VITALII VANOVSCHI
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 | Software design and engineering. |
| Software project management. |
| Parallel and distributed computing. |
| Algorithm design. |
Work experience:
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2009 - now Software Engineer at Google. Responsibilities: automation of end-to-end and integration tests, developing GWT-based visual metrics tool. |
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2005 - 2008 Research and Teaching Assistant at University of Southern California. Responsibilities: developing computational chemistry software (effective fragment potential), system administration, quantum chemistry research, managing lab sections. |
Research projects:
 | 2004, 2007 - 2008 Implementation of Effective Fragment Potential (EFP) method. Posters: Catalina symposium poster (2005) abstract Technology: C++. |
| 2005 - 2007 Studying of symmetry breaking and vibronic interactions in p-benzyne radical anion. Papers: "Structure, vibrational frequencies, ionization energies, and photoelectron spectrum of the para-benzyne radical anion" Vitalii Vanovschi, Anna I. Krylov and Paul G. Wenthold Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, Volume 120, Pages 45-48 (2008) DOI 10.1007/s00214-007-0305-7 Posters: Gordon Conference (2006) American Chemical Society Conference (2006) Western Spectroscopy Conference (2007) Free Radicals Symposium (2007) Technology: Python (configuration and data processing scripts). |
| 2004 - 2005 DMOD (Distributed Molecular Dynamics) - implementation of rigid body distributed molecular dynamics calculations with dynamic load-balancing. During this work new algorithms of rigid body molecular dynamics was formulated and implemented. Developed software has the following features features:
"Implementation of the replica-exchange molecular dynamics method for rigid bodies" A.Moskovsky, V.Vanovschi, S.Konyukhov , A.Nemukhin, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, Volume 106, Issue 10, Pages 2208 - 2213 (2006). Technology: C++, parallel programming. |
| 2002 - 2004 Universal web-interface for quantum chemistry calculations. Molecular Editor Java Applet has been developed as a part of this project. Papers: "A new universal Web interface for quantum chemistry software" A.Moskovsky, V.Vanovsky , A.Granovsky , D.Firsov , A.Nemukhin, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages 645 - 648 (2004). Thank RFFI for supporting this project. Technology: Java (JSP, Java Servlets, Java Applet), XML, XSLT, HTML, Javascript. |
| 2003 Huckel - quantum chemistry package on the base of Extended Huckel Theory (EHT) Technology: C. |
| 2003 EL_CALC - program calculates the maximum number of different excited levels with given excitation energy in molecule. Technology: C++. |
Personal projects:
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Parallel Python
- Parallel and distributed programming for Python. Technology: Python, parallel programming. |
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Chemical Portal - Chemical Tools.
Forum. RSS news. Interactive periodic table. Unit converters. Character tables.
Fundamental constants. Highly recommended content: Chemical equation balancer Molar mass calculator pH solver Chemical article finder Technology: PHP, HTML, phpBB. |
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Number Empire - Online Math Tools. Highly recommended content: Integral calculator Derivative calculator Limit calculator Prime number checker Number factorizer Technology: PHP, HTML. |
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Bank Routing Numbers - Routing Numbers Directory. Technology: PHP, Python, MySQL. |
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Information by IP address. Technology: PHP, SOAP, XML, XPATH. |
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Python Blogs - Blogging platform
for Python community. Technology: PHP, LifeType. |
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Chemical Blogs - Blogging platform
for chemical community. Technology: PHP, LifeType. |
 | 2005 Creating of 3D visualization software. Technology: C++ (Visual Studio 2003), MFC, Direct3D. |
| 2005 Working in NetUP on building a new generation of billing and tarification system, customizing of the existent system, writing high performance robust XML parser based on expat. Technology: C++, Java, SQL. |
| 2004 - 2005 RS/PI - System of intelectual choice (for Internet stores) and web interface for managing the system. Demo AI store powered by RS/PI Technology: Python, PHP, SQL, XML. |
| 2003 WebClient - web interface for client's orders for a hosting company Technology: PHP, XML. |
| 2003 Enhancing of scalability and overall performance of weather prediction software. Technology: MPI. |
Programming languages and technologies experience:
 | Python |
| C, C++ |
| Java, JSP, Java Servlets, Java Applet |
| PHP |
| MPI, ParallelPython |
| SQL (PostGre SQL, My SQL) |
| XML, XSLT, SAX, DOM, SOAP, expat |
| HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, GoogleGears |
| Latex |
| MFC |
| Direct 3D |
| Prolog |
| Perl |
| Haskell |
System administration skills:
 | Installing/maintaining OS: Linux, FreeBSD, Windows |
| Installing/configuring services: Apache, Kerberos, NIS, NFS, FTP, SSH, ganglia (cluster performance monitoring tool), NAT, iptables, PXE BOOT |
Operational systems experience:
 | Linux (Gentoo*, Scientific Linux, Fedora Core, Linux XP, Red Hat) |
 | Windows (Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98) |
 | Other Unix (FreeBSD 5.x, AIX 4.x) |
| * - my favorite. |
Education:
 | 2007 - 2008 Master's degree in Computer Science, University of Southern California. GPA 4.00/4.00 |
| 2005 - 2009 PhD degree in Chemistry, University of Southern California. GPA 4.00/4.00 |
| 2000 - 2005 Master's degree in Chemistry, Moscow State University. Topic of Master's Thesis: "Development of rigid body molecular dynamics software for modeling properties of biomolecules" GPA 3.95/4.00, Diploma with honors |
Honors and awards: (the most significant)
 | Stauffer fellowship, 2008. |
| Elected to membership in Phi Kappa Phi honor society, 2008. |
| Burg stipend for academic excellence, 2007-2008. |
| Diploma of honor from Moscow State University, 2005. |
| Jury member at 38th Int. Mendeleev Olympiad in Chemistry, 2004 |
| First place at Moldavian nation olympiad, Computer Science, 2000. |
| First place at Mendeleev olympiad, Chemistry, 1999. |
| First place at Soros olympiad, Chemistry, 1999. |
| First place at Mendeleev olympiad, Chemistry, 1998. |
| First place at Soros olympiad, Chemistry, 1998. |
| First place at Soros olympiad, Chemistry, 1997. |
Hobbies: hiking, travel, fitness, skiing, photography
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