Computer Science Assistant
Resume:
Elena
Zaslavsky
ComputerScienceDepartment
PrincetonUniversity
Princeton, NJ08544
******@**.*********.***
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~elenaz
420
Graham Street, #1
Highland Park, NJ08904
Education
January 2006
PhD in Computer Science
PrincetonUniversity, Princeton,
NJ
Research Advisor: Professor Mona Singh
Thesis: Algorithms for Representation and Discovery of
Transcription Factor Binding Sites
November 2001
MA in Computer Science
PrincetonUniversity, Princeton,
NJ
Sept. 1994 June 1998
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics
QueensCollege of the City University of New York, NY
Valedictorian, 4.0 GPA
Summa
Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Research Interests
Computational Molecular Biology
Applying algorithmic and computational methods to
understanding transcriptional regulation
Publications
Comparative
analysis of methods for representing and searching for transcription factor
binding sites. Bioinformatics (2004) 20: 3516 3525, with Robert Osada
and Mona Singh.
Algorithms
for Representation and Discovery of Transcription Factor Binding Sites. PhD
Thesis, PrincetonUniversity, January
2006.
Combinatorial
Optimization Approaches to Motif Finding. Technical Report, TR-728-05,
PrincetonUniversity, June 2005, with Mona
Singh.
Improving
Mathematical Programming Approaches for Motif Finding. Technical Report,
TR-729-05, PrincetonUniversity, June 2005,
with Carl Kingsford and Mona Singh.
Experience
Sept. 2000
Jan. 2006
Graduate Research Assistant
PrincetonUniversity, Princeton, NJ
Sequence based computational methods for identification
of transcription factor binding sites.
Sept. 1999
May 2000
Teaching Assistant
PrincetonUniversity, Princeton, NJ
Data Structures and Algorithms (Professor Bernard Chazelle)
Computers in Our World (Professor Brian Kernighan)
July 1998 -
Sept. 1999
Software Developer
PaineWebber, Inc., Weehawken, NJ
Designed and implemented portions of the clients billing system on
the Windows NT platform, written in Visual Basic 6.0 with interface to Sybase
database
Analyzed various developer tools for use in new projects
Sept. 1995 - January 1998
Research Assistant
Vision Computing Laboratory at QueensCollege,
Flushing, NY
Developed and implemented algorithms written in C/C++ for the UNIX
platform on various topics of Computer Vision, including
digital half-planes, image segmentation, document understanding, model based
image compression and symmetry analysis
Co-authored Applications of Geometric Edge Filtering and Hausdorff Variations in Finding and Classifying Image
Structure
Sept. 1995 - March 1998
Software Engineer Internship
Schick Technologies, Inc. Long Island City, NY
Designed and implemented new features using C/C++ for Windows in the
Schick Technologies software application, CDR (Computed Dental
Radiography)
Computer Proficiency
Languages: C, C++, Perl, Visual Basic, HTML, LISP
Systems: Windows NT/XP, Sun Solaris, Linux
Technical Knowledge: Win API, TCP/IP
Database Skills:
Sybase, SQL/Transact-SQL
Honors & Awards
PrincetonUniversity Graduate
Fellowship Award, 1999
Paul
Klapper Scholarship, awarded to the QueensCollege most outstanding graduating
senior with potential for graduate study, 1998
Narciso Garcia Memorial Scholarship,
presented by the Physics Department, 1998
Eva
and Jacob Paulson Memorial Award, given to the best graduating senior by
the Mathematics Department, 1998
Second place at the ACM Greater NY Regional Programming Contest, 1997
Belle
Zeller Scholarship Award, administered by the PSC of CUNY, 1997
Thomas
Jefferson Scholarship, presented to a QC junior majoring in science, 1997
Thomas
A. Budne Memorial Award, given to the best
mathematics junior at QC, 1997
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