Software C++ Experience Java Engineering Maintenance

Michael Arov

. CHICAGO, IL ***** . 815-***-**** . ****@****.***

. Strong software engineering experience, development of complex

projects involving large teams

. Master level C++ Brainbench.com certification. Outscored 96% of all

C++ test takers nationwide

. Substantial expertise in statistical analysis of large data sets

using advanced machine learning techniques such as Neural Networks,

Self-Organizing Maps and Boosted Decision Trees

. Excellent communication skills and ability to present my results

clearly and coherently on a regular basis to a large multinational

scientific collaboration

work experience

Fermi National Accelerator January 2007 - August 2010

Laboratory

. Implemented the calorimeter hardware monitoring software and Boosted

Decision Trees (BDT) data analysis for the ATLAS experiment at Large

Hadron Collider using C++ scientific libraries.

. Developed the software and procedure for online diagnostic and

calibration of the InterCryostat Detector (ICD) that is now routinely

used in D operation and improved stability by 44%. C++ was employed

for the underlying code and Python for GUI.

. Performed online maintenance and repair of the ICD detector components

and investigated irregularities.

. Wrote successful grant renew proposal based on our group's

achievements and research plans.

Northern Illinois University September 2002 - January 2007

. Implemented the missing transverse energy significance algorithm in

the Run II software framework in C++.

. Prepared and certified datasets for tau lepton certification (over

200 million events).

. Optimized the tau lepton identification Neural Network algorithm.

. Developed and certify the Monte Carlo production tools using C++

wrapper for ALPGEN event generator.

. Maintained the D calorimeter electronics and perform necessary

repairs and day-to-day calibration.

. Designed and implemented the 5000 channels calorimeter test stand that

was used to

o Test and certify (and repair if necessary) BaseLine Subtraction

(BLS), preamplifier (PREAMP) and Switched Capacitor Array (SCA)

electronic boards.

o Replace defected components of the detector with fixed spares.

o Study the abnormalities of the detector operation (such as noise

and pedestal drift) in simulation mode.

o Develop the operating software in Visual C++ on Windows

platform, consisting of GUI, VME board drivers, data acquisition

and the histogramming and other plotting capabilities.

. Designed and developed the initial prototype of the LCDG4 program

designed to simulate calorimeter for the future International Linear

Collider using Java and C++.

. Performed the extensive study of the method of Self-Organizing Maps

(SOM) also known as Kohonen maps and its applicability to high energy

physics analysis.

HEP Laboratory of SUNY at Stony June 1999- September 1999

Brook

. Ported old Fortran High Energy Physics software to C++.

Civil Engineering Laboratory June 1998- September 1998

. Performed structural tests of the new concrete-based materials

developed in this lab as well as performing literature surveys and

performing elasticity calculations.

education and certification

Brainbench Master level

certification in C++

Outscored 96% of all C++ test

takers nationwide - 4.61 out of

5.00 September 2001 - August 2008

Northern Illinois University

. Physics, PhD (GPA 3.5)

State University of New York at September 1997 - May 2001

Stony Brook

. Physics, BS (GPA 3.3, Math/Physics/CS GPA 3.6)

relevant skills

Operating systems: UNIX,

Linux,Windows

Programming languages: C++, C#

,Fortran, Python, Java, Matlab,

Mathematica, SQL, SAS

Programming libraries: MFC, STL,

Boost, ROOT, GEANT4

Machine learning techniques such as

Neural Networks and Boosted Decision

Trees

Statistical modeling

Monte-Carlo

2 years of electronics diagnostic and

maintenance experience

Linux system administration

academic research

ATLAS experiment at LHC Geneva, Switzerland . 2007-2010

. Research on the ATLAS experiment as part of US involvement in Large

Hadron Collider. The research focused on searching for the charged

Higgs boson using Boosted Decision Trees machine learning techniques.

D0 experiment at Fermi National Batavia, IL. 2004-2007

Accelerator Lab

. The topic of my thesis is measurement of the top pair cross section in

the ? + jets final state. This is the first measurement of this kind

performed and serves as an important test of the Standard Model. Multi-

Layer Perception Neural Network (MLP-NN) was employed to separate

signal from noise.

selected publications

. PhD Dissertation Thesis, "A measurement of the top quark cross section

in the tau channel at D0", 2007,

http://www.physics.niu.edu/physics/academic/grad/theses/arovthesis.pdf

. "Indirect search for Charged Higgs boson at D experiment in Run II",

Phys. Rev. D 80, 051107

References available upon request

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