Scott D. Ventura

Computer Skills

• Languages: Equator MAP VLIW C and VLx assembly, C/C++, Perl, Java
• Operating Systems: Windows 3.11 through XP MacOS, SunOS/Solaris, RedHat Linux, Fedora
• UNIX
  • Editors: GNU emacs and vi
  • Programming Tools: gdb, xxgdb, gprof, Purify, dbx, GNU make, CVS and RCS
  • Document Preparation: HTML / CSS, LaTeX and gnuplot

Experience

Software Developer, Xerox Corporation

• Optimized several algorithms for Equator Media Applications Processors (MAP).
• Participated in architecturing, implementation, optimization and testing of image compression systems running on both UltraSPARC and Equator MAP systems.
• Taught internal courses in basics of programming and optimizing for Equator MAP processors.

Software Developer, Xerox through Ajilon

• Restructured/rewrote an existing UNIX-based analysis program in C++ to be easily modified and maintained.
• Used a combination of tools to regression-test the software to preserve the correctness of the implementation.
• Multithreaded the analyses to improve performance on multiprocessor computers.
• Implemented a Motif interface.
• Implemented communication with external hardware devices over a serial cable connection to allow the software to control the device.

Software Developer, UR Center for Visual Science

• Made extensive modifications to real-time psychophysics experimentation software in Metrowerks C including data collection from an external computer and modifications to the subject stimuli.
• Extensively commented C code written by previous programmers on the project.
• Collaborated on an analysis program to allow visual playback of the data and make statistical observations about subject behavior.
• Wrote a comprehensive LaTeX manual each for the experimentation program and the analysis program.
• Used Perl to create a prototype analysis program for an evolving experiment.

Current Activities

I sing in the Chorus of the Genesee, a male barbershop chorus. In addition to working as an assistant section leader, I serve on the Board of Directors and maintain the website and mailing lists for the chorus. I also sing in a quartet called Fever Pitch and maintain the web site.

I have a strong interest in usability issues for the World Wide Web. I have a knack for identifying compatability and accessability issues on web sites. I was an early user of several "alternative" browsers like SlipKnot and lynx, so I have a passion for cross-browser compatability.

I maintain a personal web site with about 400 pages. The biggest section of the site, movie reviews, is generated with a combination of perl and the C preprocessor. The perl script parses a field-value pair file for each movie, generating both pages for the movie and automatically updated index pages.

Education

University of Rochester: B.S. Computer Science, 1997 (Wilson Scholar)

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