L. Amber Wilcox-O'Hearn

amber@cs.toronto.edu


Education:

September 2002 - present

Pursuing Master of Science, Computer Science
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
• Holding NSERC PGS-A Research Grant

Jan 1999 - May 2002

Bachelor of Science, Computing Science
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• QPA 4.0 on a scale of 4.3
• Awarded NSERC Undergraduate Research Grant
Sept 1992 - May 1997 Honours Bachelor of Arts, Russian Language and Literature
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
• Dean's Honour List
• Russian Language Book Prize
• Upper Year Scholarship

Sept 1995 - May 1996

Intensive Russian Programme
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Four months of study at St. Petersburg State University,
St. Petersburg, Russia
• GPA 3.4 on a scale of 4.0

Publications:

2003

Konstantinidis, Stavros, Steven Perron, and L. Amber Wilcox-O’Hearn. On a Simple Method for Detecting Synchronization Errors in Coded Messages.
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, v49 (May 2003) 1355-1363.
2002 Konstantinidis, Stavros and Amber O'Hearn. Error-Detecting Properties of Languages.
Theoretical Computer Science, v276 (2002) 355-375.

Natural Languages:

Fluent: English, Russian, French;
Reading and Writing: German, Spanish, Hebrew, Polish, Yugoslavian

Programming Languages and tools:

Varying experience in:
C/C++, Java, LISP, Modula-3, Perl, postscript, Python, SQL, Visual Basic, CGI, HTML

Professional Experience:

Sept 1999 - present

Research Assistant in Psychology
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Data collection, experiment design, porting experiment to a web-based format.
Advisor: Dr. D. Bruce, Department of Psychology

July - Sept 2001

Research Assistant in Computer Science
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Theorem proving, brainstorming, proof-reading.
Advisor: Dr. S. Konstantinidis, Department of Computer Science

May - Aug 2000

NSERC Undergraduate Research Assistant in Computer Science
Studying error-detection in formal and natural languages.
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Advisor: Dr. S. Konstantinidis, Department of Computer Science

June - Aug 1999

Web Designer and Promotions Officer
Musquodoboit Trailways Association. Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia
Researching ecological, geological, and historical information about the Musquodoboit region. Presenting this material to the public to promote tourism.


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