Christopher James Conway
8 Whitelea Crescent
Balerno
Edinburgh
EH14 7HF
Email chris@chris-conway.co.uk
Mobile 07515 379 037
Telephone 0131 449 5582
DOB 15 August 1987
Education and Qualifications
2005 - 2009       The University of Edinburgh
- B.Sc. (Honours) Computer Science (1st Class)
Focussed on courses in Computer Networking, Distributed Computing, Software Development, Databases, Security, Operating Systems, and Programming Languages.
- Honours Project: "Real Time Hybrid Simulation of Wireless Sensor Networks"
Parallelisation of the SpeckSim network simulator to achieve real-time performance when simulating large networks; integration of SpeckSim with a small wireless sensor network of physically deployed devices to allow accurate validation of a large-number of simulated results.
1999 - 2005       Balerno Community High School, Edinburgh
- Advanced Higher: Computing (A).
- Highers: Computing (A), Mathematics (B), English (B), Music (B), Physics (C).
Awards
Freescale Semiconductor Prize for "Best Team"
Award and prize for the best team during the Informatics System Design Project course.
Publications

M. Barnes, C. Conway, J. Mathews, D.K. Arvind. ENS: An Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Network Platform. Accepted to The Fifth International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications (ICSNC), August 2010.

Presentations

C. Conway. Tracking People in Built Environments. 8th Workshop in Speckled Computing, December 2009.

C. Conway & R. McNally. Co Simulation in SpeckSim. 7th Workshop in Speckled Computing, December 2008.

A. Anderson, C. Conway, G. Booth, W. Cooke & W. Barbour. Pervasive Monitoring of Built Environments. 7th Workshop in Speckled Computing, December 2008.

Technical Skills

Programming languages, etc: Java, Python, C, PHP, SQL, Bash, HTML & CSS, Latex.
Development tools: Eclipse, NetBeans, Subversion, Trac.
Operating Systems: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows.

Employment History
Jun 2009 - Present     Research Assistant      University of Edinburgh
  • Developed algorithms to perform localisation and tracking of a person / object within a WSN in an Energy Neutral manner, both in simulation and firmware. Successfully demonstrated at the 8th Workshop in Speckled Computing.
  • Developed EN Network architecture to improve network visualisation, database management, data graphing and visualisation, integration with SpeckSim, and connection to a WSN via GSM/3G. Used successfully in various physical deployments, both internally for testing and on-site with the Scottish Agricultural College.
  • Developed simulations of IEEE 802.15.4 networks and protocols in the SpeckSim network simulator, using the findings to develop firmware for Energy Neutral embedded devices.
Jun 2008 - Sep 2008     Research Internship     University of Edinburgh
  • Performed testing and quality assurance of the MotionViewer software application for motion tracking using Orient Specks.
  • Developed a networked application architecture and software for use with a WSN. The architecture provided a client-server mechanism for communication between subsystems to collect data from the network, process and store it, and manipulate and visualise it.
Sep 2007 - Jun 2009     Freelance Systems Administrator
  • Provided remote and onsite support to national companies to manage their IT needs, including email, web-hosting, private VPN, and remote access.
  • Installed remote-access capabilities to industry standard CCTV systems to allow remote viewing and administration of the installation.
Jun 2007 - Sep 2007     Software Development Internship     GE Energy
Jun 2006 - Sep 2006     Software Development Internship     GE Energy
  • Developed and tested an automatic server-deployment application to install and build all necessary software, libraries and configuration required to run an ENMAC server. Two versions were created: web-based and dvd. Successfully used to rapidly build and deploy servers in Russia.
  • Developed an automatic server backup application to perform routine backups of database and file system data on a pool of servers running ENMAC software, whilst ensuring the ENMAC network was still available throughout. Successfully used on Scottish Power's ENMAC network.
  • Created a virtualised environment for testing and deployment of ENMAC software using VMWare ESX virtualisation technology. Successfully used inhouse to demonstrate ENMAC to potential clients.
Dec 2003 - Sep 2007     Systems Administrator     AS Hosting
  • Performed configuration and maintenance for a cluster of RHEL servers running cPanel web hosting software.
  • Developed architecture to perform multi-site synchronisation of data to ensure redundancy of crucial websites across data centres.
General Interests

I have a passion and keen interest for photography, particularly of people, events and travel. In my spare time I have undertaken some photographic sessions with clients attending graduations, proms and other events. I have previously covered journalistic events such as the Edinburgh Festival's Calvalcade, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Alistair Darling's (Chancellor of the Exchequer and MP) visit to the School of Informatics with photos from these events published by the BBC and University Press.

I enjoy listening to music and playing the guitar in addition to sound engineering and DJing for live events and private functions.

I regularly attend Community Church Edinburgh where I am an active member of a weekly fellowship group and the student community as a whole. Until recently, I ran a weekly bible study group for students and young people in the Edinburgh area.

For many years I have enjoyed mountain biking in the Pentland Hills, which has recently extended to road cycling in Edinburgh and the nearby area. In the upcoming months I plan to cycle from Lands' End to John O'Groats to raise money for charity.

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