| Name | Mathijs de Bruin |
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| Date of birth | May 3, 1985 |
| Place of birth | Haarlem, The Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Maritial status | Single |
| Addresss | IJburglaan 1319 1087 JJ Amsterdam The Netherlands |
| Mobile phone | +31 (0)6 44 838 131 |
| Internet phone | +31 (0)85 785 333 5 |
| mathijs@mathijsfietst.nl | |
| Website | www.mathijsfietst.nl |
| Professional profiles |
GitHub Django People Django Gigs |
| Programming languages | Python (Django), C, JavaScript (Zepto/jQuery, AMD/Require.js, Backbone.js), C++, Java, PHP, SQL, XSLT, Bash shell scripting |
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| Scientific toolkits | MATLAB, NumPy/SciPy, matplotlib, PyCV, Theano (limited experience) |
| Version control systems | GIT, Mercurial, Subversion |
| Application development platforms | Django, PhoneGap, HTML5/CSS3, Yeoman, Grunt, Node.js (limited experience) |
| Operating systems | FreeBSD, MacOS X, Linux (Ubuntu, Gentoo, Slackware), Windows |
| System administration | MySQL, Postgres, Apache, Redis, BIND, Postfix, Lighttpd, Nginx, Jenkins, syslog-ng, Cacti, Memcached, Fabric, Amazon EC2, S3 and CloudFront |
| Python/Django workshop | HKV Lijn in Water |
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| Three-day introductionary workshop into Python programming and Django web development for experienced programmers, resulting in a basic application for visualizing and browsing measurement data. | |
| Genuine or counterfeit | De Nederlandsche Bank (The Dutch National Bank) |
| Bilangual HTML5 web application for demonstrating the security features of Euro bills to retailers and other professionals. | |
| EuroBiljet | De Nederlandsche Bank (The Dutch National Bank) |
| Multiplatform (Android, iOS) mobile application for spreading awereness of the security features of Euro bank notes. | |
| Project Bluebottle | 1%CLUB |
| Assistance in kickstarting the new iteration of the 1%CLUB's Open Source crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform for international collaboration. | |
| Newspeak | Bits of Freedom |
| A standalone feed aggregator able to effectively handle and filter the less-than-ideal quality RSS feeds of the Dutch government's official publications in a scalable and efficient manner. Particularly, Newspeak is able to dynamically extract file links, titles and descriptions from content linked to in the RSS feed. | |
| PIM (Privacy Inzage Machine) | Bits of Freedom |
| Online application for requesting insight in collected personal information according to the Dutch privacy law. | |
| Cosmania webshop | Cosmania |
| Fully customized webshop for the online cosmetics platform Cosmania |
| December 2011 - now | Software Architect at Visualspace |
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| Developing interactive, complex and scalable applications for mobile and web with a strong awereness of design, user perspectives and team collaboration. | |
| June 2010 - now | Freelance Python/Django consultant |
| Consultancy, implementation, advice and workshops concerning software architecture, scalability, API design, data modeling and best practises for Python/Django. | |
| June 2001 - December 2011 | Senior Developer at Visualspace |
| Design, documentation and implementation of web applications using Django, Zope and Apache Cocoon. System administration (FreeBSD, OS X and Linux). | |
| April 2000 - Nov. 2001 | Web Developer at PICADIA |
| Construction of websites (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) from design concepts. |
| Sep. 2004 - Sep. 2010 | University of Amsterdam, BSc Physics |
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| Special interests: the interpretation of quantum mechanics, quantum gases, energy and climate studies and experimental particle physics. | |
| Sep. 2005 - Sep. 2010 | University of Amsterdam, BoA Philosophy |
| Special interests: philosophy of science, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, logic and semantics. | |
| 1997 - 2003 | Mendelcollege Haarlem, VWO (preuniversity education) |
| Sep. 2010 - April 2010 | Chief editor for Scoop |
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| Graphic design and chief editor of the student magazine for physics students at the University of Amsterdam. | |
| Okt. 2007 - Nov. 2008 | Initiator of The Bubble Project in Amsterdam |
| Critical street-art project, questioning the commercial domination of public space by advertisement. |
| Dutch | native |
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| English | fluent |
| German | average |
| French, Brazilian Portuguese | some experience |
| May 2009 | Science Park Amsterdam New Idea Price: Peer-to-peer logistics |
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| Won both the public's price (€ 1000) as well as the jury's price (€ 2000) for the innovative concept of using decentralised peer-to-peer networks and semantic web technology for the coordination and routing in logistics. |
| Understanding physical time | The formulation of a conceptual framework for understanding physical time and temporal phenomena. Bachelor's thesis for philosophy |
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| Alternatieve Alternatieven (Alternative Alternatives) |
Exploration of lesser-known durable technologies and their possible applications in The Netherlands. Final thesis for 'Energy and climate' BSc honours module. |
| Proposal for a formal interpretation of Latour's actor-network theory aimed at computational application | An interpretation of Bruno Latour's actor-network theory, suggesting the possibility of developing a semantically and interpretively neutral tool for the analysis of information. |
| Connecting First- and Third-person Perspectives | A generalization of consciousness as resonant patterns in complex (non-linear) systems, and an information-theoretic argument exploring upper limits to self-consciousness and self-knowledge. |
| The Quantum Measurement Process; natural emergence of classicality in measurement processes | Discussion of the typical aspects of a measurement process in quantum physics, the interpretation thereof and the description of such a process wherein classical 'macroscopic' behaviour is shown to emerge naturally (ie. without a collapse postulate). |