From 4346fd69279389f48cc06ec45963800d85ee438b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dakkar Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:27:39 +0200 Subject: updated my CV --- src/cv/document.en.rest.txt | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/cv/document.en.rest.txt') diff --git a/src/cv/document.en.rest.txt b/src/cv/document.en.rest.txt index 6ec69fb..f71ca1d 100644 --- a/src/cv/document.en.rest.txt +++ b/src/cv/document.en.rest.txt @@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Legal notes =========== Some of the information below is defined as sensitive under the terms -of italian law n. 675 of December 31, 1996 and later +of Italian law n. 675 of December 31, 1996 and later modification. Their being shown here does not imply any authorization -to their use. 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. +to their use. Anyone wishing 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 @@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ 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 @@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ Among the various projects I participated in, the most significant are: 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 +* 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. @@ -132,6 +135,9 @@ Among the various projects I participated in, the most significant are: .. _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: @@ -150,13 +156,41 @@ about a year. Among the projects we worked on: .. _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. +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/ -- cgit v1.2.3