Resume - Computer Science and Engineering

KATYA MKRTCHYAN
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3533 Fairchild street
La Crescenta, CA 91214
(818) 484-6487
mkrtchyk at cs.ucr.edu
1985 (Gyumri, Armenia)
December 2014
Education
2009 - Present
2006 - 2008
2002 - 2006
Ph.D. University of California Riverside, Computer Science and Engineering
Advisor: Amit Roy-Chowdhury
M.S. Yerevan State University, Informatics and Applied Mathematics
Advisor: Yuri Hakopian
Thesis: Algorithms for calculating powers of matrices
B.S. Yerevan State University, Informatics and Applied Mathematics
Advisor: Yuri Hakopian
Thesis: Analyses of errors in iterative methods
Research interests
Biological Video Analysis - Segmentation, Registration, Tracking
Publications
Conference Publications:
1. ”Optimal Landmark Selection for Registration of 4D Confocal Image Stacks in Arabidopsis”, K.
Mkrtchyan, A. Chakraborty, and A. Roy-Chowdhury, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (TCBB) (review stage).
2. ”Automated Registration of Live Imaging Stacks of Arabidopsis”, K. Mkrtchyan, A. Chakraborty,
A. K. Roy-Chowdhury, International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, 2013, (the paper).
3. ”Efficient cell segmentation and tracking of developing plant meristem”, K. Mkrtchyan, D.
Singh, M. Liu, G. V. Reddy, A. Roy-Chowdhury, M. Gopi, IEEE International Conference
on Image Processing, 2011, (the paper).
4. ”Cell Volume Estimation from a Sparse Collection of Noisy Confocal Image Slices”, A. Chakraborty,
M. Liu, K. Mkrtchyan, G. V. Reddy, A. Roy-Chowdhury, Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, 2010, (the paper).
Book Chapters:
1. ”Computational tools for quantitative analysis of cell growth patterns and morphogenesis in
actively developing plant stem cell niches”, A. Chakraborty, R. Yadav, M. Liu, M. Tataw, K.
Mkrtchyan, A. Roy-Chowdhury, G. V. Reddy, Plant Signaling Networks (Eds. Z. Wang, Z.
Yang), 2012, (the book chapter).
Employment
2010 – Present The University of California, Riverside NSF Integrated Graduate Education Research
and Training (IGERT) Program, IGERT Fellow
2014 – 2015
University of California, Riverside, Teaching Assistant
2011 – 2012
University of California, Riverside, Teaching Assistant
2005 – 2008
Synergy International Systems, Inc. / Armenian branch, Software Developer
KATYA MKRTCHYAN
2004 – 2005
Training
2004
CURRICULUM VITAE
2
Yerevan State University Computer Center, YSU Web Site Administrator
Synergy International Systems, Inc. / Armenian branch,
Synergy Portal Open Source Technology, Certificate of System Administrator
2004
Synergy International Systems, Inc. / Armenian branch, Web Programming
Honors and Awards
2010-2015 Trainee in the Video Bioinformatics IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship) program supported by National Science Foundation (NSF).
2009-2011 University of California Riverside, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Graduate Division Fellowship Award
2006-2008 Yerevan State University, Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, full tuition
and fees scholarship
2002-2006 Yerevan State University, Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, full tuition
and fees scholarship
2006-2007 Yerevan State University, Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics Ananya
Shirakatsi Fellowship (awarded annually to the best student in the department based on academic performance)
Teaching Assistant at University of California, Riverside
CS 111 (Winter 2015) Discrete Structures
CS 010 (Winter 2015) Introduction to Computer Science for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
CS 010 (Fall 2014) Introduction to Computer Science for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
CS 006 (Spring 2012) Effective Use of the World Wide Web
CS 006 (Winter 2012) Effective Use of the World Wide Web
CS 005 (Fall 2011) Introduction to Computer Programming
Classes taken at University of California, Riverside
CS 201
Compiler Construction
CS 203
Advanced Computer Architecture
CS 215
Theory of Computation
CS 218
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
CS 230
Computer Graphics
CS 234
Computational Methods for Biomolecular Data
CS 235
Data Mining Techniques
CS 236
Database Management Systems
CS 238
Algorithmic Techniques in Computational Biology
CS 260
Seminar in Computer Science (Bioinformatics)
EE 243
Advanced Computer Vision
EE 247
Current Topics in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
EE 271
Multi-scale Analysis of Biological Systems
EE 272
Introduction to Imaging Bioinstrumentation and Analysis
EE 273
Live Imaging and Analysis of Cellular and Molecular Behaviors
EE 274
Introduction to Medical Imaging and Analysis
EE 275
Project in Video Bioinformatics
Computer skills
C++, Java, Matlab, SQL, OpenGL, HTML, CSS, Microsoft Office, Latex, SAS, R, Minitab
Language skills
English, Russian, Armenian (native)

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