Professional Interests - What do I know and what do I not know?

Multimedia and Video Systems

• Working on a PhD in Storage and Delivery of Digital Video. Using the Elvira video server for practical tests.
• Former experiences from the VideoSTAR video database prototype.

Databases

• Being part of the Database Research group has given me a strong theoretical background in database systems.
• Practical experiences includes Master thesis in "Parallel execution of Relational Algebra Operations" on one of the groups home built hyper cube machines.
• One year of practical use of DB2 DBMS on a IBM 3090 running MVS.
• Database administration of the department's Oracle DBMS.

Operating Systems

• Good knowledge of Unix in general and particularly SunOS 5 (Solaris 2) - which is probably one of the best operating systems ever made.
• Basic knowledge of NT, but do not use it except for running Windows based applications. I still believe NT one day have potential to become a good operating system, and will probably learn it when someone pay me to do it.

Programming languages

• Good knowledge of C++ (and C), Pascal and Modula-2.
• Basic knowledge of perl and ADA.
• Java has potential to become a good language, and will probably be my next language to learn.
• Would like to learn Lisp (Common Lisp?) when I get the time, or when I really need it.

High speed networks

• We are using ATM for connecting the workstations in the Elvira video server.
• Administration of the department's ATM network.

What I really have no interests in

• Graphical user interfaces, except for using them.
• Text processing using Word (I prefer LaTeX and Emacs).