Dmitry O. Gorodnichy
Announcement:On July 22, 2024, I have announced my decision to run for the Vice-President (part-time) position of my Union (PIPSC) For this reason, this site will be soon be fully redesigned to support my electoral platform and new mission. |
POPULAR:
Web Apps:
- Open Canada Vital Statistics Tracker
- Public Service Employee Survey Results Tracker
- Border Wait Time Tracker
Data Science tutorials:
- The R4GC Book
- Learn Physics with R
- Learn Statistics with R
Technical reports:
- "Design and Evaluation of Automated Lie Detection systems"
- "Analysis of the effect of ageing on iris recognition performance"
- "Recognizing people and their activities in surveillance video"
Music & Songs:
- Christmas carols: multi-lingual, with chords
- «Shri Jobim»: bossa-nova reinterpreted
Greetings, Bonjour, Вітаю, День Добрый !
Professional:
I'm a Senior Data Scientist with 24 years of experience working with the Canadian Government. First, I worked at the National Research Council of Canada, where I was developing computer vision solutions for the Canadarm and Intelligent Vision Interfaces for users with disabilities. Subsequently, I worked at the Canada Border Services Agency as a Principal Investigator, acting Manager (bilingual position, for 5 years), responsible for evaluating Biometrics and Artificial Intelligence systems for Automated Border Control applications.
I was the Project Lead for the Video Recognition Technologies at NRC (2001-2007), Chair for National and International Conferences on Face Recognition and Video Recognition (2002-2008), the Chair for the Ottawa chapter of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2004), Lead for the Government of Canada Video Surveillance for National Security Community of Practice (2006-2012), Co-Lead of the Interdepartmental Video Surveillance Technology Evaluation and Research Group (2011-2014), Chair of the Canadian Advisory Council of the IEEE SC 37 / Biometrics (2011-2013), Project Lead for the "ART in ABC" (Analysis of Risks and Trends in Automated Boarder Control) study(2014-2015), Project Lead for the "AVATAR" Biometric-enabled Screening Technology project (2015-2018), the Lead for the R4GC Data Science Community of Practice (since 2021), and recently, the Lead for the CBSA Computer Vision Community of Practice (since January 2024).
Academic:
I studied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (M.Sc. Applied Math, Diploma Cum Laude), the Institute of Cybernetics of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in Kyiv (Ph.D. Math) and the University of Alberta (Ph.D. CompSci).
I’ve been Adjunct Professor at University of Ottawa (Dept. of Computer Science and Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics), École de technologie supérieure d'Université du Québec (Laboratoire d’imagerie et d’intelligence artificielle), University of Dalhousie (Dept of Computer Science).
Impact:
I am the most published and cited Government of Canada researcher in the field of video analytics and biometrics. I supervised over 30 undergraduate and graduate students. My work was featured several times in the success stories of the institutions I worked with. I've authored several award-winning scientific papers and inventions, including the Nouse® (Nose as Mouse) technology, which was featured world-wide and acquired as an artifact by the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.
I received several Academic and Government awards, including "Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award" from the National Research Council of Canada, "Young Investigator Award" from the Canadian Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Society, and the "Cultural Diversity Leadership Award" from the University of Alberta. I've been named the "Leader of Tomorrow" by the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Canada.
Other interests:
I am a father of four daughters, two of whom graduated high school with the Governor General's Academic Medals. Their names are listed on the Governor General website: here and here. I enjoy teaching and playing with children (Waldorf pedagogy), love meeting people from different backgrounds, and seek for opportunities to support my communities with my skills and interests, among which are translations, piano tuning, playing team sports and musical instruments, composing songs, stargazing, earthing, plant-based diets, foraging, ice water dipping (Wim Hof). When I was a child, I did a lot of gymnastics (a member of the Ukrainian national "Olympic reserve" team). Since Fall 2023, I am taking Yoga Teaching Training with Yogamu Institute.
If anything of this is of interest to you, please let me know. Namaste!
From building Open Canada Data Web Apps to getting involved in Union matters to help the communitySince 2019, I've been leading for the Government of Canada R4GC data science community of practice in GCCollab . In our community's efforts to leverage data science to improve public service culture and operations, I helped develop several Web Apps to visualize various Open Canada Data. These Web Apps helped me to gain valuable insights into the challenges my colleagues face in various departments across the government. Some of these Web Apps / Insights are listed below:
Critically, working closely with colleagues from other departments allowed me to connect with many of them and strengthened my resolve to support them, leading to my decision to be more involved in the Union matters. Dmitry for PIPSC Vice-President (Part-Time)The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) was founded in 1920. With over 70,000 members, the Institute is the largest union in Canada representing scientists and professionals employed at the federal and some provincial and territorial levels of government. National Capital Region (NCR) is the largest region within PIPSC, counting over 40,000 members.On July 8, 2024 PIPSC issued PIPSC 2024 National Election Notice. On July 22, 2024, I have made the decision to run for the PIPSC Vice-President (part-time) position in this Election. Here is why. Because of my contributions to improving the culture in my department and my efforts to help colleagues who faced workplace-related challenges in their departments, I was encouraged by many Union members to get more involved in the Union matters, and in April 2024 I won an election to one of the Executive positions for the National Capital Region (NCR) of the Union. This was a big honour for me. What is even more significant is that being a part of the NCR Executive Board has further helped me to appreciate the challenges our professionals face. I realized that these challenges are coming not only from how the Government operates but also how the Union operates. This is why I've decided to run for the Vice-President (Part-time) position within the Union. I believe that, in this role, I can work more effectively to support all Union members, regardless of their backgrounds and political preferences.
If you have any other question or ideas, please contact me. Thank you for your support! Contact:Email: dmitry.gorodnichy@ gmail.com When contacting for Union related matters, please also CC to pipsc@ gorodnichy.ca. Text / phone: 613 355 9975 I am also reachable at LinkedIn | Facebook | Telegram (at the same number) |
Last updated: August 3, 2024
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