Reed D. Meyer: Computer Experience

Computer Experience

Programming

The device drivers and user interfaces for the scientific instruments RITMOS and RYTSI
Linux device drivers for a PixelVision 4096×4096 CCD camera, a weather station, focus encoders, and temperature probes; a driver update for an Apogee CCD camera; and a Linux kernel patch for certain Toshiba DVD-RAM drives, all in tandem with the upgrade of Yale University’s Double Astrograph
An application that fits a spectral library to total and differential photometry to deduce the surface temperatures and absolute magnitudes of the individual components of binary stars
Numerical simulation of speckle interferometry taken with a multi-anode microchannel array (MAMA) detector
A package for fitting model spectra, including the results of neutron star atmospheric simulations by G.G. Pavlov et al., to ROSAT X-ray observations of pulsars
CGI programs for the enhancement of the gigacorp.net web pages
Programs that, having been written in the author’s leisure time, are in the public domain and therefore available for download, include: airmass.c, a precise airmass calculator for astronomy; CBM2ASC, a Commodore ASCII to standard ASCII conversion utility

Expert in Java, C/C++ (GNU, Visual C++, and Borland environments), FORTRAN, IDL, BASIC, and HTML
Routine programmer in C/C++, then Java, since 1990, and writer of substantial scientific programs in FORTRAN
Experienced with Unix shell scripts and Rexx; familiar with assembly language and Lisp

Solved Paul Harkins’ “12 Steel Balls Logic Test”, a test for programming aptitude, in less than three hours
Have programmed regularly since 1981, having started with BASIC on Sinclair and then Commodore machines
Submitted programs for competition on two occasions; each time, the submission won an award

Personally assembled and maintained more than 15 machines, running various flavors of Linux and/or Windows
Experienced with Linux network administration and with SunOS administration
Built and have maintained the server hosting gigacorp.net
Installed a home network years before the concept became popular

Designed “The Citadel of Aiur,” a custom mission for the computer game Starcraft: Brood War, and “HOGITALL” and “SHEPHERD,” custom maps for Warcraft II

Frequently used software packages include: Visual Studio, GNU GCC, IDL, IRAF, T_EX/L^AT_EX, Microsoft Office, CorelDRAW, GIMP, and Apache Server