Yee-Mui Victoria Chiu

 
Current Address: 
125 W. Green St. 
Ithaca, NY 14850 
(607) 277-9647 

Email: yvc1@cornell.edu

Homepage: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/ychiu/

Permanent Address: 
6296 Lido Ct. 
Newark, CA 94560 
(510) 792-8525
 
Objectives Seeking a position in software engineering or technical consulting that will utilize my technical, consulting and communication skills.
 
Education
Cornell University, College of Engineering, Ithaca, NY

8/1997-5/1998

Master of Engineering Candidate: Computer Science

May 1998

American Association of University Women Scholarship grant

8/1997-5/1998

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

8/1989-5/1992

Bachelor of Arts: Computer Science, GPA: 3.42

May 1992

   
Relevant
Courses
•Software Engineering •Systems Concepts Database Systems & ManagementEntrepreneurship and EnterpriseImaging and the Electronic AgeProgramming Languages •Computer Networks •Artificial Intelligence •Computer Graphics •Compilers •Operating System •Digital Design
   
Skills Computer Languages: C, Java, C++, HTML, Perl, CGI-Bin Script, SQL, Lisp, Pascal, Assembly
Operating Systems: Unix, MS DOS, NT, Windows 95
Foreign Lanuages: Fluent in speaking and reading Chinese(Mandarin and Cantonese).
   
Experience Hewlett Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA

8/1992-8/1997

Corporate Information Systems: Software Engineer/Technical Consultant:
  • Project 1: Provided technical solutions to improve HP's accounting, financial reporting, and worldwide credit collection system. Co-developed an object-oriented (C++) data populator for HP's general ledger.
  • Project 2: Built a messaging-enabled infrastructure using workflow, messaging and Internet technology to automate HP's business processes with a team of six people. Resulted in a line of products and services such as a cross-platform forms browser, an electronic forms creation package, a messaging-enabled workflow server, and consulting services. Developed and deployed the workflow engine. Provided technical consulting to HP internal business entities to re-engineer administrative processes. Awarded the Hewlett Packard achievement and recognition (STAR) award, an honor given to only two percent of HP employees.
  • Project 3: Provided technical consulting using Internet and middleware technology. Built a web-based stock options grant summary application.
 
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

Summer 1991

Computing Science Department: Research Assistant
  • Designed and implemented a X-Window interface to SMART text retrieval system;
Paper
  • Co-authored a paper: Tong Li, Victoria Chiu, Fred Gey; "X-Windows Interface to SMART, an Advanced Text Retrieval System."; published in Spring 1992 issue of ACM SIGIR(Special Interest Group in Information Retrieval) Forum.
 
Mills College, Oakland, CA

1/1988-8/1989

Math & Computer Science Department: Research/Teaching Assistant
  • Designed, programmed, and wrote 3-D graphical and interactive math tutorials using Mathematica on the NeXT machine to teach Calculus and Linear Algebra, sponsored by National Science Foundation.
  • Teaching Assistant in Linear Algebra class.
   
Professional
Activities
  • Hewlett Packard Toastmasters Public Speaking club, Palo Alto, CA, 1993-1997;
    Achieved Competent Toastmasters(CTM) certificate;
    Won Evaluation Speech contest at club and area level, 1994;
    Won International Speech contest at club level, 1995;
    Offices held: Treasurer, Vice President, Fund-raising, mentor.
  • American Association of University Women, 1997
   
Interests
  • Cornell Society of Women Engineer, Cornell Outing Club, Cornell Ballroom Dancing Club, Cornell International Christian Fellowship, 1997
  • Sunday School teacher, San Jose, CA, 1993-1997; taught 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders; Young Adult Fellowship organizer.
   
References Available upon request
Status U. S. Citizen