Paul Ivanov
(650) 996-8234
paulivanov at yahoo.com

EDUCATION
8/2006 to present 	Univeristy of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. student in Vision Science

9/2002 to 12/2005 	University of California, Davis
B.S. in Computer Science with Honors
Undergraduate GPA: 3.6 / 4.0
Graduate GPA: 3.85 / 4.0

SKILLS
	* C / C++ 
	* Java / J2EE / JSP 
	* OpenGL 
	* fluent in Russian

ENVIRONMENTS
	* Windows
	* Linux / Unix 

EXPERIENCE
02/2006-07/2006		Model N, Inc.
ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
	* client-facing software developer
	* provided custom solutions for Java enterprise application suite
	* Revenue Management in the Pharma and Med Device domain
	
05/2005-present		Department of Mathematics, UC Davis
VIGRE REU - Prof. Craig Benham
	* Implemented a new exact algorithm for calculating Stress Induced DNA Duplex Destabilization (SIDD)
	* Dynamic programming statistical mechanical matrix multiplication method for determining energy state transitions
	* Currently developing extensions to the algorithm

02/2005-12/2005	Institute for Data Analysis and Visualization (IDAV), UC Davis
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - Prof. Nina Amenta
	* Tree Set Viz package for Mesquite (evolutionary biology analysis software)
	* Maintain and improve program which uses machine learning techniques to visualize sets of evolutionary trees.

09/2004-12/2005 		Department of Computer Science, 	UC Davis
CSIF STUDENT PROGRAMMER (SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR)
	* Support and maintain the Computer Science Instructional Facility (Linux) computers 
	* Assist users in resolving any problems

03/2004-09/2004 		Advising Services, UC Davis
SUMMER ADVISER
	* One of 20 students representing the university
	* Met with incoming freshmen and their parents
	* Provided academic, residence hall, campus, and other information
	* Lead tours and advising sessions for students and parents

03/2004-06/2004		Department of Computer Science, UC Davis
READER FOR ECS140A (Professor Su)
	* Graded written and programming assignments for upper division Programming Languages class

06/2003-09/2003 		piXlogic LLC. (www.piXlogic.com)	Los Altos, CA  
JAVA WEBAPP DEVELOPER
	* Developed the webapp interface to a visual search API 
	* From an alpha frame, built up a webapp using Java servlets, applets, and JSPs
	* Implemented new features and bug fixes

4/2001-8/2001, 4/2002-08/2002 	Los Altos High School 	Los Altos, CA
STUDENT TEACHER FOR SUMMER PROGRAM
	* Taught incoming high school freshmen algebra, writing, and study skills
	* Created the curriculum with 7 other student teachers (after 80 training hours)
	* Taught classes with one other student teacher (4 classes a day, ~15 students per class)

Member - 2000-2002, Captain 2001-2002 Los Altos High School 	Los Altos, CA
LAHS ROBOTICS TEAM (FIRST #114)

COMPLETED COURSEWORK
UC Berkeley: Neural Computation (Graduate level)
UC Davis: Discrete Math, Probability Theory, Combinatorics, Linear Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, Theory of Computation, Algorithm Design and Analysis, Programming Languages, Compilers, Computer Architecture (I, II), Operating Systems, Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization, Databases, Bioinformatics, Algorithms (Graduate level), Machine Learning (Graduate level)

CLUBS / PERSONAL INTERESTS
ASUCD Gender and Sexuality Commission (Spring 2005 - Fall 2005)
ACLU - card-carrying member
EFF	 - card-carrying member
KQED - card-carrying member

AP Scholar with Honor (2002)

US CITIZEN

last updated: 2007-01-18