Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Carnegie Mellon University
[Aug 2000-present] Ph.D. in Computer Science (expected Dec. 2006)

Dissertation: A statistical framework for spatial comparative genomics
Advisor: Dannie DurandCommittee: Jeffrey Lawrence, Andrew Moore, David Sankoff, Russell Schwartz

University of Texas, Austin
[Sept 1996-May 2000] Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, summa cum laude

Research Interests and Experience

See my pages detailing my previous and ongoing research.

Publications

See my publication page.

Awards and Fellowships

[Fall 2004--2006]Barbara Lazarus Women@IT Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University.
[Fall 2000--Spring 2006] AT&T Bell Labs Graduate Research Program Grant.
[Fall 2000--Spring 2004] National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.
[Fall 2000--Spring 2004] Carnegie Scholar (grant), Carnegie Mellon University.
[November 2003] Best Student Presentation Award, Biological Language Conference.
[Summer 2000] National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (declined).
[Summer 1999] Workshop in Language Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (one of seven selected from 125 undergraduates).
[Summer 1999] Summer Research Workshop in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania. (One of twenty selected from 116 undergraduates.)
[Fall 1999--Spring 2000] Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of Texas.
[Fall 1996--Spring 2000] National Merit Scholarship (full tuition scholarship), University of Texas.

Conference Presentations (*poster presented, §talk given)

[Sept 2006]*Fourth RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Comparative Genomics   
[Sept 2005]§Third RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Comparative Genomics    [proceedings]
[June 2005]§Mathematics of Evolution and Phylogeny
[Nov 2004]§Second Biological Language Conference
[Oct 2004]§Second RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Comparative Genomics     [proceedings]
[July 2004]*ISMB/EECB
[June 2004]§Genomes and Evolution, joint annual meeting of the International Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) and the American Genetic Association (AGA).
[Nov 2003]§First Biological Language Conference
[May 2003]§Second Biological Language Modeling Workshop
[June 2001]§EMNLP

Teaching Experience

2003-2006 Guest lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University
    Undergraduate/Graduate course: Computational Molecular Biology and Genomics
    Professor: Dannie Durand
    Lectured on local sequence alignment and hidden markov models, and their applications in computational biology.

Fall 2003. Teaching Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University

    Undergraduate course: Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms
    Professor: Peter Lee
    Responsibilities included planning and delivery of weekly recitations, development of a new programming assignment (adopted in subsequent years), contributing to the design of additional homeworks, quizzes, and exams, tutoring students in office hours, grading of homeworks and exams. Guest lecturer on graph traversal and minimum spanning tree algorithms (ppt slides).

Spring 2003. Teaching Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University

    Undergraduate/Graduate course: Computational Molecular Biology and Genomics
    Professor: Dannie Durand
    Responsibilities included: providing critical feedback on homework and exam design, tutoring students in office hours, grading homeworks and some exams.

Fall 2003 - present. Certification in Teaching Development (in progress), Carnegie Mellon University

    Eberly Center for Teaching Effectiveness
    Program coordinator: Michele Dipietro
    Requirements include: Attending 10 teaching seminars (on topics such as student motivation, encouraging intellectual development and critical thinking, understanding student cognition, and conducting productive and engaging discussions), two teaching observations and feedback sessions, development of a course and syllabus, and completion of an individual project. My teaching was taped twice and critiqued by an Eberly teaching fellow. I also participated in a graduate reading and discussion group on teaching theory and practice.

Aug 1998 - May 2000. Peer Instructor, University of Texas

    Learning Lab, Reading Writing Center.
    Supervisor: Beth Moreno
    Instructed seven students a semester in remedial reading and writing skills. Developed and administered a personalized skill development and assessment program for each student each semester. Tutored other undergraduate and graduate students in all writing skills, including organization, clarity, and issues specific to foreign language speakers. Developed independent study guides, writing worksheets, handouts, and other lab materials. Participated in regular training sessions on topics such as educational theory, motivation, learning styles, difficulties specific to foreign students, and text anxiety reduction techniques.

Jan 2004 - present. ACM SIGCSE member.

Graduate Coursework

Computational Genomics and Mol. Biol., Dannie Durand [Proj] Information Theory, John Lafferty [Proj]
Probability and Mathematical Statistics II, Larry Wasserman Machine Learning, Sebastian Thrun [Proj]
Graduate Algorithms, Danny Sleator and Avrim Blum Statistics & Language, Roni Rosenfeld [Proj]
Database Management Systems, Natassa Ailamaki Intro to Type Systems, Karl Crary
Computer Architecture, Todd Mowry [Proj]

Professional and Service Activities

Active member of the Women@SCS graduate student council. Planned and organized events, as well as helping plan long-term strategy for how the group could best recruit, maintain, and support women in graduate school in the computing sciences.

Reviewed papers for: Genome Research, RECOMB satellite workshops, the Biological Language Conference, and EMNLP.

Program Committees: RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Comparative Genomics, 2005 and 2006.

Rose Amanda Hoberman
Last updated Sep 19 2004