Tatu Kilappa
Innere Laufer Gasse 29, 5OG
90403 Nürnberg
Phone: (+49)15162400150
E-mail: tatu.kilappa(AT)iki.fi

Curriculum Vitae

(last updated 2015-11-06)


Education

Graduated from Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Department of Computer Science and Engineering (nowadays known as a part of Aalto university) in 2010-03.

Main subject: software technology.
Secondary subject: interactive digital media.

Thesis: Determining audio buffer size from LAN-WLAN vertical handover delay - Examines the time delay caused by transfer of an existing connection from a network interface to another using HIP. Experimentation was done using a self-made client/daemon -style audio player, which is transmitting an ordinary MP3 file over the connection.

Related work experience

2011-04 to ongoing - Rightware, senior software engineer, 3D engine and middleware development.

2010-05 to 2011-04 - Ixonos Plc, software engineer, consultant, projects: MeeGo OS&MW security automated testing.

2005-05 to 2010-04 - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, PM&RG - programming, systems administration, research.

Spring 2010 - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, course assistant (Advanced Course in Computer Graphics).

Spring 2008 - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, course assistant (Basic course in programming T2).

Spring 2007 - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, course assistant (Basic course in programming Y1).

Fall 2006 - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, course assistant (Basic course in programming L1).

Spring 2006 - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, course assistant (Basic course in programming T2).

Spring 2005 - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, course assistant (Basic course in programming 2).

Unrelated work experience

Summers 2003 and 2004 - Puutarhahelling, yard construction.

Summers 1999 to 2001 - Narinen Gardens, miscellaneous summertime help.

1999,2000,2001 - Finnish golf championships, score services.

Technologies

Languages: assembler, C/C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Languages (less proficient): C#, Prolog, Scheme
Other: Autotools, CMake, FreeBSD, Git, Linux, MSVS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, QNX, SCons, SVN

Language skills

Excellent: Finnish, English
Coversational: German
Less than perfect: Swedish
Minor proficiency: Japanese


Other

I have completed my finnish military service in logistics, as a result I have a BECE drive's licence valid in EU if necessary.

Miscellaneous work

Jutska - a reading/watching/playing diary and rating/archive system (PHP/PostgreSQL).

vsfontcompiler - a bin-packing distance field font generator (C++).

Heaps of demoscene stuff since 2002, see GitHub or pouët. Various entries have placed high enough to be awarded.

Patches for various open-source projects: XMMS (playlist module title fix), Lynx (history overflow crash fix), gngeo (LinuxPPC -port), generator, (LinuxPPC -port and other fixes), ffmpeg (FreeBSD fix), Linux HIP infrastructure project (bugfixes), boost (code warning cleanup), Cockatrice (FreeBSD fix), FreeBSD (ld-elf library folder configuration fix), xfce4-terminal (middle-click to open link feature), FreeBSD Ports (NVidia driver library symlink fix), PPSSPP (savefile path fix), and possibly something else.


Hobbies of interest (related or unrelated)

Running (half-marathon), demoscene, badminton, comics, games, literature, movies.
Administering this site.


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