Curriculum Vitae

Linux user for 10 years, I started software development in 2003 with C and C++ on Debian, Enjoying both high and low level development.

Happy Gentoo user and server administrator for more than 5 years, I develop all my personal projects on this platform.

Education

Sep 07-09:	Beng Artificial Intelligence & Computer Engineering second class first division
	The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
	Awarded IET prize for showing distinction in the final year.
Honours project:	Automatic Speaker Recognition: Software development using cepstral analysis,
	Gaussian Mixture Models and Artificial Neural Networks.
2007:	DUT SI equivalent to second year of BSc in informatics and Embedded Systems
	IUT Université d'Auvergne at Clermont-Ferrand, France.
DUT project:	Development of an open source secured client-server software for incremental backup
	purposes as well as remote control of computer systems via the use of dynamicaly
	loadable plugins in an open network environment under various UNIX flavors:
	GNU/Linux and *BSD tested.
2003:	Baccalauréat scientifique option SVT equivalent to A'Levels maths-biology-physics.

Employment and work experience

2007:	Compulsory industrial placement for ten weeks at Actifdesign as a system administrator.
2006-now:	Voluntary System Administrator on a GNU/Linux dedicated server for emule-inside.net.
2004-2005:	``Oil-man'' for Total during summer holidays for two months each year.
2001-2003:	Vegetable picker during summer three weeks each year.

Information Technologies

Languages:
	Programming languages:
	Shell scripts (Bash), C, C++, LISP, CLIPS, ProLog, C#, SQL,
	javascript, PHP, ASP, LaTeX, Tcl-Tk, various assembly dialects.
	Foreign languages:
	English: Fluent.
	Italian: Lower intermediate level.
Methodologies:	Entity Association, UML, Object oriented.
Tools:	Qt toolkit, Kdevelop, Visual Studio, Windev, Eclipse, Maple.
Database Systems:	MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, HyperFile.
Operating Systems:	GNU/Linux (Gentoo, Debian, ArchLinux), Mac OS X, Windows, Microcontrolers.
Network:	Local and Wide Area Networks (TCP/IP, UDP), Cisco CCNA exploration.
Hardware:	Intel MCS251, Renesas M16C/80, Freescale/Motorola M68HC12.

Interests
Artificial Intelligence, Open Source Software, Plastic Arts, Movies, Music, Cooking, Snooker, Pool, Tennis, Table tennis.

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