(formerly Magdalena Urbanek)
EDUCATION
M.Sc. Image Processing, Vision and Robotics, July 2001Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble, France
M.Sc. CAD/CAM systems design, summa cum laude, September 2000
Warsaw University of Technology - Warsaw, Poland
B.Sc. Computer Science, summa cum laude, June 1999
Warsaw University of Technology - Warsaw, Poland
SKILLS
- Programming Languages : C/C++, Matlab, SQL, Java, Visual Basic, Perl
- Libraries : MFC, OpenGL
- Operating Systems : Windows, DOS, Unix/XWindows, Mac OS
- Graphics Software : Blender, Paint Shop
- Database Tools : pgAdmin, Crystal Reports, Oracle Designer, Oracle Discoverer
- Document Creators : LaTeX, MSOffice
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Software Engineer in Networking 02/2006 - 12/2008
Dartware, LLC - West Lebanon NH, USA
I worked on cross-platform software used for network monitoring and troubleshooting. Most of the time, designed and wrote object-oriented software in C++. Other tasks included reviewing SQL queries, writing simple scripts in Perl, system administration, customer support.
Promoted to Senior Software Engineer in 2008.
Research Assistant in Statistical Learning 01/2005 - 08/2005
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Department of Empirical Inference for Machine Learning and Perception - Tübingen, Germany
Researched 3D reconstruction from 2D images using machine learning techniques instead of an explicit camera model.
Studied the amelioration of the estimation of the fundamental matrix, employing multivariate regression methods which optimized directly in the space of rank-deficient matrices. Using Matlab, designed and developed software to compare algorithms for estimation of the fundamental matrix.
Research & Development Engineer in Computer-Assisted Surgery 01/2002 - 01/2004
PRAXIM medivision - La Tronche, France
Responsible for design and implementation of orthopedic applications using Visual C++ for Microsoft Windows.
Involved in creation of commercial products for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty.
Designed user interface using MFC and Paint Shop, worked on the algorithms and architecture of the systems, visualized 3D models with OpenGL.
Designed and developed software for testing the precision of the optical tracking system installed and used in all surgical systems.
Took part in clinical trials and cadaveric studies.
Designed and implemented tools for surgeons to analyze data from a patient acquired during an operation of the anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Contributed to a scientific publication based on the research and findings.
All work conducted in French.
Research Assistant in Computer Vision 11/1999 - 12/2001
INRIA Rhône-Alpes - Montbonnot, France
Full time research assistant in computer vision.
Involved in various projects: 3D-reconstruction and mosaicing from digital photographs; 3D-reconstruction of planar scenes;
Combining off- and on-line calibration of a digital camera; Matching stereo images of different zooming; Video surveillance with two cameras.
Performed extensive experiments on calibration of digital cameras.
Developed algorithms and tests in Matlab on the Unix and XWindows platforms.
Designed and implemented software in Java for partial calibration of stereo images.
Published scientific papers and gave an oral presentation at a conference.
Work conducted in French and English.
Software Engineer 02/1999 - 05/1999
Warsaw University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering - Warsaw, Poland
Software engineer "on demand" to develop one project.
Designed and implemented a program for determining the mass and heat balance in a flue gas desulphurization process.
The work done in C for DOS.
Software Engineer 10/1998 - 06/1999
InterDesign Tessel Systems AB - Warsaw, Poland
Software engineering intern during studying.
Tested SuperEdit system for editing raster formats and vector drafting tools.
Implemented an extension to the "File open" dialog of MFC in Visual C++ under Windows which allowed previewing selected files.
Wrote OLE Automation scripts in Visual Basic for communication between products of the company.
PUBLICATIONS
- M.Urbanek, R.Horaud and P.Sturm: Calibration of Digital Amateur Cameras, Research Report RR-4214, INRIA, Montbonnot, France, July 2001
- M.Urbanek, R.Horaud and P.Sturm: Combining Off- and On-line Calibration of a Digital Camera, In Proceedings of Third International Conference on 3-D Digital Imaging and Modeling, Québec City, Canada, pages 99-106, May/June 2001
- M.Urbanek: Three Dimensional Reconstruction of Planar Scenes, M.Sc. Thesis, INP Grenoble, France, September 2000
- (Non-authored, with contribution) R.Julliard, S.Plaweski, S.Lavallée: ACL Surgetics: An Efficient Computer-Assisted Technique for ACL Reconstruction, In book "Navigation and Robotics in Total Joint and Spine Surgery" by J.Stiehl, W.Konermann, R.Haaker, W.Konermann, Springer-Verlag, December 2003
HONORS
- Marie Curie scholarship from the project PERACT (Perception and Action in Space) of the European Community - Tübingen, Germany (2005).
- Excellence scholarship of the Minister of Education of Poland (1999 - 2000). The prize is awarded to a single student per academic year at the faculty.
- Socrated-Erasmus scholarship to study at Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble, France (1999 - 2000).
- Merit scholarship of Warsaw University of Technology, Poland (1996 - 2000).
INVITED TALKS
- Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Department of Empirical Inference for Machine Learning and Perception - Tübingen, Germany (November 2004)
- Utrecht University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Human Perception Group - Utrecht, The Netherlands (March 2004)
- Erasmus Medical Center, Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam - Rotterdam, The Netherlands (February 2004)
LANGUAGES
- Polish - Native
- English - Fluent
- French - Fluent
- German - Conversational
OTHER
- Postgraduate Course of Business Informatics, Warsaw School of Economics - Warsaw, Poland (2004 - 2005)
- Organizer of Eurographics - Grenoble, France (2004)
- Training on Quality Management - La Tronche, France (2002)
- Surgetica - Grenoble, France (2002)
- Summer School on Image and Robotics - Grenoble, France (2000)
- MSDN Conference - Warsaw, Poland (1999)
- International Contact Days - Aachen, Germany (1999)