OBJECTIVE
Koloina
Randrianarivony
Apt
–
1405
Prince
of
Wales
Dr.
Ottawa,
ON
K2C3J9
CANADA
Phone:
(613)
E- mail:
*********@*****.***
Dynamic
and
fast
learning
professional
poised
to
leverage
experience
in
the
finance
industry
with
my
analytical,
programming,
statistical
and
scientific
skills.
PROFESSIONAL
EXCELLENCE
SUMMARY
Experienced
team
leader
in
various
collaboration
sizes.
Excellent
communication
skills
both
verbal
and
written.
Published
in
numerous
International
Journals
(list
available
upon
request).
Proficient
in
setting
up
priorities,
in
taking
quick
decisions
and
applying
them
to
meet
the
deadline.
Flexible
to
challenging
tasks
and
concepts.
Enthusiastic.
SKILLS
Expert
in
C++,
C
and
Fortran,
Python,
MATLAB
and
VBA.
Applied
Mathematics:
mathematical
modeling
using
information
theory,
applications
of
differential
equations,
statistical
analysis,
probability,
stochastic,
finite
differences.
Generation
of
particles- like
events
using
Monte
Carlo
simulations.
Calculus
software
Maple,
Excel.
Software
for
High- Energy
Physics
Database
:
ROOT,
MNFIT.
Data
analysis
of
large- scale
data
sets
with
the
software
of
CLEO
and
ATLAS
collaborations.
Design
and
maintenance
of
the
ATLAS
Collaboration
shift
training
webpage.
Graphic
softwares
AutoCad,
LabView.
Excellent
analytical
skills.
EDUCATION
2002
–
2008
2001
–
2002
AWARDS
Recipient,
Syracuse
University
Doctoral
Prize
for
best
dissertation,
New
York
(2008).
Recipient,
granted
a
full
scholarship
for
the
competitive
International
Centre
for
Theoretical
Physics
Diploma
Programme,
Italy
(2001).
CURRENT
FINANCE
RELATED
READINGS
–
Derivatives,
P.
Wilmott.
–
Options,
Futures,
and
Other
Derivatives,
J.
C.
Hull.
–
C++
Design
Patterns
and
Derivatives
Pricing,
M.
S.
Joshi.
–
My
Life
as
a
quant,
E.
Derman.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
2009
–
Postdoctoral
Research
Associate,
Carleton
University
Visiting
Fellow,
Cornell
University
Ph.D.,
Physics,
Syracuse
University,
New
York,
USA.
Best
research
paper
in
2008
at
Syracuse
University.
Diploma
Programme
on
High- Energy
Physics,
The
Abdus- Salam
International
Centre
of
Theoretical
Physics,
Trieste,
Italy.
Developed
code
C++
based
to
tune
the
variables.
Created
innovative
measurements
of
particle
decays
generated
by
Geant4
Monte
Carlo
simulation.
First
measurement
from
an
unprecedented
data
for
important
consistency
check
needed
to
constrain
the
model.
Built
and
commissioned
the
assembly
of
an
infrared
laser
test
stand
to
measure
efficiency
and
resolution
of
silicon
micro
pattern
detectors.
Designed
the
mechanics
for
a
two- dimensional
scan
and
developed
a
LabView
code
for
control
and
data
acquisition.
Programmed
data
analysis
process
from
Fortran
to
C++.
Studied
the
performance
of
a
C4F8O
gas
radiator
ring
imaging
detector
using
Multi- Anode
Photomultiplier
Tubes.
Constructed
the
test
bench
based
on
a
Mi-
chelson
interferometer
and
performed
the
measurements
of
the
refractive
index
of
the
C4F8O
radiator.
The
main
objective
of
my
research
is
to
have
the
first
measurement
of
the
so- called
Higgs
particle
at
the
Large
Hadron
Collider
(LHC)
at
CERN-
the
European
Organization
for
Nuclear
Research.
2008
–
2009
Developed
a
likelihood- based
technique
on
C++
to
distinguish
signal
over
background.
Created
particles- like
and
realistic
events
at
the
LHC
using
software
simulation
programs
(SpartyJet
and
Alpgen)
for
the
search
of
the
Standard
Model
Higgs
Boson.
Organized
and
operated
the
Test
Beam
data- taking
on
diamond
sensor
detector.
Supervised
graduate
students
on
data
analysis
C++
based
on
previous
data.
Built
a
stand
characterization
of
new
diamond
detectors
Frequent
stays
at
CERN
to
perform
analysis
and
meetings.
2005
–
2008
Research
Assistant,
Syracuse
University.
Summer
2005
Principal
Instructor
for
Astronomy
101,
Syracuse
University.
2002
–
2005
Teaching
Assistant,
Syracuse
University.
Introduction
to
Astronomy
101,
Introduction
to
Astronomy
104.
2001
–
2002
Diploma
Student,
The
Abdus- Salam
International
Centre
of
Theoretical
Physics.
Performed
calculation
of
higher- order
of
matrices
using
calculus
software
Maple
to
study
5-
SERVICES
dimensional
objects.
–
Coordinated
students’
applications
from
Madagascar
applying
for
the
program
“African
School
of
Fundamental
Physics
and
its
Applications
2010”
in
Stellenbosch,
South
Africa
(2010).
–
Peer- reviewed
of
PhD
students’
thesis
(2010).
–
Jury
for
the
Olympiad
for
Science
at
Fayettevile- Manlius
High
School
(2009).
–
Lead
the
outreach
program
for
the
Syracuse
High- Energy
Physics
group
by
presenting
the
cutting- edge
to
High
School
students
in
the
Central
New
York
Area
(2009).
–
Co- authored
the
Diversity
Education
Guide.
“Facilitating
Small
Groups
of
College
Instructors
on
Diversity”
The
Graduate
School
of
Syracuse
University
(2008).
–
Consultant
for
the
Teaching
Assistant
Program
Syracuse
University
(2008).
–
Panelist
for
the
program
Professional
Development
Seminars.
“Teaching
in
a
Laboratory
Environment”,
Syracuse
University
(2007).
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
Fluent
in
English,
French
and
Malagasy.
Some
knowledge
of
Italian.
PUBLICATIONS
–
Diamond
detector
irradiation
tests
at
TRIUMF.
Published
in
:
JINST
6
P05011
(2011).
–
Prospects
for
Observing
the
Standard
Model
Higgs
Boson
Decaying
into
bb
Final
States
Produced
in
Weak
Boson
Fusion
with
an
Associated
Photon
at
the
LHC.
Published
in
:
Physics
Review
D
82,
093002
(2010).
–
Feasibility
Study
for
a
Vector
Boson
Fusion
Higgs
(
bb)
with
an
Associated
Photon
using
the
ATLAS
detector.
Submitted
in
:
ATL- COM- PHYS- 2010- 507.
–
Diamond
Pixel
Modules.
Submitted
in
:
Nucl.
Instrum.
Meth.
A
doi
:10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.096
–
Prospects
for
the
discovery
of
a
standard
model
Higgs
boson
produced
via
vector
boson
fusion
and
decaying
to
b
anti- b
in
association
with
a
central.
Published
in
:
PoS
HCP2009,
097
(2009).
–
Absolute
exclusive
semileptonic
branching
fractions
of
D+s
φe+νe
,
ηe+νe,
η e+νe,
K 0e+νe,
K0e+νe,
f0e+νe.
Physics
Review
D
80,
052007
(2009).
–
Improved
Measurement
of
the
Branching
Fraction
and
Energy
Spectrum
of
η
from
Υ(1S)
Decays
O.
Aquines
et
al.,
Physical
Review
D
74,
092006
(2006),
hep- ex/0610032
–
Performance
of
a
C4F8O
Gas
Radiator
Ring
Imaging
Cherenkov
Detector
Using
Multi- anode
Photomultiplier
Tubes.
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.
A558
(2006)
373- 387
RESEARCH
PRESENTATION
AND
POSTER
SESSION
Study
of
the
forward
electrons
in
Z
e+e
decay
channel
with
the
ATLAS
2011
data.
Contribution
Talk
for
the
ATLAS- Canada
Physics
Workshop
at
York
University,
Toronto,
Canada
(2011).
Prospects
for
Observing
a
Standard
Model
Higgs
Boson
Decaying
to
two
b- quarks
in
Association
with
a
Z
Boson.
Contribution
Talk
for
the
ATLAS- Canada
Physics
Workshop
at
TRIUMF,
Vancouver,
Canada
(2011).
Prospects
for
Observing
the
Standard
Model
Higgs
Boson
Decaying
into
bb
Final
States
Produced
in
Weak
Boson
Fusion
with
an
Associated
Photon
at
the
LHC.
Contribution
Talk
at
The
Lake
Louise
Winter
Institute
2010,
Alberta,
Canada.
Absolute
exclusive
semileptonic
branching
fractions
of
D+s
φe+νe
,
ηe+νe,
η e+νe,
K 0e+νe,
K0e+νe,
f0e+νe.
Poster
for
FPCP
09
at
Lake
Placid,
NY
(2009).
Measurement
of
fD+
at
CLEO.
Poster
for
the
34th
International
Conference
on
High
Energy
Physics
in
Philadelphia,
PA
(2008).
Inclusive
Production
from
the
Υ(1S).
Publication
presented
during
the
American
Physics
Society
April
Meeting
in
Dallas,
Texas
(2006).