Adaptive optics for Astronomy The University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia mail [at the] mvkonnik dot info PDF version of my CV is HERE [mirror] Education2010-present: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (to be submitted on February 2013)The University of Newcastle, AustraliaSubject: Robustness and Control in Adaptive Optics for Astronomical Telescopes Supervisors: Dr. James Welsh (the University of Newcastle, Australia), Prof. Peter Schreier (the University of Paderborn, Germany) 2000-2006: Diploma of Engineer [M. S. equivalent] in Physics, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), RussiaSubject: Optical Coding and Images Deconvolution using linear deconvolution filters Research Experience
April 2009 - February 2010: Senior Engineer.Optical Information Processing Lab, MEPhI, RussiaResearch and development of high dynamic range imaging for optical-digital systemsMay 2006- April 2009: EngineerOptical Information Processing Lab, MEPhI, RussiaObjects recognition using Hybrid Optical-Digital correlators
Scholarships and Awards2010 - Scholarship for postgraduate studies (PGRSS) from the University of Newcastle, Australia 2009 - Russian Federal exhibition ``Sci-Technical Creativity of Youth'' (Certificate of distinction) 2009 - Moscow Telecommunication Conference Award (Diploma of excellence) 2008 - UMNIK Fellowship (Russian Federal Fellowship Program for young scientists) 2008 - Russian Federal exhibition ``Sci-Technical Creativity of Youth'' (Certificate of distinction) Professional ParticipationParticipation European Machine Vision Association EMVA 1288 Standard (Jan-May 2008)Membership Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Regular Member since 2008 Membership IEEE Signal Processing Society Student Member since 2009.
Scientific InterestsImages processing:images deconvolution, noise analysis in CCD/CMOS-registered images Adaptive Optics:light propagation through turbulent media, wavefront sensing, numerical simulation of adaptive optic systems, optimal control in adaptive optics
Computer skills
OS: UNIX, Debian GNU/Linux, Windows NT Scientific software: MATLAB/Octave, LATEX, gnuplot, Maple, Maxima, Scilab Related software: nip2 / VIPS library, yorick, Doxygen, Subversion, Mercurial, Fossil Programming languages:MATLAB, Python, Perl, Bash
Selected Bibliography
Participating in EMVA 1288 standard Participating in EMVA 1288 standard.
Activities and InterestsWriting:Technical writer: A column on the UNIX-based technology since June 2006 in Russian, and a column about digital image processing in English since August 2008 PDF version of this CV is HERE. |

