EKATERINA MERKURJEV

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

University of California at Los Angeles:
P.h.D: Applied Mathematics (September 2010- present) (GPA: 4.0)
Master of Arts: Applied Mathematics (2010)
Bachelor of Science: Applied Mathematics (2010)

Research Interests:

segmentation, image processing

Awards:      

NSF Graduate Fellowship (2011-2014)

Eugene-Cota Robles Fellowship (2010-2011)

NSF Research and Training Grant (RTG) Fellowship in Applied Mathematics (2010-2011)
Sherwood Award (for excellence in undergraduate studies) (2010)
Departmental Scholar at UCLA (2009-2010)
Basil Gordon Prize for Putnam exam (2008)

Research Programs:

 June 2009- August 2009
(Undergraduate) RIPS Program at Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
resulted in a paper

June 2008- August 2008
REU Program at University of California, Los Angeles

Publications:

1) C. Garcia-Cardona, E. Merkurjev, A.L. Bertozzi, A. Flenner and A. Percus, "Fast Multiclass Segmentation Using Diffuse Interface Methods on Graphs", submitted to IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell. PDF

2) E. Merkurjev, T. Kostic and A.L. Bertozzi, "An MBO Scheme on Graphs for Segmentation and Image Processing", submitted to SIAM J. Imaging Sci. PDF

3) G.E. Peterson, E. T. Campbell, J. Balbas, S. Ivy, E. Merkurjev, T. Hall, P. Rodriguez, "Relative Performance of Lambert Solvers 1: 0-Revolution Methods," Volume 136, Part 1, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, pg. 1495-1510, presented at 20th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 14-17, 2010.

Employment:

Project Mentor- Research Program for Undergraduates (summer 2012)
Project Title: Tracking Airborne Toxins

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Assistant- Calculus (Math 31B), Winter 2011.