CRISTINA POP
Stanford University
Stanford, CA USA
OBJECTIVE To contribute to the field of bioinformatics and enhance understanding of biological systems through computational tools and mathematical models.
EDUCATION
2008-present Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Student
Computer Science
Stanford University
2003-2008 Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc)
1 of 118 students in Year 4, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2 of 250 students in Year 3, Electrical and Computer Engineering
3 of 375 students in Year 3, Faculty of Applied Science
1 of 229 students in Year 2, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Notable Courses:
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Applied Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Computer Architecture Computer Communications Digital Logic / Systems Design Discrete Structures and Algorithms Introduction to BioMEMS Microcomputer System Design |
Modeling and Simulation Numerical Methods for Differential Equations Operating and File Systems
Real-Time Digital System Design Signals and Communications Software Engineering Systems and Control Technical Communication |
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2008 Faculty of Applied Science Prize for Academic Excellence, UBC
Awarded to 1 out of ~600 graduating UBC students in the Faculty of Applied Science.
2008 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarships:
Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (declined) and Postgraduate Scholarship M
Canada Graduate Scholarship awarded to top-ranked Postgraduate Scholarship applicants, for
academic excellence, research potential, and communication / interpersonal / leadership skills.
2008 Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Award - Honorable Mention
Awarded to North American undergraduates with outstanding potential in computing research.
2006 PMC-Sierra Founders Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC
Awarded to 1 UBC electrical / computer engineering student for academic achievement,
entrepreneurship, leadership, interest in integrated circuit and communication system design.
2006 Microsoft Technical Scholarship
Awarded to students studying in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, who show passion for
software and academic excellence.
2005 MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. Peter Kam Memorial Scholarship, UBC
Awarded to 1 out of ~400 UBC electrical / computer engineering students in 3rd or 4th year.
2005 UBC Golden Key Honour Society New Inductee Scholarship
Awarded to 5 out of ~800 new members who showed outstanding scholastic ability.
2004 Leslie and Greta Carter Memorial Engineering Scholarship, UBC
Awarded to 1 out of ~600 UBC students entering 2nd year engineering.
2004 UBC Nomination for C.D. Howe Memorial Engineering Award
2004 The Canadian Club / Weyerhaeuser SOARS “Academic Award”
2004 Featured in Ingenuity - UBC Faculty of Applied Science Engineering News, “Applied Science’s bright young stars”, Fall/Winter Issue 2004
2004-2007 Dean’s Honour List, UBC
2003-2007 Undergraduate Scholarship Program Award, UBC
Awarded to UBC students with academic achievement (over 85% on their best 27 credits).
2003-2007 IBM Canada Limited Pacific Development Centre Scholarship
Awarded annually to 10 Canadian students entering a BC university in fields in computing.
2008 May-June
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Dr. Anne Condon, Computer Science, UBC
· integrated two energy models for RNA secondary structure prediction with a heuristic prediction algorithm and a program for tuning the energy model parameters
2007 May-Aug
Undergraduate Student Research Award Recipient, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Supervisor: Dr. Anne Condon, Computer Science, UBC
· implemented pseudoknot energy models into a C++ algorithm to compute the energy of RNA structures and into a C++ heuristic algorithm for RNA secondary structure prediction
2007 Jan-Apr
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Honours Integral Calculus, Mathematics, UBC
· marker duties: marked tests and weekly homework assignments
2006 May-Aug
Undergraduate Student Research Award Recipient, NSERC
Supervisor: Dr. Anne Condon, Computer Science, UBC
· implemented and tested a general and efficient RNA secondary structure prediction algorithm based on hierarchical folding, in Haskell and C++
· created a tutorial on the algebraic dynamic programming technique used in implementation
2006 Jan-Apr
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Linear Systems, Mathematics, UBC
· lab duties: supervised students and assisted them with Matlab problem sets
· marker duties: marked tests and weekly homework assignments
2004 May-Aug
Undergraduate Student Research Award Recipient, NSERC
Supervisor: Dr. Joel Friedman, Mathematics, UBC
· investigated the Ramanujan property of graphs
· created C++ and Matlab programs to model and test graph properties
2007 Hosna Jabbari, Anne Condon, Ana Pop, Cristina Pop, and Yinglei Zhao. “HFold: RNA Pseudoknotted Secondary Structure Prediction Using Hierarchical Folding” (2007) 7th Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI), Philadelphia, USA. Algorithms in Bioinformatics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 4645:323-334.
2007 RiboWest 2007 Conference, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada
· talk: “HFold: RNA Pseudoknotted Secondary Structure Prediction Using Hierarchical Folding”
2007 Bioinformatics Reading Group, Bioinformatics and Empirical & Theoretical Algorithmics Laboratory, UBC
· talk on: “Predicting RNA pseudoknot folding thermodynamics” by Song Cao and Shi-Jie Chen (2006 Nucleic Acids Research 34:2534-2652)
2007 ideas 2007 Open House, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC
· invited poster: “Synthesis of Initial Conditions for Biological Simulations of Hybrid Systems”
2007 Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference, UBC
· poster: “Synthesis of Initial Conditions for Biological Simulations of Hybrid Systems”
2006 RiboWest 2006 Conference, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada
· poster: “Hierarchical Model for Pseudoknotted RNA Secondary Structure Prediction”
COMPUTER SKILLS
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Programming |
Software and Technologies |
Operating Systems |
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C, C++ (fluent) |
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET |
Windows 98 / XP / Vista |
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C#, Java, Matlab, Perl (comfortable) |
Eclipse Java IDE |
Linux |
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Haskell, R, SQL, VHDL (basic knowledge) |
ASP.NET and HTML |
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NOTABLE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
2008 Numerical methods for solving differential equations (written in Matlab)
2007 Hybrid systems modeling (analysis of reachability and verification techniques and tools for modeling and simulation of tryptophan regulation)
2006 Distributed collaboration tool for chatting and shared file editing (written in Java)
2006 Image processing algorithms for tracking small objects (written in C, C++, Matlab)
2005 Simple multi-cycle CPU (VHDL description)
2005 CPU simulator based on several CPU scheduling algorithms (written in C++)
2005 Simple Linux shell (written in C)
2005 Voice synthesis review (analysis of fricative sound production model for articulatory synthesis)
2004-2006 ASP.NET web application development
2005-2008 Division for the Advancement of Women in Engineering and Geosciences
2004-present Golden Key International Honour Society
2008 Student Leader, Engineering Day for High School Girls hosted by UBC Women in Engineering
2007 Co-organizer and Co-initiator, Calliope Conference and Network for linking girls with artists and innovators
2004-2008 Technical Support, Transition Program Graduation Ceremonies
2004-2007 Event Organizer and Committee Member, UBC Physics Olympics
2004-2006 Marker, PIMS Elementary Grades Math Contest