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Curriculum Vitae


Formal data

Last name

Emelianenko

First name

Maria

Middle name

Guennadievna

Date of birth

13 March 1979

Place of birth

Dubna, Russia

Citizenship

Russia

Marital status

married to Alexei Kisselev

Present affiliation

Background & activity

Education

  • Graduated from high school with High Distinction
    Sch. N6, Dubna; June 1996
  • Received an equivalent to BS in MATH/CS, GPA=4.88 (out of 5.00)
    Dept of Computational Mathematics & Cybernetics /DCMC/
    Moscow State University /MSU/
    June 1999
  • Received MS in CS/Applied Math, GPA=4.76 (out of 5.00)
    Dept of Computational Mathematics & Cybernetics /DCMC/
    Moscow State University /MSU/
    June 2001
  • Received M.A. in Mathematics, GPA=3.83 (out of 4.00) thesis
    Department of Mathematics /Math Dept/
    Pennsylvania State University /PSU/
    Aug 2002

Research activity

  • 1997-1999 : Lab. of Computing Techniques and Automation(LCTA), Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
    Solving degenerate and ill-posed systems of linear algebraic equations
  • Aug 2000-May 2001: with Prof. Carme Caderer, Math Dept, PSU
    Mathematical modelings in the study of smectic A liquid crystals
  • Sept 2001-present: with Prof. Natarajan Gautam, IE/OR Dept, PSU
    Applied probability methods in analysis of self-similar telecommunication networks
    Analysis of constrained multi-dimensional birth-death processes

  • June 2002-present: with Prof. Qiang Du, Math Dept, PSU
    Centroidal Voronoi tesselations

Publications

1. (pdf) accepted to Performance Evaluation Journal.

2. (ps) submitted to SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications.

Basic achievements

  • High Distinction ("Golden Medal") on graduation from high school, 1996
  • Dubna Foundation of Science, Education & Innovation Activity Scholar, 1995-1996
  • Moscow Mayor's stipend for Distinguished Students, 1998
  • Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test score (15 Nov. 1998):
    • Quantitative: 800 (98% below)
    • Analytical: 660 (80% below)
    • Verbal: 430 (40 % below)
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score: 270 (637), 5 Nov. 1998