CURRICULUM VITAE

Olga Smyslova, Ph.D.

OBJECTIVE:

To participate in a challenging research in Human-Computer Interaction.

My interests include: Computers in Psychology, Online Experiments, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cognitive Psychology,  Psychology of Motivation, Human Thinking, and  Reasoning.

EDUCATION:

EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:

2001- present: Associated Member of Russian M.I.N.D. Lab (Media Interface and Network Design Lab), Moscow.

Responsible for the preparation, review, and publication of research papers, grant applications, and maintaining communications with colleagues worldwide.

 1998 � 2001: full-time graduate student (Moscow State University, Russia).

Developed research to understand motivations, intellectual abilities, personality traits responsible for hacking behavior. Set clear goals, chose research methods, developed inventories, created psychological methods of research for the complex Russian hacking underground investigation. Subjects� soliciting was the most challenging part, and I think this problem was solved brilliantly, using the online techniques. The flagship of the research was the introduction of online psychological research methods, using a combination of projective and inventory instruments, to Russian scientific community.

 Spring - Summer 2001: Chairperson of The 4-th Annual Conference �Building a Strategic Community through Education and Research� of  Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes (track �Maintaining Individual Freedom and Privacy in an Internet Environment�) Moscow.

Gathered the information about different researchers all over the world, sent the invitations for the Conference, maintained communication with speakers, and prepared necessary documents.

 1998-2000: Research Assistant in the Lab �Psychology of Informational Technologies� usage�. Supported by grant from the Russian Fund for Basic Researches. 

Ran the experiments, helped other students collect and analyze the data, prepared papers for publication.

 TEACHING:

Spring 2001: Psychology of Emotions and Motivation  (seminars, spring term)

2000 � 2001: Assistance in preparing course papers for undergraduate students

2000: Psychological consequences of informational technology usage (lecture to undergraduate students)

1999- 2001: Course papers� reviews for undergraduate students

ACADEMIC HONORS

2001: personal supporting grant from the Russian Fund for Basic Researches.

2000-2001: personal scholarship from the President of Russian Federation for Academic Excellence and Scientific Achievements.

2001: 1st Prize at the International Conference of Undergraduates and Postgraduates in Fundamental Sciences "Lomonosov-97' for the report 'The research of hacker�s psychology'.

2000: HESP scholarship for participation in the 7th International Summer School in Cognitive Science (Sofia, Bulgaria).

1998: Laureate of the faculty competition for the best diploma thesis.

1996-1998: Moscow Government Scholarship for Academic Excellence.

 PUBLICATIONS  (see also list of oral presentations)

�        Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. Flow in computer hacking: A model // C.-H. Chung, C.-K. Kim, W. Kim, T.-W. Ling, K.-H. Song (eds.). Web and Communication Technologies and Internet-Related Social Issues � HSI 2003. Proc., Second International Conference on Human.Society@Internet (Seoul, Korea, June 2003). � Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 2713. � Berlin e.a.: Springer, 2003, pp. 176-186.

�        Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. Flow-based model of computer hackers� motivation// Cyberpsychology and Behavior.2003. v. 6, # 2. pp.171-180.

�        Petrenko V.F., Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. �Psychosemantic research of hackers� motivation�. Psychological Journal. 2003, №1, pp. 104-118. (in Russian).

�        Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. Flow in computer hackers� activity. 8^th Workshop on Achievement and Task Motivation, Moscow, Russia, June 12-15, 2002. pp.128-130.

�        Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. Research on hackers� motivation (in Russian). 2002. In Press. http://tolerance.mubiu.ru/base/voiskynsky.htm

�        Petrenko V.F., Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. Research Experience of Hackers' Motivation// Materials of The 4-th Annual Conference �Building a Strategic Community through Education and Research� of  The Partnership for Peace (PfP) Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes June 2001. In Press.

�        Babanin L.N., Smyslova O.V. Online Experiment as a Method of Psychological Research//Materials of the VIII Conference of the Association  of Scientific and Educational Organizations - Computer Networks Users - "RELARN". June 2001.

�        Babanin L.N., Smyslova O.V. The Method of Online Psychological Experiment // Materials of the Conference �Social and psychological consequencies of the informational technologies usage�. May 2001. pp.253-262. [www-document]: http://www.auditorium.ru/conf/psichol/smislova_anal.htm. (In Russian).

�        Smyslova O.V. Hackers� motivation analysis//Materials of the Conference �Social and psychological consequences of the informational technologies usage� .  May 2001. pp.47-58 (In Russian)

�        Smyslova O.V. The Psychological Research of Hackers' Culture// Materials of International Conference of Undergraduates and Postgraduates in Fundamental Sciences 'Lomonosov-2001'. Section 'Psychology'. Moscow, April 2001.pp. 305-306 (In Russian)

�        Smyslova O.V. The Psychological Investigation of Hackers// Materials of International Conference of Undergraduates and Postgraduates 'Psychology in the 21^st Century'. St.-Petersburg, April 2001.pp. 209-210. (In Russian)

�        Smyslova O.V. Psychological Consequences of Informational Technology Usage//Vestnik moscovskogo universiteta (Bulletin of Moscow University). 14.Psychology. 1999. No1. pp.87-88.(In Russian)

�        Smyslova O.V. Internet: Transformation of Personality// Russian Conference   Psychology of Creation. Annuary of Russian Psychological Society. Vol.7. Issue 2. Kazan, 2000. pp. 29-31 (In Russian)

�        Babaeva J.D., Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. Internet: the Impact on Personality/Research on the Internet: Humanitarian and social aspects/ by A.E.Voiskounsky. - Moscow, 2000. pp.11-39.  (In Russian)

�        Babaeva J.D., Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. Attitudes Towards Computer Hacking in Russia// Cybercrime: Law Enforcement, Security and Surveillance in the Information Age/ by D. Thomas, B.Loader.  London, - Routledge. 2000. pp. 56-84

�        Smyslova O.V. Methods of field Investigations in the Society of Hackers// Materials of the 2^nd Russian conference of Ecological Psychology. Moscow.- 2000. pp. 265-266. (In Russian)

�        Babaeva J.D., Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. Internet and Personality// Materials of International conference �Internet.Society.Personality.� S.-Petersburg, 1999. Pp. 304-305. (In Russian)

�        Voiskounsky A.E., Smyslova O.V. Internet and Transformation of Personality// Materials of 2^nd Russian conference �Internet and modern society� S.-Petersburg, 1999. Pp.45-47. (In Russian)

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

�        The 1^st International conference �Internet. Society. Personality�. St-Petersburg, Russia. (February 1999).

�        The 2^nd  Russian conference �Internet and modern society� St-Petersburg, Russia.(November -December 1999)

�        The 2^nd Moscow Conference of Students and Postgraduates �Psychology Entering the XXIth Century: Methodology, Theory and Practice� (as a chairperson of the section �Cognitive Processes�) Moscow, Russia.  (March 2000)

�        The 2^nd Russian conference �Ecological Psychology� Moscow, Russia (April 2000).

�        The Round Table �Psychology and the Internet� (during the International conference of Students and Postgraduates in Fundamental Sciences 'Lomonosov-2000'. Section  'Psychology') Moscow, Russia. (April 2000).

�        The 7^th International Summer School in Cognitive Science. Sofia, New Bulgarian University, July 10 � 30, 2000 (July 2000).

�        The International Conference of Undergraduates and Postgraduates in Fundamental Sciences 'Lomonosov-2001'. Moscow, April 2001.

�        The Interdisciplinary seminar �Information society: economics, sociology and the development of Internet communications Moscow, Russia. (October 2000, May 2001).

�        The 4-th Annual Conference �Building a Strategic Community through Education and Research� of  The Partnership for Peace (PfP) Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes Moscow, Russia (June 2001).

�        8^th Workshop on Achievement and Task Motivation, Moscow, Russia, June 12-15, 2002.

�        �Internet: aggression and tolerance�. Scientific seminar (June 2002). International university of business and management. Moscow, Russia.