curriculum vitae

Hubert Chathi

#12, 407 Hazel St., Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3P7

hubert@uhoreg.ca, tel: +1-519-489-0286

Technical and Personal Abilities

Experienced in many programming languages and environments, including: C/C++ (12 years), Objective-C (3 years), Python (2 years), Perl (5 years), Lisp (8 years), and Java (2 years)
Experienced in Web technologies such as PHP, XML, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Experienced in Linux/UNIX (particularly Debian GNU/Linux), and Windows
Good knowledge of computer security
Fast independent worker
Strong organizational skills
Effective individual and team worker
Self-motivated learner
Excellent problem-solving skills
Fluent in English and French, and some basic American Sign Language

Education

May 2003 – August 2008

Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science

University of Waterloo, supervised by Naomi Nishimura.

Completed all requirements except for thesis.
Participated in the University of Waterloo Centre for Teaching Excellence's “Certificate in Undergraduate Teaching” program.

September 2001 – May 2003

M.Math., Computer Science

University of Waterloo, supervised by Naomi Nishimura.

Thesis topic: “A Parameterized Algorithm for Upward Planarity Testing of Biconnected Graphs”

September 1996 – April 2000

B.Sc. (Honours), Computing Science

University of Alberta.

Technical Experience

October 2008 – present

Software Developer

Open Knowledge Technologies

Developed solutions according to customer specifications.

October 2006 – present

Debian Developer

Debian

Coordinated activities of the GNUstep packaging team.
Maintained software packages for the Debian distribution.
Developed tools to aid in creating packages for Debian.
Collaborated with program authors to fix bugs and add improvements.

May 2008 – August 2008

Software Developer

GNUstep, sponsored by Google's Summer of Code

Adapted software to comply with published specifications, and tested against other implementations.
Analyzed and fixed interoperability and integration issues.

December 2003 – October 2006

Debian Package Maintainer

Debian

Maintained software packages for the Debian distribution.
Collaborated with program authors to fix bugs and add improvements.

January – May 2006

R&D Associate

Random Knowledge Inc.

Investigated applications for nonlinear filtering.
Performed presentations to potential clients.
Participated in and conducted research seminars.
Trained undergraduate summer students.
Implemented the company VPN and wiki.

May 1999 – August 2001

Software Developer/Research Associate

Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems – Prediction in Interacting Systems (MITACS-PINTS) Centre of Excellence

Implemented and tested several filtering algorithms.
Developed simulations.
Participated in and conducted research seminars.

May 1998 – September 2000

Software Developer

for Dr. Bischof, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta

Analyzed the design of previous experiment control programs for observing pigeon responses to certain stimuli, and designed and implemented several programs for the same purpose.
Designed and maintained a control program and library to support these programs.

Teaching Experience

May – August 2007

Instructional Apprentice, CS245 (Logic and Computation)

School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo

Conducted weekly tutorials for approximately 20—30 students.
Coordinated a team of teaching assistants.
Lectured during the absence of the instructor for a class of about 60–100 students.
Proofread assignments and exams.
Held office hours.
Marked exams.

September 2001 – April 2007

Teaching Assistant

School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo

Marked assignments and exams.
Led tutorials for approximately 10—30 students.
Held office hours.
Served as guest lecturer during the absence of the instructor for a class of about 30—50 students.
Answered questions on the course newsgroup.
Proofread assignments and exams.

September 2004 – December 2004

Sessional Instructor, CS360 (Introduction to the Theory of Computation)

School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo

Designed and presented lectures for a class of about 40 students.
Designed assignments and exams.
Organized teaching assistants.
Held office hours.

Volunteer Activities

September 2002 – present

Member of student executive

University of Waterloo Navigators

Planned weekly large group and small group meetings
Mentored students.
Led small group discussions.

January 2004 – April 2007

Captain for intramural soccer team

Organized a team of between 10 to 20 Computer Science and Engineering graduate students for indoor and outdoor soccer.

October 1997 – September 1998, October 2000 – September 2001

Member of planning committee

Timothy Youth Fellowship (church youth group)

Kept track of the group's finances.
Maintained the phone directory and web page.
Planned and led activities.

March – July 1996, January – July 1997, April – July 1998

Handbook coordinator and member of camp planning committee

David Camp at Camp Nakamun

Designed and assembled the camp handbook and name tags.
Helped with the general planning of the camp.

July 1994, 1996, 1997

Assistant camp counsellor

David Camp at Camp Nakamun

Supervised activities, and was involved in the music team.

Awards and Distinctions

University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship (2004-2005)
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship B (2003-2005)
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship A (2001-2003)
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (1999, 2000)
Dean's Silver Medal in Science (2000)
SHL Systemhouse President's Award for Education and Technology (1999)
Canadian Information Processing Society Scholarship (1999)
Faculty of Science Undergraduate Scholarship (1997, 1998)
Barry J Mailloux Prize in Computing Science (1998)
Nickle Family Foundation Prize (1997)
International Baccalaureate Diploma Scholarship (1996)
Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship (1996)
Rutherford Scholarship (1996)

Other Interests

biking, photography, camping, hiking, soccer, music, camping

Publications

Hubert Chan. A parameterized algorithm for upward planarity testing (extended abstract). In Susanne Albers and Tomasz Radzik, editors, Proceedings of 12th annual European Symposium on Algorithms 2004, volume 3221 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 157-168, 2004. [ http ]

Hubert Chan. A parameterized algorithm for upward planarity testing of biconnected graphs. Master's thesis, University of Waterloo, May 2003. [ http ]

David J. Ballantyne, Hubert Y. Chan, and Michael A. Kouritzin. A branching particle-based nonlinear filter for multi-target tracking. In Proceedings of 4th Annual Conference on Information Fusion, pages We2-3-WeA2-10, 2001.

Hubert Y. Chan and Michael A. Kouritzin. Particle filters for combined state and parameter estimation. In Ivan Kadar, editor, Signal Processing, Sensor Fusion, and Target Recognition X, volume 4380 of Proceedings of SPIE, pages 244-252, 2001. [ http | .pdf ]

David J. Ballantyne, Hubert Y. Chan, and Michael A. Kouritzin. A novel branching particle method for tracking. In Oliver E. Drummond, editor, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets, volume 4048 of Proceedings of SPIE, pages 277-287, 2000. [ http ]

Hubert Chan, Andy Liu, and Andrei Storozhev. Induction in Geometry. Mathematics Competitions 10, pages 61-68, 1997.

Hubert Chan, Steven Laffin, and Daniel van Vliet. Knight Tours. Mathematics and Informatics Quarterly 2, pages 135-150, 1992.

References

Available on request.