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Yael F. Schwartzman

EDUCATION

M.S. in Computer Science. June 2006
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON (G.P.A. 3.66)
Research interests: Human Computer Interaction and information visualization

Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science. Class of 2003. Cum Laude Minors in Philosophy and Business Administration
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO (G.P.A: 3.64)
Dean's List, every semester.
Mortar Board senior honor society member. 2003 S.T.R.I.V.E scholarship chair.
Research: Supercomputer Job Scheduling

EXPERIENCE

University of California, Berkeley, School of Information. Berkeley, CA
Graduate Research Staff: Winter 2008 - present

University of Washington, department of Computer Science. Seattle, WA
Graduate Research Staff: Summer 2006 - 2008

University of Washington, department of Computer Science. Seattle, WA
Research Assistant: March, 2005 – 2006

University of Washington, Department of Computer Science. Seattle, WA
Head Teaching Assistant and Teaching Assistant: Fall 2004, Winter 2005, Fall 2005

San Diego Supercomputer Center. San Diego, CA
Summer Intern and Programmer/Analyst: Summer 2003, Jan-July 2004
Awarded Excellence Award for outstanding job in creating the Visualization Tool BlueView signed by Dr. Fran Berman, SDSCʼs director, September 2003.

University of San Diego. San Diego, CA
Spanish Apprentice Teacher, Apprentice Teacher Mentor, Math Grader: Fall 2001 - Fall 2003.

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS

  • Tapan S. Parikh, Neil Patel and Yael Schwartzman. "A Survey of Information Systems Reaching Small Producers in Global Agricultural Value Chains" Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD), December 2007.
  • Yael Schwartzman and Tapan S. Parikh, Using CAM-equipped Mobile Phones for Procurement and Quality Control at a Rural Coffee Cooperative, MobEA V, Mobile Web in the Developing World, May 8th, 2007, Banff, Canada
  • Yael Schwartzman and Tapan S. Parikh, Establishing Relationships for Designing Rural Information Systems, Experience Report, ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI), April 30-May 3, 2007, San Jose, CA
  • Yael Schwartzman and Tapan S. Parikh, Establishing Relationships for Designing Rural Information Systems, CHI Workshop on User-Centered Design and International Development (UCD4ID), April 28, 2007, San Jose, CA
  • Yael Schwartzman and Alan Borning, The Indicator Browser: A Web-Based Interface for Visualizing UrbanSim Simulation Results. Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS 40), January 2007.
  • Bailey Lee, Cynthia, Schwartzman,Yael, Hardy, Jennifer, Snavely, Allan. "Are user estimates inherently inaccurate?". 10th Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing (in conjunction with SIGMETRICS 2004) New York City, June 2004.
  • San Diego Supercomputer Center; IBMs Blue Horizon visualization tool Blue View Presentation. September 24th, 2003.
  • University of San Diego women's faculty research dinner, IBM's Blue Horizon visualization tool Presentation. December 3rd. 2003.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Experienced with agile, test-first software development strategies. Experienced with Object Oriented Analysis, Design and Programming. Experience with OS X, IBM Blue Horizon supercomputer, Sun computers, UNIX, Oberon (System and Programming Language), X-Windows, MS-DOS, Windows, Eclipse, Java, Python, Jython, C/C++, SQL, MatLab, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, HTML, CGI, JavaScript, XML, Apache, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash.

PERSONAL

Native Spanish speaker. Fluent English speaker. Proficient in spoken Hebrew and Portuguese. I enjoy collaborations, and I am an experienced leader and mentor. Choreographed Israeli folkloric dance for 4 years for groups of 30-40 teenagers. Volunteer counselor trainer for the KEN Jewish Community, San Diego, 2002-2003.

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