curriculum vitae

Curriculum Vitae for Cristina Gacek Version of 7 September 1998

Contact Information	Address: 625 N. Flores St., apt. 304, West Hollywood, CA, USA, 90048 Telephone: (1-323) 655-4353 e-mail: gacek@sunset.usc.edu URL: http://sunset.usc.edu/~gacek/
Objective	Work in a challenging full time software engineering position in Europe, preferably doing state of the art research and/or development.
Research Interests	Design, development and evolution of software systems, more specifically software architecture theory and its role at the various stages of the software development life-cycle.
Educational Background	University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Ph.D., Computer Science -- Software Engineering Dissertation: Detecting Architectural Mismatches During Systems Composition Advisor: Barry W. Boehm GPA: 3.91 Expected Date of Graduation: October 1998 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Master of Science, Computer Science (specialization in Software Engineering), Graduated: May 1995 GPA: 3.91 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA Master of Science, Computer Science Project: Memory Management Components of a Generic Library for Systems Programming Advisor: David Musser Graduated: August 1992 GPA: 3.89 Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil B.S., Mathematics Graduated: June 1989
Professional Background	Program Committee Member for the 4^th IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS'98), August 1998. Program Committee Member for the Youth Forum in Computer Science and Engineering (YUFORIC), August 1998. Program and Conference Committee Member for the Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW98), February 25-27, 1998, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA. Conference Committee Member for the Ground System Architectures Workshop (GSAW97), February 26-28, 1997, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA. University of Southern California Computer Science Department -- Center for Software Engineering Position: Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Barry Boehm Since August 1993 Activities: Participated in research as a member of the Software Architecture group. Assisted the Center in various activities by attending external workshops and conferences, assisting in internally organized workshops (in the organization, giving presentations, being a scribe of breakout groups, and producing proceedings), and writing quarterly status reports and other deliverables to our funding agencies (DARPA and US Air Force ROME Labs). I also had the opportunity to write a small grant proposal for Northrop Grumman to fund my dissertation work, and do all the involved follow-up interactions. I have lectured, on occasion, to the software engineering graduate level introductory course. Reviewer of Papers for the 4^th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE'96), 1996. TRW Software Reengineering IRAD Position: Summer Employee From June to September 1995 Activities: Worked on the generation of a software reengineering course geared to TRW professionals, as well as assisted in the selection process of software reengineering tools for the IRAD effort. TRW Universal Network Architecture Services (UNAS) Position: Summer Employee From June to August 1993 Activities: Worked on the generation of an updated version of the UNAS/SALE training course, as well as the development of a UNAS/SALE usage tutorial. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Computer Science Department Position: Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. David Musser From January to August 1992 Activities: Worked on the Generic Library for Systems Programming project, which consisted of constructing a reusable software library for IBM. IBM Brasil Department of Marketing -- Public Sector -- Software Development Institute Position: Associated System Analyst From 12 January, 1990 to 25 January, 1991 Activities: Project coordination; software quality assurance involving participation and organization of formal inspections of design, code, test plans and documentation, and test evaluation; viability study of new partnerships which includes research on market needs of software, potential partner's solidity, costs involved and expected revenue. IBM Brasil Department of Computer Science Position: Associated System Analyst From 1 May, 1989 to 12 January, 1990 Activities: Systems analysis, development and installation; DB conversion for a system's upgraded installation; programming in PL/I with DL/I; use and making of JCL. IBM Brasil Department of Computer Science Position: Trainee From 19 August, 1988 to 30 April, 1989 Activities: Study of VM, CMS, PL/I, DL/I, JCL, ADF and PROFS; systems implementation, standardization and documentation; development and maintenance of PL/I programs with DL/I; use and making of JCL; ADF usage. COMPUSYSTEMS -- Consultoria Informatica e Processamento de Dados Ltda. Programming Department Position: Trainee From 29 November, 1987 to 15 August, 1988 Activities: Microcomputers programming using TURBO PASCAL and COBOL; structured programming techniques; structured analysis and projects of systems; WORD STAR usage; manuals making; users support; participation on II FENASOFT (National Software Show) demonstrating software of micro/mainframe connection; project and making of a word processor similar to the WORD STAR, elaborated using TURBO PASCAL. PETROS -- Fundacao Petrobras de Seguridade Social Microcomputers Area -- SETAI Position: Trainee From February, 1988 to May, 1988 Activities: Users support; systems structured analysis, implementation and documentation; microcomputers programming using OPEN ACCESS II; usage of CARTA CERTA II word processor.
Teaching Experience	Software Engineering I (Guest Lecturer) University of Southern California -- Los Angeles, CA, USA Computer Science Department Guest lectures in software architectures. Period: Fall 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 Software Engineering I (Teaching Assistant) University of Southern California -- Los Angeles, CA, USA Computer Science Department Office hours, and homeworks' grading. Period: Fall 1993 Basic Programming Language (Laboratory Assistant) University of Southern California -- Los Angeles, CA, USA Programming and Data Processing Department Laboratory hours, and homeworks' grading. Period: Spring 1993 Automata and Formal Languages (Teaching Assistant) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- Troy, NY, USA Computer Science Department Office hours, and homeworks' grading. Period: Spring 1992 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Teaching Assistant) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- Troy, NY, USA Computer Science Department Office hours, and projects' grading. Period: Fall 1991 Database Fundamentals (Teaching Assistant) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -- Troy, NY, USA Computer Science Department Office hours, homeworks and projects' grading. Period: Fall 1991, Spring 1992 OS-JCL/Utilities IBM Brasil -- Vargas -- Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Computer Science Department Concepts and resources, with exercises on JCL utilization and its main utilities. Period: 1 to 6 March, 1989 (32 hours) JCL Exercises IBM Brasil -- Vargas -- Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Computer Science Department Period: 29 to 30 August, 1989 (16 hours) PL/I Exercises IBM Brasil -- Vargas -- Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Computer Science Department Period: 17 March, 1989 (8 hours) Colegio Mallet Soares Mathematics Department Position: Substitute teacher Period: School year of 1986 Activities: Taught Mathematics and Geometry for eighth and nineth grade classes Taught Mathematics for tenth grade classes I have also been a tutor in physics, mathematics (for high school students) and linear algebra (university students) from April 1986 to September 1988.
Honors and Awards	Co-principal Investigator on Research Grant, from Northrop Grumman for Ph.D. dissertation research, 1997 (with Dr. Barry Boehm). CAPES Scholarship, from the Brazilian Government for Ph.D. studies, 1992-1996. Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, at USC, April 1995, April 1997, and April 1998. Class Leader during the last two high school years, and during all but the first undergraduate years.
List of Publications	Gacek C. and B. Boehm, "Composing Components: How Does One Detect Potential Architectural Mismatches?," to appear in Proceedings of the OMG-DARPA-MCC Workshop on Compositional Software Architectures, January 1998 (accepted both for participation and presentation) (http://www.objs.com/workshops/ws9801/). Boehm, B. W., Egyed, A., and C. Gacek, editors. Knowledge Summary: USC-CSE Focused Workshop on Software Architectures II, Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, 12-14 November 1997. Gacek, C., "Detecting Architectural Mismatches During Systems Composition," USC Technical Report USC-CSE-97-506 (Qualifying Report for partial fulfillment of Computer Science Department requirements), Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, 8 July 1997. Gacek, C., "Detecting Architectural Mismatches During Systems Composition -- An Extension to the AAA Model," USC Technical Report USC-CSE-97-502, Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, April 1997. Gacek, C., "Exploiting Domain Architectures in Software Reuse," in Proceedings of the ACM-SIGSOFT Symposium on Software Reusability (SSR'95), ACM Press, Seattle, WA, 28-30 April 1995, pp. 229-232. Gacek, C., A. Abd-Allah, B.K. Clark, and B.W. Boehm, "On the Definition of Software System Architecture," in Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Architectures for Software Systems -- In Cooperation with the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering, D. Garlan (ed.), Seattle, WA, 24-25 April 1995, pp. 85-95. Gacek, C. and B.W. Boehm, "KBSE Tool for Megaprogramming," IRUS Reuse-Based Software Engineering Symposium, University of California, Irvine, 13 September 1993. Gacek, C., "Memory Management Components of a Generic Library for Systems Programming," Computer Science Master Project, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, August 1992. Gacek, C., B.K. Clark, and B.W. Boehm, "Focused Workshop on Software Reuse: Issue Paper," Knowledge Summary of the USC-CSE Focused Workshop on Software Reuse, Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, 17-20 October 1994. Gacek, C., "Domain Specific Software Architecture Based Reuse State of the Art Presentation," Knowledge Summary of the USC-CSE Focused Workshop on Software Reuse, Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, 17-20 October 1994. Clark, B., C. Gacek, and B. W. Boehm, editors. Knowledge Summary: USC-CSE Focused Workshop on Software Reuse, Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, 17-20 October 1994. Gacek, C., A. Abd-Allah, B.K. Clark, and B.W. Boehm, "Focused Workshop on Software Architectures: Issue Paper," Knowledge Summary of the USC-CSE Focused Workshop on Software Architectures, Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, 6-9 June 1994. Gacek, C., "Software Architecture, the Architecting Process, and Examples of Architecting Infrastructures State of the Art Presentation," Knowledge Summary of the USC-CSE Focused Workshop on Software Architectures, Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, 6-9 June 1994. Abd-Allah, A., B. Clark, C. Gacek, and B. W. Boehm, editors. Knowledge Summary: USC-CSE Focused Workshop on Software Architectures, Center for Software Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, 6-9 June 1994.
Professional Societies	Student member of ACM and IEEE
Computer Skills	Languages: Java, html, awk, C, C++, Ada, Lisp, PL/I, Pascal, sml, SQL, Z, ACME Operating Systems: UNIX, MS-Windows, DOS, TSO, VM, X Window System
Languages Spoken	English, Portuguese, Spanish, and German (at introductory level).
References	Barry W. Boehm TRW Professor, Department of Computer Science Director, Center for Software Engineering Address: Center for Software Engineering -- University of Southern California -- Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90089-0781 Telephone: (1-213) 740-8163 FAX: (1-213) 740-4927 e-mail: boehm@sunset.usc.edu Others may be provided upon request.