Education

2005 - present: Ph.D. in Computer Science in progress; M.Sc. in Computer Science (2008); Brown University; Providence, Rhode Island
2003 - 2005: Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa); University of California, Irvine; Irvine, California
2001 - 2003: Transfer program in Computer Engineering; Mount San Antonio College; Walnut, California
2000 - 2001: B.Sc. program in Computer Engineering; Sevastopol National Technical University; Sevastopol, Ukraine

Work Experience

2008: Software Engineering Intern
Electronic Arts (Orlando, FL)
2008: Software Engineering Intern
Google (Mountain View, CA)
2005 - present: Research Assistant
Visualization Research Lab, Brown University (Providence, RI)
2003 - present: Technical consultant
Eureka Aerospace, Inc. (Pasadena, CA)
2004 - 2005: Research Assistant
Creative Interactive Visualization Lab at UC Irvine (Irvine, CA)
2003: Supplemental Instructor of Physics
Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA); Research Assistant
Physics and Engineering Dept, Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA)
2002: Computer Lab Technician, Computer Science Tutor, Physics Lab Assistant, Physics Study Group Tutor
Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA); Network Administrator
Amazing Green, Inc. (City of Industry, CA)
2001 - 2002: Computer Technician
PFG Linear Technology, Inc. (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)
1998 - 2000: Software Developer, Peer Instructor
Technical Creativity Center (Sevastopol, Ukraine)

Awards

Brown University Graduate Fellowship (2005-2006)
Phi Beta Kappa graduation honors, Mu chapter of California (2005)
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering Research Fellowship (2004-05)
UCI Summer Undergraduate Research Program Fellowship (2004)
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering Dean's List (2003-05)
University of California Regents Scholar at UC Irvine (2003-05)
Beall Foundation / The Henri Samueli School of Engineering Scholarship (2003-04)
Mt. San Antonio College Student of Distinction award (2003)
Mt. San Antonio College President List (2001-03)
California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition (2003)
Academic Scholastic Achievement Award by Mt. SAC Faculty Association (2003)
County of Los Angeles Certificate of Recognition (2003)
Howard P. Allen Memorial Award by Edison International (2003)
All-American Scholar 2003 Collegiate Award by United States Achievement Academy (2003)
First place in the local contest of the William Lowell Putnam mathematical competition (2003)
Gerald Peter Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics (2003)
Honorable mention, Progfest 2003 programming contest (2003)
Honorable mention, ACM Southern California programming contest (2002)
1st prize in the 01-02 Spring contest of the AMATYC Math League at Mt. San Antonio College (2002)
AMATYC Certificate of Merit, "Outstanding achievement in the 2001/2002 National Mathematics Competition" (2002)
International Consortium of Network Professionals (ictp) Beta Scholarship (2002)
All-American Scholar 2002 Collegiate Award by United States Achievement Academy (2002)
Honorary award recognition by The National Dean's List (2002)
2nd prize, Fall contest of the AMATYC Math League at Mt. San Antonio College (2001)
1st place at Ukrainian national programming contest, Games and Multimedia (2000)
1st place at Sevastopol regional programming contest, Games and Multimedia (2000)
2nd place at Sevastopol city annual Chemistry contest (2000)
3rd place at Sevastopol city annual Math contest and annual Physics contest (2000)
1st place at Sevastopol city annual Chemistry contest (1999)
2nd place at Sevastopol regional programming contest, Database Management Systems (1999)

Affiliation

Professional societies: SIGGRAPH; ACM; IEEE