Difference between revisions of "Francois Louw:About"
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===Job History=== | ===Job History=== | ||
| − | *Director of Research and Development, Universal Mobile Technologies (2010 - Present) | + | *Director of Research and Development, [http://umobiletech.com Universal Mobile Technologies] (2010 - Present) |
*Junior Software Engineer, [http://parsec.co.za Parsec] (2009 - 2011) | *Junior Software Engineer, [http://parsec.co.za Parsec] (2009 - 2011) | ||
*Owner and CEO of Brainwave Projects 729cc (2003 - Present) | *Owner and CEO of Brainwave Projects 729cc (2003 - Present) | ||
===Career=== | ===Career=== | ||
| − | *Currently research student at Nakamura Laboratory Kyoto University. | + | *Currently research student at http://www.ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index-j.php Nakamura Laboratory] Kyoto University. |
| − | *Shared ownership of company Universal Mobile Technologies | + | *Shared ownership of company [http://umobiletech.com Universal Mobile Technologies] Manager of research and development since 2010. |
| − | *Worked for | + | *Worked for [http://parsec.co.za Parsec] (PTY) Ltd. as junior software engineer 2009/01 to 2011/03 |
*Partially completed Hon. Eng. Electronic Engineering after hours at University of Pretoria. | *Partially completed Hon. Eng. Electronic Engineering after hours at University of Pretoria. | ||
*Completed Computer Engineering degree, University of Pretoria. | *Completed Computer Engineering degree, University of Pretoria. | ||
*Owner and Managing Director, Brainwave Projects 729cc, established own CC company in 2003. | *Owner and Managing Director, Brainwave Projects 729cc, established own CC company in 2003. | ||
*Co-founder and member of JFK Engineering, a specialist electronic engineering company. | *Co-founder and member of JFK Engineering, a specialist electronic engineering company. | ||
| − | *LMI software development, installation and commissioning of various projects. | + | *[http://www.lmi.co.za/ LMI] software development, installation and commissioning of various projects. |
*Mine consultancy software development. | *Mine consultancy software development. | ||
*Community based project. | *Community based project. | ||
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*Part time employment at Ultra Electronics in England. | *Part time employment at Ultra Electronics in England. | ||
*Network administrator at Balcarras High School. | *Network administrator at Balcarras High School. | ||
| − | *Various provincial and national | + | *Various provincial and national [http://www.exposcience.co.za/ Science EXPO] projects. |
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| + | ===Detail=== | ||
| + | Currently a research student at Kyoto University. Received the Monbukagakushou scholarship and arrived in Japan 2011/04. Research is done on advanced human detection and tracking techniques on fast moving first person perspective video. | ||
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| + | During free time designed, developed and tested working replacement fuel management system for the Porsche 928 S4. This unit was engineered from scratch with hardware design, prototype production, embedded software, Windows interface software, testing and debugging all achieved during after-hours. Currently the unit is being used and being produced for other Porsche 928 owners that require replacement units. | ||
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| + | Worked as full time employee at Parsec (PTY) Ltd, appointed as “Junior Software Engineer”. Projects worked on are not limited to software and various complete hardware designs and schematics have been successfully implemented. | ||
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| + | Completed VHDL training and the National Instruments Lab view Core 1, 2, 3 and Intermediate 2 training in 2010. Passed the National Instruments Labview Associate Developer exam. | ||
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| + | In spare time Co-founded Universal Mobile Technologies, a company specializing in developing, manufacturing and redistributing mobile devices in 2010. Currently serving on the board of directors as well as the manager of research and development. | ||
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| + | Parallel to founding Universal Mobile Technologies, also co-founded JFK Engineering, an electronic engineering company that designs and develops specialized electronic hardware and accompanying software and firmware. | ||
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| + | Successful completion of the computer engineering degree required the A+ course that was achieved in 2004. At the end of 2005 the Cisco CCNA course was finished, and at the end of 2008 the first module of the Cisco CCNP course was completed. | ||
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| + | The final year Engineering project was an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chess playing system. The project implemented a theoretically undefeatable chess opponent. Results of the project indicated that given sufficient resources the system is undefeatable. | ||
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| + | At the end of 2003 a small business enterprise, Brainwave Projects 729cc, was started and is still in operation providing specialist computer services. Focus of Brainwave’s services are targeted at supplying top-end specification computing systems, both hardware and software as well as after-sales service. For selected return customers low-end PC’s are supplied as part of a long-term, sustainable business relationship. The services vary but the amount of time spent is kept to a minimum to avoid interference with work and studies. | ||
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| + | Worked part time for Libra Measuring Instruments (LMI) on various occasions during holidays. Work included for example, programming and installing a tag reading system at Ambrosia orange farm. Other work that was done for them include fault finding and repairing of various in-house developed hardware and software. Diagnosing and repairing of third party hardware and developing machine level interface software for the hardware were also done. | ||
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| + | During 2006 and 2007 embedded software was developed for specialized data acquisition, transmission and processing for use in several mines. The software was embedded onto external hardware which in turn communicated with a base system. That system graphically displayed the results and triggered external interfaces based upon the readings acquired. | ||
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| + | In 2006 educational toys were designed and fabricated for previously disadvantaged children at the FabLab in the Innovation Hub. Various tools and parts were used to create Sudoku boards and these toys were delivered to various schools at the IMAX theatre in conjunction with the National Youth Development Trust (NYDT). | ||
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| + | Represented the University of Pretoria in the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) during 2004, 2005 and 2006. | ||
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| + | During a school holiday in England in 1999, research and development work was done for Ultra Electronics in Cheltenham England. Software was generated to access a database and to produce reports that were requested by the user. These reports were displayed on a secure website that was also developed as part of the project. | ||
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| + | Part time network administration was done at Balcarras secondary school in England, while during school holidays full network administration was done in support of the School. | ||
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| + | Unique projects were developed for the Eskom Science Expo in 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002. Two bronze, one silver and one gold medal was won in the provincials and one silver was one at the nationals. The projects were all different software projects developed during the school year. | ||
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| + | ===Qualifications=== | ||
| + | *Researcher at Nakamura Laboratory, Kyoto University | ||
| + | *OpenCV and advanced graphic processing | ||
| + | *Partially completed Hon.Eng Electronic Engineering at University of Pretoria | ||
| + | *B.Eng. Computer Engineering. | ||
| + | *National Instruments Labview Core 1, 2, 3 and Intermediate 2. | ||
| + | *Parsec VHDL course. | ||
| + | *Grade 12 with distinction. | ||
| + | *A+. | ||
| + | *Cisco CCNA and CCNP module 1. | ||
| + | *Programming languages. | ||
| + | *C/C++. | ||
| + | *Pascal & Delphi. | ||
| + | *Visual Basic. | ||
| + | *C#, Java and Javascript. | ||
| + | *Assembly (x86 and Microchip). | ||
| + | *Python. | ||
| + | *SQL. | ||
| + | *Embedded C/C++ experience. | ||
| + | *Software can be programmed for Windows and Linux. | ||
| + | *Experience in graphical interfaces and advanced graphics using OpenGL. | ||
