Alexander Shyrokov

Education

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, field of Human-Computer Interactions, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH; May 2010; GPA 3.8/4.0; funded by NSF

MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering, field of Computer Vision, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH; September 2002; GPA 3.8/4.0

BS in Electrical Engineering, Odessa National Polytechnic University, Odessa, Ukraine; May 2000; GPA 95/100

Professional skills

Operating systems: Windows, Linux, MacOSX, iOS, Android

Devices: Microsoft HoloLens, Meta 2, Project Tango, iPhone, Android, HTC VIVE, Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+, Xilinx Zynq-7000, RaspberryPI, UR5

Programming

C/C++ (STL, boost, MFC, wxWidgets, OpenGL, OpenAL, Ogre3D, CeGUI, vtp, gdal, opencv, xerces, zlib, PhysX, audiere, pantheios, enet, sockets, doxygen)
Java (Groovy, Grails, Scala, Apache Batik SVG Toolkit, Swing)
C# (Unity3d)
Python, lua, tcl/tk, perl
JavaScript, HTML, css

Software

Eclipse, Microsoft Visual Studio, Borland Delphi, vim
Unity3d
Git, mercurial, subversion, cvs
Docker, gradle, ant, jenkins, artifactory
Buildroot
SPSS (PASW) Statistics, SciLab, MatLab, MathCad
Open Office, Microsoft Office
Blender, Inkscape, Gimp, Photoshop
Apache, MySQL

Concepts: SOLID, tdd, AR, VR, robotics, scientific analysis, simulations, design patterns, serious games, networking, plugins

Foreign languages: fluent English, fluent Russian, intermediate Ukrainian, beginner Spanish

Related experience

Software Developer at Amazon Robotics, April 2018 - present

Perception at human machine interface for automating fulfillment centers.

Staff Engineer at IDEXX Laboratories, October 2014 - March 2018

Technical Lead for software development of a hematology analyzer: design and development of embedded micro service architecture; integration of software with hardware; integration tests; mentoring
Technical Lead for Augmented Reality applications for iPads and VR experimentation
Designed/developed/maintained embedded C++/python/lua applications
Training: SEI Software Architecture: Principles and Practices (certificate), Situational Leadership II, Getting Results Without Authority (certificate), Unite 2015 Training Day, Harvard ManageMentor, ROS-Industrial, Insights Discovery

Systems Engineer at Space Telescope Science Institute, June 2010 - October 2014

Designed/developed/maintained java desktop application: Astronomer's Proposal Tool
Responsibilities included: systems integration, bug fixes, implementation of new features, requirements gathering and analysis, testing automation, technology evaluation, process design, interaction with scientists/customers, hiring
Examples of projects: tool for planning multi-object spectroscopic observations with the JWST NIRSpec multi-shutter array, adding undo capability, integration with Google analytics
Developed grails application: Grant Management System
Training: Cloudera Developer Training for Hadoop, Staircase to Scala, Speed of Trust, How to Lead Teams to Achieve Amazing Results, Supervisor and Manager Responsibilities and Skills, NASA and Saylor.org's Survey of Systems Engineering - Part 1 (certificate)

Chief Technology Officer at Static Line Interactive, Inc., September 2007 - December 2018

Founded the company
Designed and developed applications with C++
Streamlined processes using perl and python to create "one button operation" environments
Created unique real time aerodynamic parachute simulations
Created automatic mesh generation tools: GIS data comes in, ready to use mesh comes out
Delivered training tools for skydivers (commercially available)
Managed up to 3 people
Worked with customers on product specifications and provided customer support

C++ programmer for Experiment Wizard, August 2008 - August 2009

Designed a cross platform open source tool for automation of scientific experiments
Developed the program in C++, perl
Used XML Schema and Xml with xerces-c
Published the program as an open source project on sourceforge.net

Coop position at Datacube, Inc., June 2002 - August 2002

C++ programmer in Software Development group
Designed test programs
Performed quality assurance
Debugged existing applications
Participated in team and individual projects

MS thesis, Library for Pattern Recognition Systems, September 2001 - May 2002

Designed a library for pattern recognition systems
Implemented the library using C++ (MFC, STL)
Plug-in based

Coop position at Datacube, Inc., June 2001- August 2001

C++ programmer in Customer Applications group
Designed demonstration programs for old and new digital image processing hardware
Debugged and extended existing programs
Participated in team and individual projects

Digital image processing competition, UNH, Spring 2001

1st place
Developed set of tutorials for digital image processing
Programed in Matalab
Designed a framework for the creation of tutorials

Personal projects, C++ programming

cregen - automatic mesh generation from a skeleton
plug-ins for trueSpace - open source plugins for a 3D modeling and animation software
ssr - 3D multiplayer game using OpenGL, OpenAL, sockets (code statistics)
sjgui - open source gui library using OpenGL (extensive usage of templates and STL) (code statistics)

Freelancer, Summer 2000

Designed and developed an educational program on Tai-Chi using Delphi (commercially available)
Developed language learning tools using Delphi

Research experience

Research Assistant at UNH, September 2003 - August 2009; Sponsored by Consolidated Advanced Technology Laboratory (CATLAB) and NSF

Won best presentation award at the NECHFES 2007 Student Conference
PhD dissertation title: "Human-human multi-threaded spoken dialogs in the presence of driving"
Studied human-computer and human-human spoken interactions
Programmed in C++, tcl, perl
Designed and ran experiments
Analyzed data with Matlab and SPSS
Worked with high fidelity driving simulator

Static Line Interactive, Inc., September 2005 - September 2007

Researched aerodynamic properties of parachutes
Developed 3D simulations using C++
Analyzed data with SciLab

Publications

Andrew L. Kun, Alexander Shyrokov, Peter A. Heeman, "Spoken Tasks for Human-Human Experiments: Towards In-Car Speech User Interfaces for Multi-Threaded Dialogue," Automotive UI 2010, pdf.
Oskar Palinko, Andrew Kun, Alexander Shyrokov, and Peter Heeman, "Estimating Cognitive Load Using Remote Eye Tracking in a Driving Simulator," ETRA 2010, pdf.
Alexander Shyrokov, Andrew Kun, and Peter Heeman, "Experimental Modeling of Human-Human Multi-Threaded Dialogues in the Presence of a Manual-Visual Task," SIGdial 2007, Antwerp, Belgium, September 1-2, 2007, pdf.
Peter Heeman, Fan Yang, Andrew Kun, and Alexander Shyrokov, "Conventions in Human-Human Multi-threaded Dialogues: A Preliminary Study," in International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, San Diego CA, Jan, 2005, pdf.

Teaching experience

Teaching Assistant for:

Introduction to Digital Systems Course, UNH, ECE, Fall 2009
Computer Engineering Course, UNH, ECE, Spring 2002
Communication Course, UNH, ECE, Fall 2001
VLSI Design Course, UNH, ECE, Spring 2001
Junior Laboratory, UNH, ECE, Fall 2000 and Spring 2001
Communication Course, UNH, ECE, Fall 2000
Computer Applications, Odessa National Polytechnic University, Spring 1998

For all courses:

Taught, and assisted students with lab work
Made and corrected lab and homework assignments

Leadership

Argentine tango club, UNH, 2007 - 2009

Founded Argentine tango club
Taught students the science of Argentine tango

Leader at the New Hampshire Outing Club, UNH, 2006 - 2007

Planned and organized trips
Led people on different outdoor outings

Martial arts instructor, Odessa, Ukraine, 1995-2000

Self defense classes
Tai-chi
Bagua

Hobbies

3D graphics: programming, modeling, animation, input devices
Sports: rock climbing, martial arts, skydiving, gymnastics, Argentine tango, Iaito

References

Available on request.

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