Note:I will add a pdf of this c.v. soon.

This CV Includes:

• Summary of Skills and Accomplishments
• Research Interests & Experience
• Publications and Conferences
• Academics and Awards
• Other Work
• Involvement and Athletics
• Computing Experience

• Currently in a Graduate Program (Master's) in Computer Science, University of Toronto
• University of Toronto Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Physics - 3.98 cGPA (out of 4)
• Three NSERC USRA Research awards held in Bioinformatics and Geophysics, continued research throughout academic years, resulting in publications.
• Recipient of several distinguished awards and scholarships based on academic and research merit
• Extensive leadership and mentoring involvemen

• Sept 2008 - current. Master's Studies
  Main interest in Cancer genome variation. Also developed several tools surrounding SHRiMP which will be useful in my research, and which will be available soon on the SHRiMP website.
  
• May 2008 - Sept 2008 (NSERC USRA)
  Developed Probability calculations for SHRiMP. Helped design a probability framework for the probcalc tool in the SHort Read Mapping Package - a package that allows the alignment of (short) genomic reads to a target genome. The probcalc tool assigns confidence and certainty values to each hit.
• May 2006 - May 2007 (NSERC USRA and Research Assistant)
  New methods for Sequence Alignment. Showed generalization of classic scoring functions into broad class of ‘rectangle scoring schemes’, and demonstrated a novel algorithm (FRESCO) that can align sequences under any such function in polynomial time. Theory, various runtime improvements, and applications presented in publication.
  New designs in Prediction of Harmful Protein Mutations. Developing a Neural-Networks approach to harmful mutation prediction in proteins using secondary structure predictions.

• May 2007 – May 2008 (NSERC USRA and Research Assistant)
  Incorporating Sediment Transport in Sea Level Theory. Evolving a generalized theory of sea-level variation to take into account sediment redistribution. Publication to be submitted during 2008.

* indicates the presening author.

Submitted

In Preparation

• A.V. Dalca, J.X. Mitrovica, J.T. Perron and G.A. Milne. Post-glacial Sea-Level Change Including Sediment Transport 1: Theory.

Refereed Papers – Journals and Conferences

• (Accepted) A. V. Dalca, Stephen M. Rumble, Samuel Levy and M. Brudno. (2010) VARiD: A Variation Detection Framework in Color-Space and Letter-Space platform.
  To be presented at ISMB 2010, to appear in Bioinformatics.

• A. V. Dalca and M. Brudno. (2010) Genome variation discovery with high-throughput sequencing data. Briefings in Bioinf.. 11(1). p3-14.
  [ PubMedID: 20053733 ]

• S.M. Rumble, P Lacroute, A.V. Dalca, M. Fiume, A. Sidow and M. Brudno. (2009) SHRiMP: Accurate Mapping of Short Color-space Reads. PLoS Computational Biology. 5(5) [ PubMedID: 19461883 ]

• A. V. Dalca* and M. Brudno. (2008) FRESCO: Flexible Alignment with Rectangle Scoring Schemes. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. 13. p3-14.
  [ oral presentation | PubMedID: 18229672 | pdf ]

Non-Refereed Abstracts and Posters

• S. M. Rumble*, V. Yanovsky, M. Fiume, A. V. Dalca, P. Lacroute, A. Sidow, M. Brudno. (2008) SHRiMP: The Short Read Mapping Package. ISMB, Jul 19-23. (Poster)
• K. Latychev*, J.E. Davis, J.X. Mitrovica, A.V. Dalca and R.A. Kendall. (2007) Unraveling the Complexity of Sea-Level Trends in North America: Results from a New Generation of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Models. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec 10-14 (Abstract)
• A.V. Dalca* and M. Brudno. (2006) FRESCO: Flexible Alignment with Rectangular Scoring Schemes. RECOMB Comparative Genomics, Sept 24-26 (Poster)

• 2010 IEEE International Conference on Computational Photography
• 2009 Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology
• 2008 Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (Volunteer)
• 2008 Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
• 2006 RECOMB Workshop

(Current) M. Sc. University of Toronto, Expected 2010 ( View Courses Taken)
Courses

• CSC2503 Foundations of Computer Vision (A+)
• EEB1460 Molecular Evolution (A+)
• CSC2417 Algorithms for Genome Analysis (A+) [Taken during UG]

• NSERC (Alexander Graham Bell) Canada Graduate Scholarship [Value: 17,500 CAD] info

  Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS) provide financial support to high-calibre scholars who are engaged in master's or doctoral programs in the natural sciences or engineering. The CGS will be offered to the top-ranked applicants at each level (master’s and doctoral) and the next tier of meritorious applicants will be offered an NSERC PGS. This support allows these scholars to fully concentrate on their studies and seek out the best research mentors in their chosen fields. NSERC encourages interested and qualified Aboriginal students to apply. (NSERC)

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship [Declined in favor of NSERC CGS; Value: 15,000 CAD] info

  The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) program encourages excellence in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels.

• Halen Sawyer Hogg Graduate Admission Award [Value: 8,000 CAD]

Hon.B.Sc with High Distinction, University of Toronto ( 3.98/4.00 cGPA), May 2008
Computer Science and Physics Specialist (View Courses Taken)

Courses

• The Prince Philip Gold Medal (2008) info

  Awarded to the student graduating with highest overall A standing among candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree. If the Frye medal is awarded to a candidate for this degree, this medal is awarded to the candidate with second highest A standing.

• Tom Hull Scholarship in Computer Science (2008) [Value: 1060.45]
  
• The Walter N T McKay Postgraduate Scholarship (2008) [Value: 1400]
  
• Four Dean’s List Scholar Awards (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008) [maximum of 4] info

  This designation is given to degree students in the Faculty having a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.50 or higher, at the end of the Fall-winter or Summer Session in which the fifth, tenth, fifteenth and twentieth course, offered by the Faculty and taken for credit, has been passed.

• Three NSERC UG Student Research Awards (2006, 2007, 2008) [Value: 4500. maximum of 3] info

  Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) are meant to stimulate your interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering. They are also meant to encourage you to undertake graduate studies and pursue a research career in these fields.

• Finalist - Computing Research Association, Outstanding Undergraduate Award (2007) info

  CRA's Outstanding Undergraduate Awards program recognizes undergraduate students in North American universities who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research.

• Bryan Statt Prize (2008) [Value: 128.10] info

  For Excellence in Undergraduate Experimental Physics
  

• Don Salt geophysical studies Scholarship (2007) [Value: 800] info

  The Don Salt Award was established with the support of KEGS, in the memory of Don Salt, to reward and encourage excellence in geophysical studies at the University of Toronto.

• Three University of Toronto Scholar Awards (Admission, 2006, 2007) [Value: 1500 each)]
  
• Three Samuel Beatty Scholarships (2005, 2006, 2007) [Value: 400 Each]
  
• PSB Travel Award (2007) [Value: 1000]
  
• The Sony Scholarship in Computer Science (2006) [Value: 750]
  
• Four Queen Elizabeth Aiming for the Top Scholarships (Admission, 2004, 2005, 2006) [Value: 100 each]
  
• Two Regents in-course Scholarships (2005, 2006) [Value: 1000]
  
• GoldenKey Society member (University of Toronto Chapter)

Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Humberside Collegiate Institute, 2003
Graduated with 98.5% Final Honour-Roll Average. Display Awards

Webmaster
Included work with Photoshop, Macromedia, Google Data API, HTML, CSS, PHP and SQL.

• University of Toronto Computational Biology Group web designer (2006).
  Design of the Computational Biology Group website.
• University of Toronto Romanian Students’ Club Webmaster (2003-Current)
  Design of the website and ongoing maintenance, scripting and updates.
• McGill University Romanian Organization of Student Society Webmaster (2004-2006)
  Design and publish of the Romanian Students’ Society website.

Technical

• Toronto District School Board Computer Lab Assistant (September 2002 – June 2003)
  Set up and maintained TDSB school network and lab area
  Supervised computer lab work and classes

Department of Computer Science:

• DCS Peer Mentor – First Year Learning Communities (September 2007 – April 2008)
  
• DCS Ambassador (September 2007 – Current)
  
• Research Talk at FLC Presentations (May 2007)
  
• Research Talk at UofT DCS Undergraduate Showcase (January 2007)
  
• Fall Campus Day DCS Tour Guide (October 2006)
  
• DCS Open House Volunteer (May 2006)

Romanian Students Club

• President (May 2005 – September 2007)
  
• Vice-President (May 2004 – May 2005)
  
• Secretary (December 2003 – May 2004)
  
• Webmaster (September 2003 - Current)

Romanian SC Soccer Team

• Player (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007),
• Captain (2004, 2005)
• Representative (2004) 

• General: MATLAB, C, Java, Python, Perl, Scheme, and Prolog
  
• Systems: Shell & Assembly languages, Linux Environment, logic and circuit design
  
• Statistical and tools: MATLAB, CRAN, CVS, and make
  
• Web programming: PHP, SQL, Google Data API, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  
• Graphics and other Software: Photoshop, Flash, and Dreamweaver