Lead Applications Programmer/Analist Visualization Group, Graduate Education and Research Services Center for Academic Computing The Pennsylvania State University

222 Computer Building, University Park,PA 16802
Phone (814)863-5692 Fax (814)863-7049
elena-slobounov@psu.edu

Summary of Qualification

• Two years in management of software company
• Seventeen years in scientific programming and design
• Seven years in computer graphics programming on SGI workstations
• Two years in Virtual Reality for WWW

Formal Education

• MS in Mechanical Engineering. May 1995.
  The Pennsylvania State University, GPA 3.65/4.0
• AS in Visualization Computer Graphics. May 1993.
  Parkland College, Champaign, Il, GPA 3.85/4.0
• BS in Electronic Engineering. June 1974.
  Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering. Moscow, Russia

Skills

PROGRAMMING

• GL graphics language, Basics of OpenGL
• C, C++, Fortran, Matlab with Simulink.
• VRML 2.0, HTML, Basics of PERL, JAVA script
• Immersion Human Interface Corporation Development Kit for Microscribe-3D.
• Ascension Technology Corporation Development Kit for "Flock of Birds"
• NSCA HDF Calling Interface and Utilities

OPERATING SYSTEMS

• IRIX, UNIX, Basics of AIX, DOS, & MAC OC

SOFTWARE PACKAGES

• SGI Media Tools - image, audio, video
• FrameMaker, Showcase, Amapi
• COSMO create, COSMO worlds, "InPerson" conferencing software
• Basics of VizLab, Wavefront & Alias

Experience in

• Creating and working with goal-oriented international teams of professionals
• Teaching, Research, and Design
• Industrial Psychology, Ergonomics, Scientific Mathematical Modeling
• Russian and English Languages

Relevant Experience

• Lead Applications Programmer/Analyst (October 1997-present) Center for Academic Computing of The Pennsylvania State University.
• Senior Visualization Programmer (June 1995-October 1997) Center for Academic Computing of The Pennsylvania State University. Promote Virtual Reality on campus by consolidating PSU resources, developing and consulting ongoing projects. Participate in preparation and execution of a few grants for various PSU departments. Develop and conduct a number of computer graphics seminars at CAC. Learned new programming languages and applications and continually expand knowledge of them.
• Research Assistant (July 1993 - 1995). Department of Exercise and Sport Science, PSU. Developed software for visualization of human kinetic and kinematics data on 4-D SGI Workstation INDIGO-ELAN, operating system IRIX 5.2.
• Volunteer (1993-1994) International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques: SIGGRAPH 94 (Orlando, Fl) & SIGGRAPH 93 (Anaheim, CA)
• Co-op Education in Computer Graphics (February - May 1993) Department of Exercise and Sport Science, PSU. Developed computer graphics software to analyze human body motion.
• Monitor of Novanet, former Plato Laboratory (1992-1993) Instructional Technology Laboratory, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois.
• Volunteer programming on C (Summer 1992) Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Manager and Programmer in a Private Company (1988-1990) "Motive", Moscow, Russia. Coordinated the development of software for psychological testing of the USSR Olympic athletes, nuclear power station operators, long-haul truck drivers, and a few other occupations, for which a stable psychological condition is crucial.
• Assistant to principal (1987). Artistic school of Art Academy, Moscow, Russia. Attemted to create the computer based facility for rstoring old paintings.
• Engineer and Programmer on FORTRAN, PL 1 (1976-1986) Computer center, Ministry of Transportation, Moscow, Russia. Maintained equipment in computer center and developed subroutines of extensive software packages for designing new industrial objects such as railway stations, bridges, and highways.
• Artistic Designer of Electronic Devices (July 1974-1976) Research laboratories of Electrotechnical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Designed new electronic devices for research laboratories and for industry using ergonomics and industrial psychology.
• Co-op Education in Design (1970-1974) Research laboratories of Electronics Industry, Moscow, Russia. Operated different kinds of equipment collecting scientific data (e.g., electronic microscope, laser, electromagnetic, ultrasound, vacuum, and high-voltage equipment).

Honors & Activities

• Member of the Parkland College Honorary Scholastic Society
• Member of ACM SIGGRAPH

Recent Publications

• Slobounov, S., Poole, S., Sebastianelli W., Slobounov, E., Bush J., Simon R., & Kraemer W. (in review) The efficacy of modern tracking technologies and 3D computer graphics to improve healthy and injured shoulder joint position sense. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation.
• Slobounov, S. M., Moss, S. A., Slobounova, E. S., & Newell, K. M. (in press). Aging and time to instability in posture. Journal of Gerontology.
• Slobounov, S. M., Slobounova, E. S., & Newell, K. M. (1997). Virtual time-to-collision and human postural control. Journal of Motor Behavior, 29(3), 263-281.
• Newell. K.M., Slobounov, S. M., Slobounova, E. S., & Molenaar, P. C. M. (1997). Stochastic processess in postural center of pressure profiles. Experimental Brain Research, 113, 158-164.
• Newell. K.M., Slobounov, S. M., Slobounova, E. S., & Molenaar, P. C. M. (1997). Short-term non-stationarity and the development of postural control. Gate & Posture, 6, 56-62.

Attended Conferences

• International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interface Techniques - SIGGRAPH 93, 94, 95, 96, 97.
• Annual Symposium on the Virtual Reality Modeling Language - VRML95, VRML97.