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diff --git a/src/cv/cv-base.en.rest.txt b/src/cv/cv-base.en.rest.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e415a32 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/cv/cv-base.en.rest.txt @@ -0,0 +1,313 @@ + +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 +================ + +At Hyperborea +------------- + +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 cataloging 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 + +At Blackbit +----------- + +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/ + +At Ask.com +---------- + +From 2006-04-04 to 2009-07-31, I've worked for the Italian R&D office of +`Ask.com`_. + +Among the various projects I participated in, the most significant are: + +* In the “\ BigNews_\ ” project, I wrote most of the image-selection + algorithms, and half of the code that handles images and videos; all + the images and videos you see on the BigNews_ site passed through my + code + +* I lead the “News Triggering” project, whose goal is to identify when + a query implies that a user may be interest in the latest news about + a topic, and then inject those news into the web results; this + project required large amounts of statistical analysis on news + clusters, the development of several heuristics to filter out noise, + and the implementation of dedicated server software + +Working for `Ask.com`_ I've refined my project management abilities, +and increased my knowledge in several areas. In particular: + +* Programming in ``C++``, especially in large-scale projects +* Handling communications between geographically-dispersed developers: + some of my colleagues were 6 and 9 time-zones away +* Writing code that handles large amounts of data, in as little time + as possible +* Medium-scale system administration: before we hired a real sysadmin, + I and a colleague administered 8 servers and helped with the various + desktop machines in the office +* Screen-scraping of dynamic (JavaScript-enhanced) web sites +* Video downloading and recoding +* Working around Microsoft-centric policies imposed by the parent + company, using free software + +.. _`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). + +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. |