Surname: Taroudaki 
Name: Viktoria 
Father's Name: Michael 
Date of Birth: February 16,1987 
Place of Birth: Athens, Greece 
Address: Department of Mathematics 
 Mathematics Building 
 University of Maryland 
 College Park, MD 20742-4015 
 USA 
e-mail: victtar (at) math.umd.edu 
Webpage: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~victtar/ 


Secondary education:

  • 3rd Senior High school, Heraklion, 2004, Grade: 19,5/20

Higher Education:

    Degrees:
    • Master of Science (MS), Applied Mathematics & Statistics and Scientific Computation (AMSC) Program, University of Maryland, May 2011
    • Degree in Mathematics (BSc), Department of Mathematics, University of Crete, July 2008
    Education:
    • AMSC PhD Program (Applied Mathematics, Applied Statistics and Scientific Computation), University of Maryland, 2009- now
    • Department of Mathematics, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Graduate Program in Applied Mathematics, 2008-2009
    • Department of Mathematics, University of La Rochelle (France), Erasmus Program (European Exchange Program) - Fall Semester 2007-2008
    • Department of Mathematics, University of Crete, 2004-2008
      Admittance with the highest grade
      Graduation with the highest grade: 9,52/10 (07/22/2008)

Teaching Experience:

  • Teaching Assistant, course: Differential Equations for Engineers, Fall term 2010-2011, University of Maryland
  • Teaching Assistant, course: College Algebra with Applications, Spring term 2009-2010, University of Maryland
  • Teaching Assistant, course: Calculus for the Life Sciences I, Fall term 2009-2010, University of Maryland
  • Teaching Assistant, course: Linear Algebra II, Spring Semester 2008-2009, Department of Mathematics, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens
  • Work Placement in teaching in the high school of New Alikarnassos and in the senior high school of New Alikarnassos, Spring Semester 2007-2008
  • Teaching Assistant, courses: Calculus II and Introduction to Linear Algebra, Spring Semester 2006-2007, Department of Mathematics, University of Crete
  • Certificate of Pedagogic and Teaching Sufficiency by the University of Crete (2008)

Research Experience:


Reports - Publications:

  • V. Nika, V. Taroudaki, Y.Wang, “Denoising with Adaptive EigenBlock Dictionary Learning", Research Report, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematicsl Sciences, Toronto, Canada, July 2012, Supervisor: Dr. Prashant Athavale

Talks:

  • "Denoising with Adaptive Eigen-Block Dictionary Learning", AMSC Student Seminar, University of Maryland, October 31, 2012
  • "Confidence Intervals of an Image Reconstruction", Conference on Modern Mathematical Models for Science and Technology, Kalamata, August 27, 2012
  • "Image Reconstruction: Computation of Confidence Intervals", SIAM Conference on Imaging Science, Philadelphia, PA, May 21, 2012
  • “Computation of Confidence Intervals for Image Deblurring”, AMSC Student Seminar, University of Maryland, October 4, 2011

Distinctions-Awards:

  • Onassis Foundation Scholarship for Hellenes (2012-2014)
  • Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences Travel Funding to attend the Summer Research School on the Mathematics of Medical Imaging (July 2012)
  • SIAM Student Travel Award to attend the SIAM Conference on Imaging Science (May 2012)
  • Fellowship (Block Grand) by the Department of Mathematics of the University of Maryland (2010-2011)
  • CSCAMM fellowship (2009-2010)
  • Fellowship (Block Grand) by the Department of Mathematics of the University of Maryland (2009-2010)
  • Award in memory of Prof. S. K. Pechorides by the Department of Mathematics for my performance in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Crete (2007-2008)
  • Scholarship of the Foundation of National Scholarships for my graduation with the best grade form the Department of Mathematics of the University of Crete (2008)
  • Scholarship and award of the Foundation of National Scholarships for my progress in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Crete (2007)
  • Scholarship and award of the Foundation of National Scholarships for my progress in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Crete (2005)
  • Scholarship of Minoan Lines Ltd. for my entry as the student with the highest grade in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Crete (2004)
  • Scholarship and award of the Foundation of National Scholarships for my entry as the student with the highest grade in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Crete (2004)
  • Distinction and award at the national competition Euclid of the Hellenic Mathematical Society (2003-2004)
  • Distinction at the national competition Thales of the Hellenic Mathematical Society (2003-2004)

Participation in Conferences- Summer Schools:

  • Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, CA, January 9-12, 2013 (And "Random Matrices Short Course", January 7-8, 2013)
  • Modern Mathematical Models for Science and Technology, Kalamata, August 26-28, 2012
  • Summer Research School on the Mathematics of Medical Imaging, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, ON, July 3-31, 2012
  • SIAM Conference on Imaging Science, Philadelphia, PA, May 20-22, 2012
  • ECUA 2010 European Conference in Underwater Acoustics, Istanbul, July 05-09,2010
  • Summer School in Mathematics, Heraklion, July 14-24, 2008
  • 5th International Colloquium on the Didactics of Mathematics, Rethymnon April 17-19, 2008

Reviews:

  • SIAM Review

Memberships:

  • Hellenic Mathematical Society (HMS)
  • Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • American Mathematical Society (AMS)
  • Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)

Experience in Computers and Computer Programming:

  • Latex
  • Matlab
  • C
  • Certificate of knowledge and use of computers by the University of Crete (2008)

Languages:

  • Greek (Native)
  • English (Certificate of Proficiency in English- *University of Cambridge, *University of Michigan)
  • French (*Delf 1er degre, *Certificat elementaire de la Langue Francaise -niveau A2)

Other Activities:

  • University Committees:
    • Vice President of the SIAM Student Chapter of the University of Maryland at College Park (2012-2013)
    • Elected Member (Vice President) of the AMSC Student Council (2012-2013)
    • Elected President of the UMCP Hellenic Graduate Student Association "Digenis" (2012-2013)
    • Elected Secretary of the UMCP Hellenic Graduate Student Association "Digenis" (2011-2012)
    • Member of the New Student Committee of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Maryland(2011-2013)
    • Member of the AMSC Visiting Day Committee (2011, 2012)
  • Music:
    • Member of the University Chorale (part of the University of Maryland Concert Choir) of the University of Maryland (since 2011)
    • Member of the Women’s Chorus of the University of Maryland (since 2009)
    • Member of the “student music-stand” of the University of Crete (2006-2007)
    • Member of the choir of the University of Crete «Fraggiskos Leontaritis» (2005-2008)