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Valentine Kouznetsov
Email: vkuznet@fnal.gov
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Objective:
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A position of computer oriented scientist.
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Background:
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Ten years in physics community (4 HEP experiments, 2 theoretical groups).
Eight years of experience in UNIX, Windows and low-level networking
environments. Performed administration, installation,
configuration, programming and troubleshooting.
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Experience
experimental physics
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Physics |
Responsibilities |
Environment |
Results |
June 1999 - present:
D0 experiment at FNAL.
post-doc, employed by Univ. of California, Riverside.
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Current interests are:
B-physics (B-oscillations),
Higgs search.
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Co-leader of global tracking group.
Track refitting, track reconstruction in SMT (silicon tracker).
Support/management of global tracking software.
Installation and support of D0 software on Linux/RedHat 6.x,
system backup and management for UCR group.
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Linux (RedHat 6.x), IRIX 6.5.
C++, Python programming languages.
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Data taking
Run I: 1992/96
Run II: March 2001.
28 published papers.
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1998 - 1999:
NOMAD-STAR at CERN SPS.
Scientific Associate, employed by CERN.
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Studying a new technique for next generation of
neutrino oscillation experiments.
Charm search.
Electromagnetic properties of neutrino (part of my Ph.D. thesis).
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Leader of software development group.
Off-line: reconstruction program (digitization, tracking, vertexing),
event display.
On-line: data management (decoding, transferring, digitization).
Web support for NOMAD-STAR experiment.
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Linux, OSF/1, SunOS, Solaris.
C, Fortran programming languages, shell programming, GNU software.
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Data taking 1997/98.
4 published papers.
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1995 - 1998:
NOMAD experiment at CERN SPS (WA-96).
Jr. Scientific Associate, employed by JINR.
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Search for neutrino oscillations.
Ds* production.
Dilepton production.
Electromagnetic properties of neutrino. (part of my Ph.D. thesis).
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Development of NOMAD reconstruction program.
MC simulation of trilepton production in NOMAD detector
(neutrino scattering in Coulomb field of nuclei).
Transfer and support of NOMAD software to JINR.
Organization of the local cluster based on
PC/Linux in JINR.
Porting of NOMAD software from DEC/OSF1 to PC-Linux.
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Linux, OSF/1, SunOS, Solaris.
C, Fortran programming languages, shell programming, GNU software
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Data taking 1995/98,
13 published papers.
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1993 - 1998:
Neutrino Detector (IHEP-JINR)
Jr. Scientific Associate, employed by JINR.
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Search for neutrino oscillations.
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Monte Carlo simulation, neutrino oscillation studies.
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Linux, VAX VMS, Windows, MS-DOS.
Fortran programming language.
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Data taking 9x/98
2 published papers.
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theoretical physics |
1993 - 1999: Toroid Dipole Moment (TDM) of neutrino.
Studies of the third electromagnetic characteristics of neutrino,
its TDM. One-loop calculations of the TDM and toroid form factor
of neutrino. Investigation of experimental observations of
TDM neutrino (5 published papers).
1991 - 1995: Berry's phases for neutrino physics.
Developing mathematical formalism for three-neutrino
oscillations in inhomogeneous and absorbing media, based
on the Berry's adiabatic approach. Studyies of
three-level non-Hermitian systems (2 published papers).
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Education:
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August 1999:
Object-Oriented Design and Programming in C++,
by Glenn P. Downing Univ. Texas at Austin, Fermilab training, IL, USA.
July 1999:
Fast Track to Objects, by ISS Inc. Schaumburg, Fermilab training, IL.
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design using UML,
by Objective Engineering Inc., Fermilab training, IL, USA.
May 1999:
Ph.D. in Physics, Dubna, JINR, Russia.
June 1993:
M. Sc. in Physics, Irkutsk State Univ., Russia.
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Technical skills:
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Computer Hardware:
- IBM PC, DEC/Alpha, SUN, SGI workstations, X-terminals, Exabyte backup systems.
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OS/Environment:
- Linux: RedHat 4.x-7.x, Slackware
- FreeBSD: v3.5
- SGI: IRIX 6.5
- DEC/Alpha: OSF/1
- SUN: SunOS v4.1.4.1, Solaris v5.5.1
- CDE 1.1, FWMN, KDE/GNOME-desktops.
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Network hardware and protocols:
- Ethernet, PPP over Dialup, TCP/IP, NFS, FTP, DNS, NIS.
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Software:
- languages: C/C++, Python, Fortran, basic knowledge of Java.
- scripting: Born and C shells (sh, csh, tcsh), awk, sed, Tcl/Tk.
- security: tripwire, SSH, Nmap, Nessus, port
filtering firewalls, PAM authentication scheme.
- miscellaneous: GNU development software, RPM software
packaging, CVS revision control system,
debuggers (gdb, dbx, DDD, TotalView),
GUI (OnX based on Motif), VMware,
Office Suites (Microsoft, Star Office, Applix).
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Tasks and procedures:
- system and maintenance planning, installation and documentation;
- kernel installation and tuning;
- building, installing and remotely deploying software;
- planing and implementing system security;
- shell programming;
- backup planning and management;
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Certificates:
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issued by
www.brainbench.com,
see
transcript #157359
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Administration, management:
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- Skillful organizer with experience in long-term research projects.
- Experience of work as a member of large (over 500 people), small
and international teams.
- Familiar with handling of research grants and purchasing of equipment.
- Day-by-day advice and leadership of students.
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Personal:
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- Languages: Russian, English, French (basic).
- Self-motivating with good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Fast learner in programming languages.
- 54 physics and 2 software publications.
A complete list is available upon request.
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- I am currently employed under the conditions of J-1 visa
(I have got an approval for H1B visa transfer).
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Contact:
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By mail:
- MS-352, P.O.Box 500,
- Fermilab, Batavia, IL, 60510, USA.
- Tel: (630)-840-2192
- Fax: (630)-840-8886
By email
vkuznet@fnal.gov
URL
http://www-d0.fnal.gov/~vkuznet/
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