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Anyone whishing to extract, archive or in any way use -the following information (for non personal use, see Art.3) is -required to `contact me`_ asking for authorization. - -.. _`contact me`: dakkar@thenautilus.net - -Personal data -============= - -Name: - Gianni Ceccarelli - -Place and date of birth: - San Giovanni Valdarno (AR, Italy), 1977-04-05 (April 5, 1977) - -Address: - | via Trieste, 214 - | 52020 Ambra (AR) - | Italia - -E-mail: - dakkar@thenautilus.net - -Telephone: - +39 347 822 9734 - -Education -========= - -Graduated from high school (“Diploma di maturità scientifica”) from -“Liceo Scientifico Francesco Redi” of Arezzo (Italy) in 1996, course -`MFI` (special course with additional mathematics, physics and -computer science lessons), with top marks (60/60). As part of the -final exam I presented a short thesis about photo-realistic image -generation with computers, with emphasis on ray-tracing. - -On 2001-10-19 I graduated (“Laurea”) in `computer science`_ from `Pisa -University`_ with top marks (110/110 e lode); moreover I've been a -fellow at the `Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa`_ for all the five -years of university. - -.. _`computer science`: http://www.di.unipi.it/ -.. _`Pisa University`: http://www.unipi.it/ -.. _`Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa`: http://www.sns.it/ - -My university thesis__ was about an extension of reinforcement learning -algorithms using recurrent neural networks for structured data, -allowing the treatment of (for example) sets of cooperating agents -with communication networks. Both the thesis (Italian only) and the -associated ``C++`` library are `available on SourceForge`__. The -library is released under the terms of the `GNU LGPL`_ and the thesis -under the terms of the `GNU FDL`_. - -.. __: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10202&release_id=55268 -.. __: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nnetlib/ -.. _`GNU LGPL`: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html -.. _`GNU FDL`: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html - - -From 2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31 I've been a PhD student at the `Computer -Science`_ Department of `Pisa University`_. I quit to find a job. - -Work experiences -================ - -From 2003-02-03 to 2005-06-31 I worked for Hyperborea_. - -Working for Hyperborea_, I've learned several design and development -techniques, and I've polished my knowledge in several -areas. Specifically: - -* Programming in Python_. -* Integration into a group of developers and coordinating with them. -* Tracking bug reports (using GNATS_). -* Distributed development and version tracking (with CVS_). -* Design and development of web/CGI applications. -* Integration of relational databases with web applications. -* Usage of Oracle_ (8 and 9i), PostgreSQL_, MySQL_. -* XML_ and related technologies: XPath_, XSLT_ and `XSL-FO`_, `XML Schema`_ - -Among the various projects I participated in, the most significant are: - -* “iboFlex”, a framework to ease the development of web applications for - data-entry into a database, based on ibo_ (an in-house application - server) and XSLT. -* A general, highly flexible framework for web-based - questionnaires. It can handle arbitrarily complex questionnaires, - with validation of the answer, and variable presentation (questions - and answers in arbitrary order, with multiple formulations for - each). It uses XML as representation format and XSLT for - presentation. -* Arianna version 3, a program for the cataloguing and description of - historical archives, based on XML, for which I've defined the - internal representation formats and developed the full-text indexing - and searching system. -* A system for the distributed planning and programming of didactic - activities in universities, developed in collaboration with - `Università di Milano Bicocca`_, for which I worked on the high-level - design and the definition of formats and protocols for data - interchange. At the moment the system is being developed by the - spin-off TabulaeX_. -* The `Ecumene project`_, a national projects for the distribution of - knowledge about artistic and historical heritage of the Italian - Catholic Church, in which I worked on the architectural design, on - the design and development of some modules, and on the definition of - formats and protocols for data interchange. - -.. _Hyperborea: http://www.hyperborea.com/ -.. _Python: http://www.python.org/ -.. _GNATS: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnats/ -.. _CVS: https://www.cvshome.org/ -.. _Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/ -.. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/ -.. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.org/ -.. _XML: http://www.w3.org/XML/ -.. _XPath: http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath -.. _XSLT: http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt -.. _`XSL-FO`: http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl -.. _`XML Schema`: http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema -.. _ibo: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ibo -.. _`Università di Milano Bicocca`: http://www.unimib.it/ -.. _TabulaeX: http://www.tabulaex.it/ -.. _`Ecumene project`: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22progetto+ecumene%22 - -In 2005 I helped to start `Studio Blackbit`_, and worked there for -about a year. Among the projects we worked on: - -* `Opera Sacra`_, an e-commerce site based on osCommerce_; I had to - re-implement most of the templating system to make it sane, and then - I wrote the new templates to produce valid (and table-free) `XHTML` -* a graphical user interface (using Perl_ and `Gtk+2`_) for a - `magneto-telluric sensor`_, for the `Institute of Geosciences and - Earth Resources`_ - -.. _`Studio Blackbit`: http://www.blackbit.it/ -.. _`Opera Sacra`: http://www.operasacra.com/ -.. _osCommerce: http://www.oscommerce.com/ -.. _`Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources`: http://www.igg.cnr.it/index_ing -.. _`magneto-telluric sensor`: http://www.igg.cnr.it/Laboratori/pisalab6_ita.htm -.. _Perl: http://www.perl.org/ -.. _`Gtk+2`: http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/ - -From 2006-04-04, I'm working for the Italian R&D office of -`Ask.com`_. I contributed to the BigNews_ project, writing most of -the image-selection algorithms, and half of the code that handles -images and videos. I also lead the "News Triggering" project, which -can identify when a query implies that a user may be interest in the -latest news about a topic, and injects those news into the web -results. - -.. _`Ask.com`: http://www.ask.com/ -.. _BigNews: http://news.ask.com/ - -Other experiences -================= - -In 1992 I started development of the program “Scegli la ruota giusta” -(“Choose the right wheel”) for `tellure Rôta`_ of Formigine (MO, -Italy). They make and sell wheels for industrial applications; the -program was to be put on counters of hardware stores, so that -customers could use it to choose, among the various products, the best -wheel (in terms of both pricing and performance) for their -application. The first version was written in MS Quick Basic 4.5, -later it's been completely rewritten in Borland Pascal. It has a -complete graphical user interface, with explicative drawings and -animations (it was meant to run on Intel 386 systems, with standard -VGA cards, under DOS). The database system for searching the catalog -is based on functions I wrote solely for this program. Latest versions -include an internationalization system, and I supervised (with the -help of tellure Rôta's specialists) translation in English, French, -German and Spanish. - -.. _`tellure Rôta`: http://www.tellurerota.com/ - -In 1995 I developer for PFB_ (Modena, Italy) a program for a test -bench for overspeed governors. They make and sell mechanical lift -components; the “overspeed governor” is a pulley, in which runs a -cable linked to the lift proper: if the cable (i.e. the lift) exceeds -a fixed speed, the pulley must block, in so doing pulling the cable -and activating the emergency braking system. The program, using a -dedicated interface I developed to a speed sensor (an optical encoder -hooked to the parallel port), is able to read with high precision the -intervention speed of the governor (that is, the highest speed reached -before blocking); it allows then to archive tests and print -certificates of conformity. The system runs on PCs, in text mode under -DOS, and it's written in Borland Pascal. The database system is, also -in this case, written ad-hoc. - -.. _PFB: http://www.pfb.it/ - -From 1996 I took part in the construction of a Ethernet local area -network among heterogeneous machines (Macintosh and PC with Windows, -DOS, Linux). Between 1997 and 2001 I've been "unofficially" -responsible of the computer room in the Collegio Carducci of the -Scuola Normale (where I lived): when I left it consisted of 8 PC, -running MS Windows NT 4 and Linux (we used the RedHat distribution), -and two iMac. There were also two laser printers, accessible from -every machine on the network; the whole room was protected from -external attacks with a NAT (Network Address Translator) made with a -PC running Linux. The merit for the good results is not only mine: -I've been helped by four colleagues, without whose collaboration it -would not have been possible to realize everything we did. I organized -a course of introductory lessons on the use of computers for users of -the room; the lessons have been held by my colleagues. - -In 1997 I translated from English some articles about programming for -IBM OS/2 Presentation Manager for the on-line magazine `Just Warp!`_. - -.. _`Just Warp!`: http://www.mclink.it/mclink/teamos2it/justwarp/index.htm - -Between July and August, 2000 I've been invited to `University of -Wollongong`_ in Australia to work with prof. Ah Chung Tsoi and his -group on neural networks for structured domains. - -.. _`University of Wollongong`: http://www.uow.edu.au/ - -In 2000 I held some lessons on Perl programming for some of my fellow -students, showing the basics of the language (and some obscure -characteristic because of “evil” questions) - -I've also held a short lesson on the workings, usage and problems of -Internet as part of a course for junior high school teachers, -organized by my junior high school math teacher. - -I wrote the Italian translation of SourceForge_, and I helped the -Italian translators of `KDE 2`_. - -.. _SourceForge: http://www.sourceforge.net/ -.. _`KDE 2`: http://www.kde.org/ - -I've been on the organization team of the `Italian Perl Workshop`_ for -all its editions (4 of them so far), handling the web-site, the -selection of submitted talks, and the scheduling. - -.. _`Italian Perl Workshop`: http://www.perl.it/workshop/ - -I've written a couple of articles for http://www.perl.it/\ , and I -have a `CPAN account`_. Some of my code can be found on `my CGit -pages`_. - -.. _`CPAN account`: http://search.cpan.org/~dakkar/ -.. _`my CGit pages`: http://www.thenautilus.net/cgit/ - -Abilities -========= - -I know several programming languages: - -============= ===================== -Language Knowledge level -============= ===================== -Perl Very good -Python Good -C++ Very good -C Very good -Java Good -Pascal Good -============= ===================== - -I prefer imperative and object-oriented languages; I have some -(design) difficulty with functional languages (Scheme, ML, Haskell). - -I have a strong interest (and strong opinions) on user interfaces. The -best ones (in my opinion), text mode: WordStar 4.0, Pine; file/folder -management: IBM Work Place Shell for OS/2; for PDAs: Apple -Newton. Because of this I have designed many user interfaces (many more -than I actually implemented). - -I don't think I'm very good at teaching, but the ones who attended my -lessons considered themselves satisfied. - -As a manager/responsible I had some successes, coordinating a team of -five people in the administration of a computer network, keeping at -first place security and at second place reliability for users (which -includes not changing users' habits in the name of innovation). At -`Ask.com`_ I've co-ordinated a small team of people, and kept our -developments in sync with other teams on the other side of the -Atlantic. - -I am sysadmin for my Linux machines, all running `Gentoo Linux`_, -including the dedicated host that runs the ``thenautilus.net`` domain. - -.. _`Gentoo Linux`: http://www.gentoo.org/ - -I speak, read and write fluently in Italian and English; I can read -French and with some difficulties Spanish. I've attended a first-level -course of Japanese, and I passed the final exam. |