Curriculum Vitae (Roderik Emmerink)

 
 
De Zaalsteden 18
9461 CT Gieten
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)6 14157509
Fax: +31 (0)592 261888
E-mail: r.emmerink(at)roderik.net
 

Roderik Frederik Emmerink

Personal Particulars
Date of Birth: May 11, 1982
Place of Birth: Groningen
Sex: Male
Nationality: Dutch
Place of Living: Gieten, The Netherlands

Objective
I would like to obtain experience within the field of intelligent systems. I am willing to obtain new skills and like to find solutions for challenging technical problems within technical automation or innovative internet applications. I am looking for a creative and innovative environment in which I can develop professional skills and apply these in new practical applications.

Experience
2008 De Montfort University Leicester (UK)
For my final project at De Montfort University I worked for one semester on the development of an intelligent dating site. The project was awarded 68% and resulted in a novel dating application that applies fuzzy inferencing. In this project I was able to extract expert knowledge on matchmaking from literature on social psychology and relationships in particular. This information on personality is expressed in a fuzzy inferencing system and reusable classes for fuzzy inferencing have been implemented with the use of PHP. A novel AJAX interface based on the EXT JS library is developed to gather fuzzy and crisp information from users.
more info: dissertation "AI Dating: Development of a Novel Dating Application with Fuzzy Inferencing", dating site
 
2004 - now Archytas Gieten

In February 2004 I started the company Archytas as part of my final project at the Hanze University. The final project involved the development of a Coffee on Demand system. The system consists of three parts, the GUI, by means of a Java applet and a Delphi application, the adaptation of a coffee machine to become internet controlled and the development of a small radio controlled robot car for delivery. Apart from some mechanical issues the project was succesful and awarded a good grade.

After the final project I continued the activities of Archytas that were mainly focussed around web development. Most work is related to database driven websites (XHTML, PHP, MySQL, Smarty). A custom CMS is developed that makes use of AJAX technology and object abstraction.
more info: http://www.archytas.nl/

 
2003 TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory The Hague
I have worked for 3 months on a FMCW radar demonstrator at TNO-FEL in The Hague. The objective was to change the current software in LabWindows/CVI in such a way that the radar data view will show angle information (in the position picture) and to extend the software with tracking facilities.
 
2003 Industrial Coding and Controls B.V. Rogat
I have worked for 5 weeks at INCCO B.V. on a Visual Basic program to read and convert font characters. For performance issues I made code to compile a new small (binary) font file format. Furthermore, I extended software in (embedded) C for writing characters to a VGA screen.
 
2002-2003 Blekinge Institute of Technology Ronneby (S)
I have worked for 5 months on the breadboard project, a visual basic control. The breadboard project is part of the distance laboratory project. During the project I have worked with Visual Basic 6, UML (partly RUP).
more info: Article on Distance Lab

Education
2007-2008 De Montfort University Leicester (UK)
MSc Computational Intelligence and Robotics
 
2004-2007 University of Groningen Groningen
Artificial Intelligence
 
2000-2004 Hanze University (Hanzehogeschool Groningen) Groningen
BEng Electrical Engineering (specialisation towards information technology)
 
1995-2000 Dr. Nassau College Assen
HAVO School (School of Higher Secondary Education).
Qualified for HAVO education.

Interests
I'd like to build database backend web sites, for example my own web site (roderik.net). For these web sites I have implemented technologies like: PHP, Smarty, ASP, SQL & mdb, MySQL, JavaScript, VBScript, Flash, (X)HTML, CSS, AJAX (Web 2.0), various image formats. Therefore I have experience with programs like Aptana (Eclipse PHP-IDE), Dreamweaver 8, Adobe GoLive, HomeSite, Quanta, KWrite, phpMyAdmin, MS Access, Flash.
Rarely I visit readings of 'Studium Generale' Groningen.

Extracurricular Activities
2002
Member of the Students Panel of the Faculty of Technology.
2001
Member of the crew of the students' introduction week of Groningen.
2000-2002
Secretary of C.v.L. students union.
2000-2001
Secretary of the Board of IT of the EBSF (European Biology Students' Federation).

Curricular Skills

A summary of subjects in which I have been qualified by De Montfort University.
- Fuzzy Logic
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Evolutionary Computing
- Applied Computational Intelligence
- AI Programming (e.g. Prolog, NLP)
- Mobile Robots
- Intelligent Mobile Robots
- Research Methods

A summary of subjects in which I have been qualified by the Hanze University.
- Digital Technology (e.g. VHDL, VLSI, Abel)
- Anologue Electronics
- Measurement Techniques and Control Engineering
- Information and Communication Technology (Java, C, Delphi, Assembler)
- Power Technology
- Mathematics
- Communication Skills