Yaroslav Halchenko

Current

• Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College
• Debian Developer at GNU/Linux Debian Distribution

Past

• Computer Systems Administrator at Rutgers-Newark
• Research Assistant at RUMBA Labs, Rutgers-Newark
• Research Assistant at Brain and Computation Lab

• Software Developer at Liana

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Education

• New Jersey Institute of Technology
• The University of New Mexico
• Vinnic'kij Nacional'nij Tehnicnij Universitet

• Physical and Mathematical Gymnasia No.17

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Websites

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Yaroslav Halchenko’s Summary

Programming:
* More than 6 years of experience with software development under Linux OS (C/C++(g++), python, Matlab, bash/awk/sed, perl; CVS, SVN, SVK; gdb, valgrind, ddd, gprof etc). ( Involved in development process of DreamMon project held by BCL and minor projects within RUMBA group).
* Debian package maintainer (impose+, fail2ban, etc) and a contributor to the OpenSource projects (GTKPod, djvu, fail2ban).
* Knowledge of logic and functional languages (prolog, SML, e-lisp).
* Basic knowledge of Java programming (Java Swing, RMI, JDBC).
* Software developer with over 6 years of experience on DOS, Windows 3.x and Windows 9x platforms. (Have written a number of small tools and a couple of projects. Refer to ``Work Experience'')
* Experienced with Visual Basic for Applications and Inprise Delphi.
* Database design. Working knowledge of DBE, ODBC, Postgresql, MySQL APIs.
* Strong background in object-oriented programming methods and Design Patterns.
* Experienced writer of high quality code. Coding practice includes thorough code reviews, detecting defects, careful debugging of own code and code of others, profiling, and other techniques.

Administration:
* Linux-based (GNU Debian) computer and network communication (TCP/IP, SNMP, DNS, BIND, NAT, NFS, AMD, SSH, samba, SMTP (Exim v4), iptables) maintaining: cfengine2, ganglia, FAI. (Maintaining computer park at BCL, RUMBA cluster of 28 nodes)
* Apache/Apache2 web site administration. (http://www.onerussian.com, http://itanix.rutgers.edu).
* DB administration (postgresql, mysql).

Web Design and Others:
* Web-designer skills (PHP with HTML, CSS). (http://www.onerussian.com, http://www.rumba.rutgers.edu)
* Strong background in graphical design and desktop publishing (LaTeX, Visio, Microsoft Office etc).
* Excellent knowledge of mathematics and numerical methods for computer aided design. Excellent knowledge of MathLab and MathCad. Basic knowledge of S-Plus and R.

Yaroslav Halchenko’s Specialties:

software development, debian package maintainer, hardware repair, purchasing, brain imaging research

Yaroslav Halchenko’s Experience

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  Dartmouth College

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  Continuing the endeavor with Dr. James Haxby at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

• Debian Developer

  GNU/Linux Debian Distribution

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2005 — Present (4 years )

  To develop the best GNU/Linux distribution ever!

• Computer Systems Administrator

  Rutgers-Newark

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  October 2004 — May 2009 (4 years 8 months)

  28 node GNU/Linux based cluster (www.rumba.rutgers.edu/ravana.html) system administrator

• Research Assistant

  RUMBA Labs, Rutgers-Newark

  (Research industry)

  August 2002 — May 2009 (6 years 10 months)

  Involved in brain imaging projects such as ``brain reading'' (application of the classifiers on categorical data), graphical modeling (Structural Equation Modeling), and fusion of multiple functional brain imaging modalities (fMRI/EEG) to obtain higher spatial/temporal resolution mapping of brain activity.

• Research Assistant

  Brain and Computation Lab

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Research industry)

  January 2000 — July 2002 (2 years 7 months)

  Have been working on deploying ICA (Independent Component Analysis) techniques in processing of MEG (Magnetoencephalography) data which are part of the DreamMon project.

• Software Developer

  Liana

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years )

  VBA Excel programmer

Yaroslav Halchenko’s Education

• New Jersey Institute of Technology

  PhD , Computer Science , 2003 — 2006

• The University of New Mexico

  MS , Computer Science , 2000 — 2002

• Vinnic'kij Nacional'nij Tehnicnij Universitet

  MS , Optoelectronics , 1994 — 1999

• Physical and Mathematical Gymnasia No.17

Additional Information

Yaroslav Halchenko’s Websites:

• My Website

Yaroslav Halchenko’s Interests:

Brain imaging, Cognitive Science, Software development, System Administration, GNU/Linux, Debian

Yaroslav Halchenko’s Groups:

NJIT LUG, NiPy

•    Python Community
•    Debian Developers
•    FOSS Professionals

Yaroslav Halchenko’s Honors:

1998-1999 The International Scientific Fund Representatives in Ukrainian Studentship Award.
1995-1996 The International Soros Science Educational Program (ISSEP) Studentship Award.
1996 The Academy of Sciences of Ukraine "awarded the work" ``Information-Measuring System With Optical Transformation Biomedical Information''.
October 1995 "6th place" in ACM South-Eastern European Regional Programming Contest. "1st place" at VSTU.
1995 "4th place" in Physics Olympiad among Colleges and Universities of Ukraine. "1st place" at VSTU.
1994 "1st place" in the Regional Contest for Programming.
1994 "1st place" in Competition among teenagers for the best computer program. Became a "Member of the Ukraine Small Academy of Sciences".

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