Venera Khoromskaia, Dr. rer. nat., Dipl.-Phys.


Date of birth: 25 August, 1952
Place of birth: Kazan, Russia
Marital status: married to Boris Khoromskij in 1974,
daughter Diana, student of the Univ. Heidelberg
Education
1959 - 1969 Gymnasium with advanced studying of English, Kazan city, Russia.
1969 - 1974 Physics Faculty, Kazan State University, Russia.
(1973 -1974 research student at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) , Dubna)
1973 Certificate of the Russian-English translator, Kazan State University, Russia.
1974 Diploma in Physics, Kazan State University, Russia.
2010 Dr. rer. nat., TU Berlin, Germany.
Dissertation title: "Numerical solution of the Hartree-Fock equation by the tensor-structured methods". Supervisor Prof. Dr. R. Schneider.

Work experience

1974-1995 Researcher-programmer, permanent position at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) ,
In 1979-1982 extra: Russian-English translator/editor at LIT JINR.
1995 Moved to Germany with my family. A member of permanent staff at JINR till 2006.
2001 BMBF Research Grant, 3 months, Computer Science Department, University of Leipzig.
2001-2002 Research programmer in 3D image processing (volonteer, 8 months),
MPI for Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig.
2002 BMBF Research Grant, 3 months, Computer Science Department, University of Leipzig.
2003 BMBF Research Grant, 3 months, Computer Science Department, University of Leipzig.
2005 research assistant, Acoustic Microscopy Group, University of Halle.
2005 programming contract, MPI for Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig.
2006-present research assistant, MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig.
Languages: Russian (native), English (with a certificate), German.

Current research at MIS MPI, since 2006
(see also List of publications, the algorithms are programmed in Matlab)

Tensor calculation of the core Hamiltonian in a general basis,
i.e., fully numerical basis-set-free tensor representation of the Fock operator with guaranteed precision.
Efficient tensor calculation of the two-electron integrals.
QTT Representation of the Hartree and Exchange Operators in Electronic Structure Calculations.

Tensor-structured "black-box" 3D solver for the Hartree-Fock equation, in 1D complexity (first version in 2008).
 MGA Tucker tensor approximation of 3D large periodic structures.
Numerical solution of the Hartree-Fock equation by the multilevel tensor-structured methods.
 Approximation of the Electron Density of Aluminium Clusters in Tensor-Product Format.
Computation of the Hartree-Fock Exchange by the Tensor-structured Methods.

Efficient multigrid canonical-to-Tucker-to canonical (C2T+T2C) rank reduction for 3D tensors in 1D complexity.
 Multigrid accelerated tensor approximation of function related multi-dimensional arrays.
Tensor-product representation of basic multi-linear algebra operations.(2006-2007)
 Tensor-product approximation of operators and functions in the Hartree-Fock equation.
Computation of the Hartree potential by fully discrete numerical scheme based on the fast tensor-product convolution in 3D.

Tucker tensor approximation of higher-order tensors
arising from the discretization of linear operators and functions in Rd . (2006)
Some recent projects (2000-2005, diversity of topics due to short BMBF Grants or volonteer work):

Application of the BIOSIG programming package based on PCA to processing the EEG data (Matlab).
Max-Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, 2005 (contract for services).

Wavelet Data Compression for Ultrasonic Full Transient Analysis.
(Application of wavelets in ultrasonic microscopy (C programming).
Physics Department, Solid State Optics and Acoustics, University of Leipzig, 2004-2005 (volonteer work).

Modelling of the interactive algorithms by directed graphs (Petri Nets), for the Mobregio telemedicine project.
This model provides a mathematical description of the algorithm and means for its analysis.
BMBF Grant at the Computer Science Department, University of Leipzig, 2003.
(Preprint JINR E-11-2004-81, JINR, Dubna.)

Modelling of the internet data flows by using the network simulator ns-2.
(Programming in C and Tcl/Tk.) BMBF Grant at the Computer Science Department, University of Leipzig, 2002.

Project "Descriptors for focal brain lesion as revealed by MR tomography''.
Development of the registration method for the 3D MR brain images with lesions,
based on spatial parameters fitting by minimization of the least-square functional. C programming.
(MPI CNS Annual Report 2.7.4, Leipzig, 2002)
Max-Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in Leipzig, 2001-2002 (volonteer work).

Videoconferencing project. Development of the control program for SONY EVI-D30 videocamera
including direct control and through the Internet server-client connection. (C++ programming.)
BMBF Grant at the Computer Science department (RNVS),University of Leipzig, 2001.

Development of the control program for two videocameras for 3D television (C++ programming).
Computer Science department (RNVS),University of Leipzig, 2001.

Former projects, at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna.
1974-1982 Development of hardware and software (Assembler and machine code) for
- networking two CDC-1604 A computers for parallel processing of films with tracks of particles from nuclear experiments.
- interfaces for CDC-1604 A and peripheral devices designed in different standards (see photos).

Lectures on new trends in Computer Science (based on journals Electronics and Datamation):
microprocessors (1978), microcomputers (1980), logic analysers (1981).

1982-1985 Development of the hardware and software fo the computer-controlled automatic electron beam scanner AELT/2,
for large scale processing of films with tracks of particles from the nuclear experiments.
Software package for testing the Electronics of the automatic scanner (constructed in CAMAC standart).
Library of drivers and programm interfaces to FORTRAN for on-line automatic scanning control
(Assembler PDP-11, FORTRAN).
1985-1995 Programming in experimental data processing in nuclear physics
(FORTRAN programming, application of the first Graphics and DataBase packages).
1976, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna.
It was interesting to develop the interfaces (Electronics and drivers)
to equip the mainframe computer CDC-1604A (produced by Control Data Corporation),
by additional devices, for example, by display VT-340.
Other interests:
English literature (poetry).
Rock'n'roll music, dancing.
Sports: florett fencing (since 1965), alpine skiing, tennis, country skiing, skating, aerobics.
10.11.2011
V.Khoromskaia