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Curriculum Vitae John Peter Fitch March 16, 2019 Note: I also use the name John ffitch and have published under that name, especially in music. Also I am sometimes referenced as such by others, whatever the name on the actual paper. Personal Details: Home Address: \Alta" Horsecombe Vale Combe Down Bath BA2 5QR England e-mail: [email protected] Date of Birth: 10 December 1945 Place of Birth: Barnsley, Yorkshire Marital Status: Married to Audrey Fitch, n´ee Heath since 1968, no children Employment Record: Senior Assistant in Research, The Computer Laboratory, Cambridge, 1971 { 1977 Assistant Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Utah, 1977 { 1978 Lecturer, Department of Computer Studies, University of Leeds, 1978 { 1980 Director, The Computer Unit, University of Bath, 1980 { 1983 Professor of Software Engineering, University of Bath, 1980 { 2011 (variously in School of Mathe- matics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Mathematical Sciences, and Department of Computer Science) Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath 2011 { 2015 Adjunct Honorary Professor, Department of Music, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2011 { 2021 Partner, Fitch-Norman, LISP Software and Consultancy, 1983 { 1989 Director, Codemist Ltd, 1988 { 2016 Director, Composers Desktop Project Ltd, 2013 { date 1 Academic Record: 1956 { 1964, Brockenhurst Grammar School, Hampshire 13 `O' levels plus \Use of English", 4 `A' levels and 2 `S' levels (A1A2AA). 1964 { 1971, St John's College, University of Cambridge 1965 Mathematical Tripos Pt Ia (2nd class) 1966 Mathematical Tripos Pt Ib (2nd class) 1967 Mathematical Tripos Pt II (Senior Optime) B.A. Degree 1968 Diploma in Computer Science, with Distinction Elected to College Scholarship Awarded College Prize 1968 { 1971 Research Student in The Mathematical Laboratory Later the Computer Laboratory 1971 M.A. Degree Thesis submitted for Ph.D., October 1971 Examined for Ph.D., December 1971 1972 Ph.D. Degree taken February 1972 1975 Awarded the Adams Prize for 1973/74 The Adams Prize was awarded for a joint essay with Dr David Barton entitled Applications of algebraic manipulative systems to physics This is the main University mathematical prize awarded every two years for a dissertation on a given subject. For this case the subject was \Computer Science excluding hardware". Research Students University of Cambridge R. G. Hall, who worked on finite element methods for partial differential equations, Michaelmas 1975 { Summer 1977 (transferred to Dr A. C. Norman). Ph.D. awarded 1981. Dr Hall is a Systems Manager for Ingenta Ltd (formerly Bath Information Data Services). J. B. Wint, who worked in the field of power series expansion methods for solving numerical and algebraic equations, Michaelmas 1975 { Summer 1977 (transferred to Dr A. C. Norman). Thesis submitted, but not revised. Last I heard he was working in the software industry in Italy. J. H. Davenport, who researched into the algebraic case of the Risch integration algorithm, Michaelmas 1976 { Summer 1977 (transferred to Dr A. C. Norman). Ph.D. awarded 1979. Dr Davenport is currently Hebron and Medlock Professor of Information Technology, University of Bath. University of Leeds R. Beardsworth, who worked on the provision of algebraic capabilities on array processors, 1978 { 1980. Ph.D. awarded 1983. Dr Beardsworth has been working in Germany for some years. 2 University of Bath J. A. Padget, who worked on binding mechanisms in LISP, 1981 { 1984. Ph.D. awarded 1984. Dr Padget is a Reader in Conmputer Science, University of Bath. I. al Rawi, who studied front end systems for data bases, 1984 { 1986. Ph.D. awarded 1986. Dr al Rawi returned to Iraq, and has recently been teaching in Amman, Jordon. V. A. Houillon, who studied production rule systems and objects for a master's degree, 1986 { 1988. M.Phil. awarded November 1988. Ms Houillon worked for OXFAM for many years. A. Barnes, a Mathematics Lecturer who was retraining in Computing, working on Algebraic Systems, 1987 { 1988 (failed to submit a dissertation), but returned to Aston University, where he is a Lecturer in Computing. Q. N. Dinh, who studied parallel operating systems and Timewarp synchronization, 1987 { 1990. Ph.D. awarded 1991. Dr Dinh is working in a software house. V. D. Edneral, a lecturer at Moscow State University, who studied computer algebra and series expansion as an occasional student, 1987 { 1988. He returned to Moscow after the year. S. Kalogeropulos, who studied compilation for parallelism 1987 { 1990. Ph.D. awarded 1991. Dr Kalogeropulos worked for INMOS until moving to Palto Alto with HP in 1997, and then on to Sun/Oracle. N. J. Day, who studied LISP tools, 1987 { 1988, when he died. M. H. Odeh, who worked on parallel production systems. I was a temporary supervisor for 1989 while Dr Padget was away. Ph.D. awarded 1993. Dr Odeh returned to Saudi Arabia where he worked in Oil Investments, and in 1999 started as a lecturer at UWE, Bristol. K. J. Playford, who studied LISP parallelism and metaobject protocols, 1989 { 1992. Mr Playford worked for Harlequin Ltd. Although he is an acknowledged expert in his field he failed to submit a thesis. A. Vamvasakis, who studied distributed operating systems for LISP, 1989 { 1993. Ph.D. awarded 1993. He returned to Greece, to national service; last heard of working in command and control. C. Burdorf, (a staff candidate) who studied persistent objects and simulation, 1990 { 1993. Ph.D. awarded 1993. Dr Burdorf returned to California, and worked for Disney until 2002, and then Sony Films. D. P. Chapman, who studied Computer Music and Composition systems, 1992 { 1995. Ph.D. awarded 1996. Dr Chapman was a researcher at the University of Huddersfield music section, and has moved to industry. J. L. Leach, who studied Algorithmic Composition, 1993 { 1998. PhD awarded June 1999. Worked with SSEYO before becoming a property developer. R. W. J. Simmonds, who studied discrete event simulation and parallelism, 1994 { 1998. He was a researcher at the University of Calgary, Canada, and industrial consultant. PhD awarded November 1999. Moved to South Africa as Professor 2015. T. S. How, who was studying program organisation for parallelism, 1995 { 1999 (failed to com- plete). Now working in UK software industry. 3 C. C. Goh, who was studying compilation, 1995 { 1999. Since 1997 he was part time, and working in Singapore. He was de-registered due to Singapore economy problems. A. H. Morgan-Richards, who studied Music and Timbre, 1996 { 1998, when he left for health reasons. W. R. Shabana, who studied Modelling and Simulation with reference to musical instruments, 1997 { 2002. She returned to Suez Canal University, Egypt where Dr Shabana was a lecturer, and more recently was lecturing in Saudi Arabia. M-L. Aird, who studied Modelling of Vibrating Membranes, 1998 { 2002; Dr Aird worked on an EU project in Bath, and after travelling now working in a software house. A. Dziedzic, who studied Algorithmic Composition and Performance, 2002 { 2005 (Submitted for MPhil), but failed to resubmit. W. Scriven (part time), who studied Musical Performance, 2003 { 2004; withdrew for family reasons. T. Crick, who studied optimisation in compilation, 2004 { 2009; PhD awarded 2010. Dr Crick is a professor at Cardiff Metropolitan University. M. J. Brain, (second supervisor), who studied answer set programming and search spaces, 2004 { 2010; thesis accepted 2011. Dr Brain now works in Oxford University. G. Boenn (part time), who studied \Automated Analysis and Transcription of Rhythm Data and their Use for Composition", May 2005 { August 2009; thesis accepted June 2011. Dr Boenn was a lecturer at the University of Glamorgan; now moved to Canada. E. Jones, (2007 after illness of first supervisor), who studied cyptography. Dr E. Cliff (n´ee Jones) now works in student support at the University of Bath. A. Walker, who was studying visual programming, Feb 2007 { Sep 2007; withdrew for financial reasons; later a student at Bath Spa University. E. Russo, visiting for 18 months from University of Milan, who studied spectral analysis, 2008{ 2009. Thesis accepted 2010; working in IT industry in Italy. I. Tsimashenka, who studied parallelism is audio processing. MPhil thesis submitted 2010, and accepted 2011. E. H. O. Alwan, who studied compilation techniques for multi-core, Jan 2010 { Jan 2014, thesis accepted. Dr Alwan returned to Iraq where she is a lecturer. S. Wichaidit, who studied artificial intelligence and music creation (second supervisor), Sep 2014{ Sep 2015, when she changed topic. Others External supervisor for R. Hicks (Kingston Polytechnic) from 1980 to 1984, when his thesis on optimisation of algebraic programs was accepted. I believe Dr Hicks was teaching at a tertiary college. His internal supervisor was P. D. Pearce, later Professor Pearce at Plymouth. External supervisor for Peter Green (Bath Spa University, part-time) from 2008{2011 4 Research Experience and Interests In Cambridge I was employed on 3 SRC grants for Algebraic Manipulation, initially under the direction of Dr D. Barton, and then for 3 years as the senior worker in the group, which totalled 2 post doctoral workers, 1 post graduate programmer and 3 research students. Also I started working with Professor R. A. Lyttleton, FRS, on aspects of solar system as- tronomy (planetary structure, stellar structure and comet formation). I still do a little work in this field, currently focussed on the internal structure of Mercury, but since the death of Professor Lyttleton I doubt that I will do much more. I am eternally grateful for all I learnt from working with Professor Lyttleton. In Utah I worked with the Symbolic Computation Group, with implementing LISP on a variety of machines, and consideration of the design of a parallel LISP machine as part of the \Innovative Computing" project. As part of my post in Utah I also acted as a consultant for Robert S. Barton, Burroughs Corporation, on the B1700 and the design of a novel machine architecture.
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    Roberto de Holanda Christoph Engenharia de software para software livre Dissertação apresentada ao Departamento de Informática da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, como parte dos requisitos para a obtenção de grau de Mestre em Informática. Orientador: Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite Todos os direitos reservados. É proibida a reprodução total ou parcial do trabalho sem a autorização da universidade, do autor e do orientador. Roberto de Holanda Christoph Graduou-se em Engenharia de Computação (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro) em 2002. Trabalhou em diversos lugares, entre eles está no LES (Laboratório de Engenharia de Software) da PUC-Rio durante seu período de graduação e pós-graduação. Participou de diversos projetos no laboratório, entre eles o C&L, um software livre que implementa um ambiente colaborativo para a edição de cenários e léxicos. Tem grande interesse na área de Engenharia de Software, principalmente na parte de Engenharia de Requisitos. Ficha catalográfica Christoph, Roberto de Holanda Engenharia de software para software livre / Roberto de Holanda Christoph; orientador: Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite. Rio de Janeiro: PUC, Departamento de Informática, 2004. 118 f .: il. ; 29,7 cm Dissertação (mestrado) – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Informática. Inclui referências bibliográficas. 1. Informática – Teses. 2. Requisitos. 3. Engenharia de Software. 4. Software Livre. 5. Cenários. 6. Léxicos. I. Leite, Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado. II. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Informática. III. Título. CDD 004 ii Agradecimentos Aos funcionários, professores e alunos da PUC-Rio, e a todos aqueles que acreditaram em mim e me auxiliaram neste longo caminho.