John Yackovich

Current

• Teaching Assistant at University of Pittsburgh

Past

• Student Tech at Shippensburg University
• Device Programmer/Developer at Shippensburg University
• Research Aide at U.S. Department of Energy

• Office Assistant at PASSHE

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Education

• University of Pittsburgh
• Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Connections

14 connections

Industry

Research

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

John Yackovich’s Summary

Computer Science graduate student focusing in Operating Systems and Architectures research.

John Yackovich’s Specialties:

Linux, C language, PHP, CSS, Java, virtualization solutions

John Yackovich’s Experience

• Teaching Assistant

  University of Pittsburgh

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year)

  Holding recitations, grading, assisting students in scheduled office hours.

• Student Tech

  Shippensburg University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2007 — May 2008 (9 months)

  Responded to maintenance requests by faculty and staff.
  Set up campus machines for staff and student use.
  Assisted in redesigning CS department's directory service using Fedora Directory Server, Kerberos and NFS technologies.

• Device Programmer/Developer

  Shippensburg University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

  Designed and implemented GPS interface for the GPS Campus Tour project, a Pocket PC-based campus tour utilizing the Global Positioning System (GPS) for incoming university students and interested parties. Assisted to unify system parts and did testing. Presented work to PA Board of Governors.

• Research Aide

  U.S. Department of Energy

  (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

  May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

  Worked as an Intern at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL. Expanded the functionality of a Message-Passing Interface (MPI) implementation library called MPI-Serial, intended for the optimized use on single-processor machines for testing purposes regarding the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) and other prospective applications.

• Office Assistant

  PASSHE

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 9 months)

  Assisted in clerical work for the Shippensburg University Foundation. Updated constituent records, made deliveries.

John Yackovich’s Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  PhD , Computer Science , 2008 — 2012 (expected)

• Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

  BS , Computer Science, Mathematics , 2004 — 2008

  Graduated Summa Cum Laude, making Dean's List each term. Received Board of Governor's and Shippensburg University Foundation Scholarships for entire college career. Outstanding GPA award each year.
  Served as president of UPE and treasurer of Concert Choir.

  Activities and Societies:

  Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, ACM, Programming Team, Concert Choir, Honors Program, Theatre Ensemble

Additional Information

John Yackovich’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

John Yackovich’s Interests:

Web development, UNIX/Linux systems, computer hardware, skiing/snowboarding, swimming, theatre, singing

John Yackovich’s Groups:

Phi Kappa Phi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon

•    UPE - Upsilon Pi Epsilon
•    University of Pittsburgh Computer Science

John Yackovich’s Honors:

Dean's Award of Excellence for Promising Incoming Students (University of Pittsburgh), 2008
Board of Governor's Scholarship, 2004-2008
Shippensburg University Foundation Scholarship, 2004-2008

John Yackovich’s Contact Settings

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