in Alberta” S. Bertazzon, M. Gavrilova, $358,000 for 2003-2005

3.     NSERC Discovery Research Grant Geometric Methods in Computer Modeling and Simulation” (2003-2007)
NSERC Operating Grant, $76,000
 

4.     BCT. Telus Distinguished Visitors Program/Major Conference Funding for the year 2002 and 2003: International Workshop on modeling and simulation in Biometric Technology (BT'2003) Collaborative grant, S. Yanushkevich, M. Gavrilova, V. Shmerco $20,000

 

5.     DIMACS Visitors Grant to attend DIMACS Research Centre and Bell Labs, invited visit hosted by Steven Fortune (Bell Labs), (2002)
DIMACS Research Grant, $1,320
 

 

6.     University of Calgary Research Services Scholarly Activity Grant (2002-2003)
To organize the International Workshop on Banking Information Technologies & Financial Telecommunications 2003 (BIT & FT'2003)
Institutional Research Grant, $6,000
 

 

7.     ACCESS IV Research grant (2001-2003) Institutional Research Grant, $20,000
Individual grant from the Faculty of Science

8.      Starter Research Grant, University of Calgary Research Services (2001-2003)
”The Voronoi-Delaunay Methodology for Simulation of Complex Physical Systems” Institutional Research Grant, $10,000
 

9.      International Centre Starter Research Grant (2001-2002)
”Geometric Algorithms in Growing Biological Systems”
Institutional Research Grant, $5,000
Individual grant, Primary applicant

10.    University of Calgary Research Services Travel Grant (2000-2001) Marina L. Gavrilova,  “Grant for Participation in the ICCS’01 Conference, San Francisco, USA” Institutional Research Grant, $1,320
 

Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards Received

CFI Young Innovator Award 2003

PIMs (the Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences) Postdoctoral Fellowship (1998-1999)
International Fellowship, The University of Calgary, $20,000 plus $500 travel allowance

National Science and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship (1996-1998)
National Scholarship, The University of Calgary, $36,000

University of Calgary Fee Scholarship (1996-1998)
University Scholarship, The University of Calgary, $2,000

Delta Kappa Gamma World Fellowship (1995-1997)
International Scholarship, The University of Calgary, $2,000

Honorary Killam Memorial Scholarship (1996-1997)
Province Scholarship, The University of Calgary, $4,000 plus $2,100 research allowance

Graduate Killam Memorial Scholarship (1995-1996)
Province Scholarship, The University of Calgary, $18,000 plus $2,100 research allowance

Moscow Mayor's Scholarship (1992-1993)
University Scholarship, Lomonosov Moscow State University, $5,000.

Scientific Council Scholarship (1991-1992)
University Scholarship, Lomonosov Moscow State University, $5,000.

 

Employment

The University of Calgary (2006 - present) Associate Professor with Tenure

The University of Calgary (2001 - 2006) Assistant Professor

The University of Calgary (1998-1999) PIMs Post-Doctoral Fellow

DeVry Institute of Technology (1998-1999) Faculty (part-time)

The University of Calgary (1994 - 1998) Ph. D. student, Graduate teaching assistant

Scientific-Technical Enterprise "Tech-Radio", Moscow (1990 - 1993) System analyst, part-time

International Research & Exchange Board, Moscow (1991) Computer consultant, part-time

Lomonosov Moscow State University (1989 - 1990)
Faculty of General Mathematics, Department of Computer Science, Moscow, Russia Research assistant, part-time.

Research

Research Interests

  • Algorithm Design and Analysis
  • Graphics and Image Processing
  • Computational Geometry and Applications
  • Biometrics
  • GIS

Professional Activities

Conference Organization

Co-Chair, International Workshop on Banking Information Technologies & Financial Telecommunications 2002 (BIT & FT'2002),  University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada (subject to budget approval)

Co-Chair, International Workshop on Emerging Technologies in High Performance and  Scientific Computing, BIRS, Banff, Canada (subject to PIMS approval)

Chair, International Workshop on Computational Geometry and Applications, 2002 International Conference on Computational Science'2002 (ICCS'2002), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Advisory Committee Member, Program Committee Member, International Conference on Computational Science'2002 (ICCS'2002), Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Program Committee Member, CIC’2002, Las Vegas, USA.

Chair, International Workshop on Computational Geometry and Applications, 2001 International Conference on Computational Science'2001 (ICCS'2001), San Francisco, USA.

Program Committee Member, International Conference on Computational Science'2001 (ICCS'2001), San Francisco, USA

Special Event Committee Member, International Conference on Computational Science'2001 (2001), San Francisco, USA

Chair, Technical Session on Applied Parallel Algorithms, PDPTA'2001, the 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications

Co-Chair, Session on Software Systems, Tools, Languages and Models, PDPTA'2000: The 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, Las Vegas, USA.

 

Editorial Responsibilities

Guest Editor, Journal of Supercomputing, Special Issue on Computational Issues in Fluid Dynamics, Optimization and Simulation. Co-editor: C. J. K. Tan, 2002

Guest Editor, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, ICCS'02 Proceedings, Springer-Verlag, 2002.

Associate Editor, CSREA Press (ISBN), PDPTA Proceedings, Volume III, 2001.

 

Departmental and University Activities

Member of the Research Infrastructure Committee (departmental), the University of Calgary (2001-2002)

Member of the Headship Selection Committee (faculty), the University of Calgary (2001-2002)

Member of the Faculty Committee on International Consortium (faculty), the University of Calgary, (2000 - present)

Member of the Faculty of Science Council, the University of Calgary (2000-present)

Member of Faculty of Science Ad-Hoc Committee, the University of Calgary (2000)

Vice-President of the Graduate Student Association in the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary (1997-1999)

Head of the Cultural Council in the Department of Computer Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University (1992-1993)

Membership in Professional Societies

Senior Member, ACM

Member, the Society for Computer Simulation (SCS) (1994-1998)
Simulation Councils, San-Diego, CA, USA

Member, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) (1996-present)
Piscataway, NJ, USA

Member, the IEEE Computer Society (from 1999)

Teaching

Teaching Interests

  • Algorithm Design and Analysis
  • Data Structures
  • Programming Languages
  • Communication and Networking
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Software Engineering
  • Biometrics
  • GIS

 

Featured in Newspaper Articles

"The Moscow University" newspaper, #13 (3746), Moscow, Russia, December 1991. Section "Welcome: honorary student", article "Success for two", p.2.

The city of Calgary "Calgary Herald" newspaper, Saturday, July 29, 1995, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; July 29, 1995. Section "City and Life","Sci-Tech", article "World Class International Students Put University of Calgary on the Map," column "Marina Gavrilova: Computing Movement ", p.B6.

The University of Calgary "Gazette", Vol. 25, #13 Calgary, Alberta, Canada; October 2, 1995
Article "Killam Awards support Russians work on computer simulation", p.5.

The Killam Trusts "Annual Report 1995"; October 1995, Section "The University of Calgary", p.15

"DKG News", Volume 52, No. 7 , Austin, Texas, USA; November 1995
Article "World Fellowship recipients begin studies in Canada, US", p.4.

The University of Calgary "Alumni Magazine", Vol. 27, No.2; Summer 1996
Article "Killam Awards support computer simulation."

 

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