VITALII VANOVSCHI
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 | 2005 - now Graduate studying in University of Southern California (USC), Chemistry Department, laboratory of electronic structure. GPA 4.00/4.00, Major GPA 4.00/4.00 |
| 2000 - 2005 Undergraduate studying in Moscow State University (MSU), Chemistry Department, laboratory of chemical cybernetics. GPA 3.95/4.00, Major GPA 4.00/4.00 Graduated with diploma of honor |
Fields of interest:
 | Software design and engineering. |
| Software project management. |
| Parallel and distributed programming. |
| Computational chemistry. |
Scientific projects:
 | 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 DOI 10.1007/s00214-007-0305-7 Posters: Gordon Conference (2006) American Chemical Society Conference (2006) Western Spectroscopy Conference (2007) Free Radicals Symposium (2007) |
| 2004 - 2005 DMOD (Distributed Molecular Dynamics) - implementation of advanced 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 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). Comments: C++ with OpenTS for parallelization. Thank Intel for supporting this project. |
| 2004 - 2008 Implementing effective fragment potential into Q-Chem software Posters: Catalina symposium poster (2005) Thank University of Southern California for inviting me in this project |
| 2002 - 2004 Universal web-interface for quantum chemistry calculations. Molecular Editor Java Applet has been developed as a part of this project. Comments: JSP, Java Servlets, Java Applet, XML, XSLT, HTML, Javascript Papers: "A new universal Web interface to quantum chemistry programs" 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. |
| 2003 Huckel - quantum chemistry package on the base of Extended Huckel Theory (EHT) Comments: C Thank OpenTS group for supporting this project. |
| 2003 EL_CALC - program calculates the maximum number of different excited levels with given excitation energy in molecule. Comments: C++, Borland Builder. |
Personal projects:
 | 2005 - 2008 Parallel Python - Parallel and distributed programming for Python Comments: Python, Parallel Programming |
| 2004 - 2008 Chemical Portal - Chemical Tools. Forum. Chemical news. Interactive periodic table. Unit converters. Character tables. Important constants. Comments: PHP + HTML + phpBB. |
| 2006 - 2007 Chemical Blogs - Blogging for chemical community. Comments: LifeType, PHP |
 | 2005 Creating of 3D visualization software. Comments: C++ (Visual Studio 2003), MFC, Direct3D. |
| 2005 Working in NetUP on building a new generation of billing and tarifiaction system, customizing of the existent system, writing high performance robust XML parser based on expat. Comments: 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 Comments: Python, PHP, SQL, XML. |
| 2003 WebClient - web interface for client's orders for a hosting company Comments: PHP + XML databases. |
| 2003 Enhancing of scalability and overall performance of weather prediction software. Comments: Optimizing of existent code and redesign of MPI calls. |
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:
 | Windows (Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98) |
 | Linux (Gentoo*, Scientific Linux, Fedora Core, Linux XP, Red Hat) |
 | Other Unix (FreeBSD 5.x, AIX 4.x) |
| * - my favorite. |
Honors and awards: (the most significant)
 | 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. |
| 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: skiing, hiking, travel, fitness, photography
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