Philip Ganchev
philip@cs.pitt.edu
PhD
Student, Intelligent Systems
Program, Pittsburgh, PA
March 2005
Research Interests
Knowledge discovery from data
Data
mining
Human-computer interaction
Current Research
Intelligent aids for analysing proteomic mass psectra
using machine learning (with Prof. Vanathi Gopalakrishnan)
Publications
I. Tsamardinos, M. E. Pollack, and P. Ganchev. Flexible
Dispatch of Disjunctive Plans. European Conference on
Planning, 2001. Flexible plans.
Degrees
Technical Skills
Java, servlets, JSP, Javascript, HTML, XML
Python,
Lisp, C++, Unix shell, awk, sed, etc; SQL
Haskell, Prolog, Pascal,
LaTeX
Linux, Windows (admin.); Macintosh, Unix (use)
Apache
web server, Tomcat Java web server (admin.)
MySQL, Oracle
SQL*Plus, MS Access
Work History
- Graduate
Student Researcher
-
2004-2005, Intelligent Systems.
Intelligent aids for
analysis of mass spectra. -
2004, Intelligent Systems.
Inverstigating coherence of
learned models.
- 1999,
Computer Science, U. of Pittsburgh.
Inverstigated scheduling
algorithms for AI temporal plans.
- Fellow
-
1999-2002, Intelligent Systems, U. of Pittsburgh.
- Graduate
Student Assistant (Faculty of Arts of Sciences)
-
2000-2001, Intelligent Systems
Investigated scheduling
algorithms for AI temporal plans and rule-based machine learning
models.
- Programmer
-
1998, NZOnline Inc.
"RealtyPro" - application
for real estate agencies, in C++ Windows.
- Tutor
-
1999, Mathematics for high-school seniors.
Presented
lessons; solved problems with students to evaluate progress and
adapt content and teaching method
- 1997,
Comp. Sci., U. of Auckland.
Instructed students with projects,
graded, presented material.
- Teaching
Assistant
-
2001, Machine Learning course, Computer Science, U. of
Pittsburgh
- 1997,
Data Structures course, Computer Science , U. of Auckland
Leadership
- Student
Organization Representative
-
2001-current, Intelligent Systems Program, U. of
Pittsburgh.
Negotiate student concerns with department, organize
student forums, vote on FAS student actions, handle ISP student
budget
- Class
Representative
-
1996-1998, U. of Auckland.
Negotiated student concerns
with the department.
- Dormitory
Floor Representative
-
1997, Grafton Hall of Residence
Maintained order, mentored
residents on everyday issues, conducted fire drills
- Secretary
of large community service club
-
1995, St. George's College-Dominican Convent Joint Interact
Club.
Led meetings, liased with the community, proposed projects,
motivated members, evaluated performance.
Other Activities
Contributing to Wikipedia,
GNOME Usability
Project
Performing with Bulgarian Folk Dance Ensemble Otets
Paisii, Pittsburgh.
Computer Programming Competition, 1998,
New Zealand. Won 2nd place in region.
Performed with Improvisation
and Comedy Club, 1997-1998, U. of Auckland.
Personal Information
F1 Student Visa, New Zealand citizen, Bulgarian
citizen
Fluent English, Bulgarian, French
Born 1977, March 23,
Bulgaria