Curriculum Vitae - Bert Rodiers

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PERSONALIA

Name: Bert Rodiers
Address: Pleinstraat 122/0102, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Date of birth: March 2, 1979
Place of Birth: Heusden-Zolder
Telephone: (+32)16/23.68.54
Email
Homesite: http://bert.nescio.info

MAIN INTERESTS

Analysis, design and implementation of technical/mathematical software
Algorithm design
Signal Processing
Modal Analysis
Linear algebra
Concurrent and parallel computing
Software performance

JOB EXPERIENCE

Januari 2007 - ... - LMS International, Haasrode - Software Development Specialist
Same responsibilies as in previous position, but with more emphasis on analysis, design, training and reviewing other developers' analysis and design.
Overview:
- Acquisition Team (January 2007 - December 2007): Mainly worked on performance issues for the acquisition applications.
- Processing & Acquisition Team (January 2008 - ...): extended the PolyMAX algorithm to support non-equidistant FRFs, worked on distributed GVT (Ground Vibration Testing) applications to support large channel counts, worked on a processing engine that will be used in all Test.Lab applications for high-performance parallel computing.
August 2002 - December 2006 - LMS International, Haasrode - Software Development Engineer
General Responsibilities:
- Requirements Analysis & Functional specification
- Analysis & Design of technical software
- Software Implementation
- Testing & writing documentation
- Writing user manuals
Software environment:
- Main languagues: C++, Python, Visual Basic
- Windows multithreaded programming
- Libraries: STL, RogueWave, FFTW, Intel Performance Primitives
- Software Configuration Management: Rational Clearcase and Subversion
Some software I wrote:
- Modal Analysis team (August 2002 - June 2004): PolyMAX (a polyreference pole estimation algorithm), LSFD-solvers for modal analysis and operational modal analysis, modal synthesis, the algorithms in modal validation, the algorithms in modal multi-run and more general application code for the modal applications.
- Time-data processing Team (July 2004 - September 2005): Kalman filtering, Octave filtering, Wavelet analysis, Real Time Signature
- Signature and Structures Team (September 2005 - June 2006): Mobile / Real Time Signature
- Analysis Team (July 2006 - December 2006): Modal Rigid Body (to extract rigid body properties from frequency response functions).
- Acquisition Team (December 2006 - January 2007): Mainly worked on performance issues for the acquisition applications.
July 2005 - ... - a private research project
- Developed code for performing 2D and 3D phase field simulations of grain growth on a cluster of AMD Opterons.
  - Wrote the program in C++ using libraries such as MPI, STL, Boost and FFTW.
  - Developed a tensor library using advanced C++ template techniques such as expression templates to achieve a very high performance
2000 - Lernout & Hauspie, Wemmel - Assistant Development (Internship)
- Determination of the load of software on systems and platforms (such as CPU-load and memory-load).
- Programming applications in C for software of L&H.
- Writing manuals for software of L&H.
1999 - Kelchterhoef Houthalen-Helchteren - Life guard
- Generally responsible for the safety in and around a lake.
1998 - Kelchterhoef, Houthalen-Helchteren - Life guard
- Generally responsible for the safety in and around a lake.
1995 - Restaurant De Schuur, Heusden-Zolder - Bartender

EDUCATION

1997 - 2002 - University: Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven - Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (Burgerlijk Elektrotechnisch Ingenieur)
- Option: ICT - Multimedia & Signal Processing
- Master Thesis: Analysis and simulation of the K.U. Leuven network
  
  The K.U. Leuven network is a broad network with a lot of users. Therefore it is difficult to predict the influence of changes in the network topology. Because network material is very expensive and the economic loss is very high when a failure occurs, it is necessary to have an idea of the consequences in advance. For this reason a computer model is made of the university network, the necessary statistics are measured and with this model and these statistics, simulations were done to be able to predict the consequences of certain changes or failures.
  
  The model is build and the simulations are done with the software packet OPNET Modeler. The statistics are obtained using SNMP and Perl.
- Projects:
  - The implementation of a MP3 player on a DSP.
  - A feasibility study of Wireless LAN for the university network
    - http://bert.nescio.info/private/h239/
  - The development of speech recognition with Matlab
  - A program for automatic music transcription with Matlab
  - Programming the core of an electronic agenda in Java
  - Cartoons On Demand - a Business Plan
- Courses from the Computer Science department in addition to the EE curriculum: Artificial intelligence, Databases, Computer networks, Real-Time Programming, Information and Programming Structures, numerical linear algebra

1991 - 1997 - High School: Heilig-Hartcollege, Heusden-Zolder
- Option: Science-Math

PUBLICATIONS

J. Potemans, J. Theunis, B. Rodiers, B. Van den Broeck, P. Leys, E. Van Lil, A. Van de Capelle, "Simulation of a Campus Backbone Network, a case-study", OPNETWORK 2002, Washington D.C., USA, 2002
- An article about my master thesis.
J. Lanslots, B. Rodiers, B. Peeters, "Automated Pole-Selection: Proof-of-Concept & Validation", ISMA 2004, Leuven, 2004
N. Moelans, A. Serbruyns, J. Heulens, B. Blanpain, P. Wollants, L. Vanherpe, S. Vandewalle, B. Rodiers, "Quantitative phase-field simulations of coarsening and growth in complex systems", Proceedings of Mater. Sci. Technol. (MS&T) 2008, Session: Discovery and Optimization of Materials through Computational Design, October 5-9, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 494-505, 2008
B. Lickly, B. Rodiers, "New Width Inference Algorithm for Ptolemy II", Technical Report UCB/EECS-2009-13, University of California, Berkeley, January 26, 2009.

COMPUTER SKILLS

General Software Development Skills: Design Patterns, UML, RUP, SCM (subversion, clearcase)
Programming Languages: C++, Python, Visual Basic, Java, php, Perl, C, Scheme, Clipper, Basic
Programming libraries: STL, Boost, MPI, Roguewave
Operating Systems: DOS, OS/2, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Linux (mainly Redhat, Ubuntu & Debian), UNIX (HP-UX)
Scientific Software: Matlab, Simulink
Application Software: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Powerpoint, LaTeX, several graphics applications
Network Administration: basic knowledge Web Server Administration (Apache), Mail Server Administration, DNS, FTP Server Administration, SNMP
Network Simulation Software: OPNET (thorough knowledge), Network Simulator (basic knowledge)
Web Design: Dreamweaver, Frontpage, XHTML, HTML, CSS, php, MySQL and basic knowledge JavaScript.
Database Design: SQL, ER, EER
Networking: TCP/IP, Virtual LAN's, (Giga/Fast) Ethernet, ADSL, SNMP

LANGUAGES

Dutch: mother tongue
English: very good knowledge
- finished the 6th (final) year at CLT, level "C1, Proficient User - Effectiveness" according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
French: good knowledge
German: elementary knowledge
Mandarin Chinese: elementary knowledge (currently third year at CLT and third year at Groep-T)

OTHER DIPLOMAS, EDUCATION

Courses Linux (2000-2001), Clipper (1995-1996), Basic (1990-1991)
Advanced C++ Course by SOUND object logic (January 2003)
Object Oriented Analysis & Design: UML by Cevora (June 2003)

Intensive course on Modal Analysis at the K.U.Leuven (September 2002)
Numerical Linear Algebra at the Computer Science department at the K.U.Leuven (2003-2004)
Intensive course on "Advanced Techniques in Applied and Numerical Acoustics" at the K.U.Leuven (September 2006)

Education French at 3L (Life Long Learning, K.U.Leuven Research and Development) (august 2001)
English, 5th grade at CLT (level "Vantage" according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), Leuven (2002-2003)
English, 6th grade at CLT (level "Effectiveness" according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), Leuven (2003-2004)
French at CLT, Leuven (2004-2007)
Chinese at CLT, Leuven (2005-2008) and at Groep-T, Leuven (2007-2008)

Driving licence (the Belgian driving licence B)
Higher Life Guard Degree (1997) with annual additional training

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

Designing and maintaining websites (mainly the sofware-side).
- Nescio: 'Schrijft U over mij maar niks' - http://www.nescio.info
  - About the Dutch writer Nescio
- Chinese character search engine for CLT students
- Nele Moelans' website - http://nele.studentenweb.org
  - My girlfriend's home page (with information about the research she's doing and her articles).
- My master thesis - http://bert.nescio.info/private/thesis/
  - Analysis and simulation of the K.U. Leuven network.
- Wireless LAN - http://bert.nescio.info/private/h239/
  - A feasibility study for the university network.
- Six pieds sous terre Jacques tu chantes encore, six pieds tu n'es pas mort. - http://www.nescio.info/brel/
  - About Jacques Brel (outdated)
- Laïs forum - http://forum.lais.be/
  - A forum about the Flemish group Laïs
Other interests: swimming, reading, learning, traveling, music, languages.