Prof. Gavrilova was raised and educated in the Capital of Russia, Moscow, where she obtained Diploma with Honours from the Computer Science Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

She then moved to the City of Calgary, located at the foothills of Canadian Rockies. She has received Ph.D. from both Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering Departments from the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada in 1999. During her years of studies, Dr. Gavrilova was a recipient of the Graduate Killam Memorial, Honorary Killam Memorial, NSERC, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International and PIMs awards. She was awarded PIMs Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 1999.

Currently, Prof. Gavrilova holds Associate Professor with Tenure appointment at the University of Calgary. Prof. Gavrilova research interests lie in the areas of computational geometry, GIS, computer graphics,  modeling and simulation, biometric, information systems, exact computation and parallel computing. 

 

 Following lists some of the upcoming events and most recent activities.

Upcoming and recent books

Recent book "Computational Intelligence: A Geometry-Based Approach,” in Springer Engineering book series "Studies in Computational Intelligence," Springer-Verlag, appeared in 2009

Recent book "Image Pattern Recognition: Synthesis and Analysis in Biometrics" became World Scientific Bestseller of the month among all Computer Science books in September 2007.

Upcoming and recent conferences and events:

• International Symposium on Voronoi Diagrams 2010 - upcoming!

• 10th International Workshop on Computational Geometry and Applications CGA'10, Fukuoka, Japan, March 23-26, 2010 - upcoming!

• ICCSA 2010 International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, Fukuoka, Japan, March 23-26, 2010 - upcoming!

• Cyberwords 2010, Singapore, October 20-22, 2010 - upcoming!

• GRAPP 2010, Angers, France, 17-21 May, 2010 - upcoming!

• 14th International Conference on Medical Informatics and Technologies 2009, October, Poland  - upcoming!

• 20th International Conference on Pattern and Recognition ICPR 2010-Turkey, August 2010 - upcoming!

• 7th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generation ITNG 2010 - upcoming!

• WADS 2009 - 20 Years of Wads, Banff, Alberta, Canada, August 2009

• 12th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence, Athens, Greece, May 2009

• CCCG 2009 Vancouver, Canada, August 2009

• CGI 2009 Victoria, Canada, May 2009

• 4th International Conference on Image Analysis and Biometrics 2009 Poland, June 2009

• Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, Nevada, USA, March 2009

• GEOWS 2009, Cancun, Mexico,  February 2009

Selected Keynote and Invited Lectures:

•   Keynote Speech “Exploring Multimodal Biometric through Biometric Fusion”, 4th International Conference on Image Analysis and Biometrics 2009 IA&B,  Cieszyn, Poland, by invitation from Conference General Chair, 1 hour, June 25^th, 2009

•   Microsoft Research Invited Lecture: “Computational Geometry algorithms for clustering, obstacle avoidance and optimal path planning,”  Main Lecture room, videotaped and archived in Microsoft digital library, Redmond, WA, USA, hosted by Dr. Cha Znang, Microsoft Research 2 hours, August 6^th 2007.

•  Invited Lecture “Computational Geometry Algorithms for Clustering and Path Planning”, hosted by Rosaline Canessa and P. Keller, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Victoria, Canada, July 2007

• Keynote Speech on Biometric Processing in Computer Graphics, GRAPHICON 2008, Lomonosov Moscow State University, in cooperation with Eurographics, Moscow, Russia, by invitation from General Chair, 2008 (cold not be delivered due to visa issues)

•  Opening Keynote Speech "Geometric Processing in Computer Graphics", 12th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence, in cop with Eurographics, by Invitation from Conference General Chair, France, other keynotes included Prof. Brian Barsky, University of Berkeley and Prof. Zhigeng Pan, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2006 

• Invited Conference Talk:  “Exact Point Location in Generalized Voronoi Diagram”, CMS Summer 2006 Meeting, Calgary, by invitation from Prof. Karoly Bezdek, June 2006

• Invited iCORE Talk:  "Increasing Reliability of Biometric Authentication through Computational Geometry”, iCORE Security Seminar Series, University of Calgary, by invitation from Prof. Rei Safavi-Naini, 1 hour, May 16^th 2007.

•  Invited Visit, Vice-President of External Research, Microsoft Corp, Prof. Tony Hey, Redmond, WA, USA, Oct 5, 2006

•  High Profile Researcher Series Invited Visit and Lecture “Voronoi Diagrams: Concepts and Recent Developments” LSBU, London, UK, by invitation from Frank Devai, 1 month visit, August 2006

•  Invited Lecture on Voronoi diagrams in Biometric Research, SAMSUNG Research Institute, System LSI Lab, Seoul, Korea, 2 hours, Oct 14th 2005

•  Invited Lecture, “Thiessen polytops for analysis of crystalline structures,” BIRS Banff International Research Station,  Workshop on Convex and Abstract Polytopes, Banff, Canada, May 20-21, 2005

•  Invited Visit and Invited Lecture, “Adaptive Mesh Generation for Real-Time Terrain Modeling,“ University of Tokyo, Japan, by invitation from ISVD 2004 Conference General Chair, 1 hour, September 2004

•  Invited Visit and Invited lecture, “ESL Library for Exact Computation of Geometric Primitives”, Hanyang University, Korea, by invitation from Director of International Center for Voronoi Diagram Research, 2 hours, September 2004

•  Invited Presentation, “Spatial Analysis Research in SPARCS Lab”, International GIS Day,  Dept of Geography, University of Calgary, November 17^th, 2004

•  Invited Panel Member "Modern Challenges and Computer Security," IEEE Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) 2003, Banff, Canada, by invitation from Conference General Chair,  2 hours,  August 2003

•   Invited Presentation on Exact Computation of Voronoi Diagrams, CMS Summer Meeting, University of Alberta, Edmonton, hosted by Prof. Peter Minev, June 2003

•  Invited Visit and Talk “Algorithm library development for complex biological and mechanical systems: functionality, interoperability and numerical stability ” at the DIMACS Research Centre and Bell Labs, hosted by Prof. Steven Fortune (Bell Labs), December 2002

•  Invited Visit and Lecture  “Geometric algorithms in computer simulation,” University of Lethbridge, Canada, hosted by Prof. S. Wismath, 1 hour, March 14^th 2002

•  Invited Visit and Lecture “The Voronoi-Delaunay methodology for modelling of flow and analysis of voids,”  University of Amsterdam,  Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2 hour research seminar for members of the Section Computational Science hosted by Prof. J. Kaandorp, October 19^th, 2001

 

For prospective M. Sc and Ph.D students:

You can apply to join our established laboratories: Spatial Analysis Research in Computational Science Lab - SPARCS Laboratory and Biometric Technologies Laboratory: Modeling and Simulation. A variety of projects ranging from theoretical to applied, involving geometric algorithms, biometric processing, modeling, visualization, computer graphics, remote sensing, GIS and information fusion are available.

 

SPARCS Laboratory: A number of projects in the areas of image processing, GIS, algorithm design, information system design, temporal-spatial modeling, RTLS systems, pattern recognition and visualization is currently available.

 

 

 

Sample projects:

• Finding a skeleton in 3D geometric objects
• Morphing: application of the fast feature transform algorithm 
• Advanced algorithms for 3D Terrain Rendering
• Image recognition for security applications

 

Sample projects:

• Intersecting surfaces
• Path optimization and clustering in 3D
• Advanced collision detection optimization methods in application to multi-particle granular system modeling 
• Applications of Generalized Voronoi diagram and Delaunay triangulation in physical system simulation.

 

Biometric Technologies Laboratory: Variety of Biometrics projects are also available, involving all aspects of data management and processing, data structure representation and maintenance, biometric synthesis, biometric recognition including fingerprint, face, iris, ear, voice and signature recognition and analysis, image processing, biometric information fusion,  neural networks and cognitive sciences.

 

Other opportunities for prospective students:

• Students looking for Master's degree in GIS now have an option of enrolling into accelerated MGIS program, offered at the Dept. of Geography, University of Calgary.

• International Master's program in Computational Sciences is also offered at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

• Computer science graduates, looking for jobs in industry, can find information on Microsoft website devoted to the positions for recent technical grads. Students may contact Microsoft College Recruiter Alison Gere: alibro@microsoft.com.

• Also, Microsoft offers a one year full-tuition scholarship program which some students in the program could take advantage of. They offer general scholarships in addition to scholarships specifically for women and under-represented minorities pursuing a degree in technology.  Interested students can visit the scholarship page for more information at www.microsoft.com/college/scholarships.  

• OptimaNumerics regularly announces search for software developer position. For more information, refer to the announcement.

• Intermap Technologies, US based company with R&D office in Calgary, has opportunities for software developers at various levels

  Outreach Initiatives: 

• Currently, Prof. Gavrilova collects unused computer science textbooks to send to Lomonosov Moscow State University Library, Russia. This is a joint initiative with Prof. Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh.

• As a Mentor, Prof. Gavrilova  participates in the SCIberMENTOR program between the University of Calgary and University of Alberta, aimed at encouraging high school female students to pursue career in science and engineering.

• As a Mentor, Prof. Gavrilova participates in W.I.S.E. program and Women Guiding Women program.

• As a Volunteer, Prof. Gavrilova makes regular appearance in front of Calgary high-school students, including Webber Academy high-school and Calgary Science Fair judging. 

 

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