About

Personal information

First/Last name: Marinka Žitnik

Address: Mali Lipoglav 4, 1293 Šmarje-Sap, Slovenia, Europe

Mobile: 0038651 240 590

E-mail: marinka AT zitnik DOT si, marinka AT helikoid DOT si, marinka AT zitnik DOT gmail DOT com

Nationality: Slovenian

Mother Language: Slovenian

Date of Birth: 23rd April 1989

CV link: update January 2012.

Education

College: Attending fourth year (2011/2012) at The Faculty of Computer and Information Science Ljubljana and Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Ljubljana. Finished third year (2010/2011) at The Faculty of Computer and Information Science Ljubljana and Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Ljubljana. Average mark in the first three years: 10.0/10.0.

• A four year interdisciplinary university program (eight semesters of lectures, 6 months of Diploma thesis work), which leads to the degree University dipl. ing. of Computer Science and Mathematics.

Upper Secondary Education: Upper Secondary School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ljubljana – Vegova. Passed General Matura Exam with outstanding achievement, summa cum laude (the highest possible grade on higher level (34 points/34 points) for all subjects — Golden Golden Matura candidate).

Primary Education: Primary School Sostro, Ljubljana.

Skills

Foreign Languages:

Active speaking of English and German (CEF Level C1/C2).

Programming and Solution Technologies:

Java SE/ME; Python; C; C++; Matlab; JavaScript; Prolog; UNIX shell scripting; C# and .NET Framework (WPF, WWF, WCF); Flash; ActionScript; Flex; Qt; Assembler; Windows Live Framework (Live Services, Virtual Earth); PHP; Database programming in relational SQL DBMS (DBMS MySQL, Oracle, Berkeley XML DB) and noSQL; Silverlight; Microsoft Oce SharePoint Server 2007; Microsoft SharePoint 2010; Web services (SOAP, WSDL); XML; JSON.

Information Technology:

Networking (protocol stacks, dynamic routing, switching, security and others), Cisco certicates CCNA1, CCNA2, CCNA3, CCNA4, Cisco Academy Orientation Course for Cisco Networking Academy Instructors, Conguration of Cisco routers and switches.

Activites

*** Note: Only small number of activites is listed here, so list wil be populated with more items and greater details in the future.

2012

• Department Editor at XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Magazine for Students
• Research at Bioinformatics Laboratory at Faculty of CIS, University Ljubljana.

2011

• Best Student Award 2011, University Of Ljubljana, Slovenia Best Student Award of University for overall performance in courses (News: University News, Faculty News).
• Google Anita Borg Scholarship Finalist 2011 (official Google Blog with published results, official Google Student Blog with published results) (News: Faculty News).
• Google Summer of Code 2011: Matrix Factorization Techniques for Data Mining for Orange – Data Mining Fruitful & Fun (News: Rac. novice, SIO, Finance).
• Work at Abito, MS Sharepoint 2010, project for Ministry ES – Investment Review.
• Demonstrator (BI) at Faculty or Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana.
• Research at Bioinformatics Laboratory at Faculty of CIS, University Ljubljana.
• Demonstrator (CS) at Faculty of Health, University Ljubljana (ctd. from 2010).
• Demonstrator (PA, P2) at Faculty or Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana.
• Presentation at Informativa, Biggest Slovenian Education, Scholarship and Employment Fair.
• Lecturing CCNA 4.0, Routing Protocols and Concepts (ctd. from 2010).
• Participation at Cisco Expo conference, Portoroz, Slovenia.

2010

• Demonstrator (CS) at Faculty of Health, University Ljubljana.
• Lecturing CCNA 4.0, Routing Protocols and Concepts.
• Lecturing CCNA 4.0, Networking For Home And Small Business.
• Sloskills, national competition for EuroSkills (1st place).
• EuroSkills, european competition, category Informatics (Lisbona, dec. 2010): two silver medals: PM Specialist and Informatics ICT Team.
• Work at Abito, e-learning Computer Communication and Networks.
• Work at Abito, interactive LMS for Police.
• Work at ZOTKS, organization of National Competition of Chemistry.
• Demonstrator (PA, P2) at Faculty or Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana.
• participation at Slovenia Nokia App Forum (mobile app development MobiFoto), developing mobile app MobiFoto in Qt Symbian.
  
• participation at Cisco Expo conference, Portoroz, Slovenia.

2009

• Lecturing CCNA 4.1, Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP.
• Lecturing CCNA 4.0, Networking For Home And Small Business.
• Work at Abito; e-learning Computer Communication and Networks.
• Summer work at HERMES SoftLab; National Information System for Health Centers.
• Pre-summer work at Avtenta.si; MOSS 2007.
• Imagine Cup (Team: ByteWarriors, Project: I See You Know), 3rd place at national competition at NT conference in May 2009.
• SharePoint deep dive education (U2U course).
• Participation at Swiss Talent Forum, oriented in Energy Challenge (10 workshops with Nobel laureates, managers, politicians).
• Participation at Cisco Expo conference, Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia.
  

2008

• Participation at the 20th International Olympiad in Informatics, held in Cairo, Egypt, as guest
• Completing Final Examination of Upper Secondary Education with distinction and the highest number of points possible (34).
• Slovenian representative at the first NetRiders competition, organized by Cisco Systems, Inc.
• Participation at the summer school of computer science, organized by Hermes SoftLab entitled Development of Games on Gaming Platform.
• Summer work at Avtenta.si; MOSS 2007 and WWF.
• Participation at Cisco Expo conference, Bled, Slovenia.

• National competitions – gold: Mathematics, History, Physics, Mother Language.
  

2007

• Slovenian representative at the 19th European Union Young Scientists Contest in Valencia, Spain, organized by European Commission.
• Competition with a prize: Excursion to Italy (Milan, Rome, Naples) and Germany (HP Centre in Böblingen, Stuttgart). Awarded a golden medal at the Competition of Young Researchers of Slovenia, organized by the Union of Technical Culture of Slovenia.
• Participation at the summer school of computer science, organized by Hermes SoftLab entitled Sports Club HSL on Web.
• Participation at Cisco Expo conference, Bled, Slovenia.

• National competitions – gold: Mathematics, Physics, Mother Language, German Language, English language.

2006

• Winner of the year 2006. Awarded two golden medals at the Competition in Chemistry for the knowledge in chemistry and research in chemistry.
• International cooperation JSW (Germany-Slovenia) (Telecommunications)

• National competitions – gold: Mathematics, Physics, Mother Language, History, Chemistry.