Olga Dekhtyar

Fall 1997 - present : University of Maryland at College Park, Dept. of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation M.A. program (EDMS)
Area of Specialization: Statistics.
Expected graduation date : Summer 2000
Fall 1989 - Spring 1994 Tver State University, Tver, Russia, Applied Mathematics & Computer Science program,
5-year University degree. Cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Area of specialization: Numerical Analysis
diploma paper (thesis):
"Development of information retrieval system
'University SRW (Scientific Research Works)'"
(grade received: "Excellent" (A) )
Fall 1979 - Spring 1989
School #1, Bezhetsk, Tver region, Russia
(Fall 1972 - Spring 1987: secondary school
Fall 1987 - Spring 1989: high school)
Graduated 1st in class of 45, with "gold medal" (honor for GPA of 4.0),
High school diploma with honors in mathematics, physics, chemistry.

August 1997 - present
Teaching Assistant ,
Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland at College Park,
Classes (by semester):
- Fall 1997, Spring 1998 CMSC 106 - Introduction to C programming
- Summer 1998 CMSC 451 Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms
- Fall 1998, Spring 1999 CMSC 150 - Introduction to Discrete Structures
Summer 1998
Teaching Assistant,
Dept. of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation (EDMS) University of Maryland at College Park
Classes:
July 1994 - November 1995
Tver State University Science and Methodology Center, (Tver, Russia),
Computer (software) Engeneer.
Participated in creating and maintaining a variety of database systems for processing and storing information about scientific research in different areas.
January 1994 - June 1994
High/Secondary School #37, Tver, Russia,
Mathematics teacher.
Taught math in 5th and 6th grades.
August 1989 - August 1990
Kindergarten #22, Tver, Russia,
Teacher

Graduate School

Fall 1998
Reproduction and evaluation of factor analysis from previously published research in Software Engeneering - project for the Factor Analysis course
Spring 1998
"Dealing With Multicollinearity" - course paper for the Statistics in Education class

Spring 1994
Designed and implemented information retrieval system
"University SRW" - a database system for Tver State Unversity Office of Scientific Reasearch>. (Fox Pro, SQL, C) (topic of diploma paper)
Fall 1993
Participated in developing and implementing of Floppy Disk testing program for PCs
(Pascal, 286 Assembly) (group project for Software Engeneering course)
Spring 1992 - Spring 1993
Created a package of programs implementing a variety of Numerical Analysis
methods for appoximating solutions to non-linear equations,
systems of linear equations, differential equations, equations in partial differentials. (projects for Numerical Analysis course)
Fall 1990
Developed and implemented matrix arithmetics package (PC, Object Oriented Turbo Pascal).

ACADEMIC INTERESTS: Statistics, Structural Modelling, Survey Methodology.