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PERSONAL DETAILS

Name

John Patrick McLaughlin

Date of birth

May 21, 1975

Address

51/14 Boolee St
Reid 2612 ACT
Australia

Telephone

+61 6 216 7081 (W)
+61 6 257 1600 (H)

Email

johnm@kagi.com

EDUCATION

History

Australian National University (Canberra), 1993-95

Copland College (Canberra), 1992

Casuarina Secondary College (Darwin), 1991

O'Loughlin Catholic College (Darwin), 1988-90

St Paul's Primary (Darwin), 1982-87

Status

BSc in computer science from the Australian National University.

Computer Science 8pts
Mathematics 7pts
Physics 3pts
Chemistry 2pts
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Certificates

Bachelor of Science degree, the Australian National University.

A.C.T. Tertiary Entrance Statement (ranking = 98.95%)

A.C.T. Year 12 Certificate
English (T-MAJOR)
Mathematics (T-DOUBLE MAJOR)
Chemistry (T-MAJOR)
Physics (T-MAJOR)
Accounting (A-MINOR)

Entrant in the 1995 ACS programming competition (platform was a 486 with Borland C++).

A.C.T. Driver's Licence

Junior Secondary Studies Certificate

Completion - 1990 N.T.G.A. Junior Golf Coaching Camp.

Member of the 1988 O'Loughlin college inter-school swimming team.

Awards

Winner of the Australian Computer Society prize for the top computer science graduate of the Australian National University in 1995.

Selection for the Golden Key Honours Society, 1995 (by virtue of being in the top 15% of undergraduates).

Copland college 1992 (year 12) award for outstanding performance in physics.

O'Loughlin College 1990 (year 10) top science student award.

1990 Engineering prize for the overall highest achievement in maths, science and english.

1989 Certificate of distinction - Australian Mathematics Competition.

1988 Certificate of distinction - Australian Mathematics Competition.

EXPERIENCE

Work

Current position is as computer scientist/engineer for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Reasearch Organisation (CSIRO) division of Mathematical and Information Sciences (CMIS). Employment commenced in March 1996. Work consists primarily of R&D into 3D graphics and visualisation, image compression/transmission, virtual environments, haptic force-feedback devices and other visualisation projects.

2 months employment at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) campus of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) as a computer programmer in early 1996.

HTML editing of the ``Complexity International'' electronic journal at the ANU (1994).

2 weeks writing a PC software installation script at ``WP Software'' (1992).

1 month brick paving (1993).

2 years repairing and refurbishing golf clubs (1990-1991, Darwin).

Shareware

(Macintosh publications)
Name Language
500 Supreme C++
Cookmapper C
Iconizer C
These have been published on CDs in USA, Japan, Canada and the UK.

Languages

Java (1 year)
C++ (4 years)
C (6 years)
Tcl (3 years)
Tk (3 years)
HTML (3 years)
LaTeX (2 years)
Pascal (2 years)
Modula-2 (3 years)
BASIC (4 years)
Python (2 years)
Modula-3 (intro)
Miranda (intro)
ML (intro)

Platforms

PC (some)
Unix (4 years)
Macintosh (12 years)
SGI (2 years)

Software

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Aldus Freehand
Aldus Pagemaker
Adobe Photoshop
Framemaker

UNIVERSITY RESULTS

P (pass) = 50 - 59%
CR (credit) = 60 - 69%
D (distinction) = 70 - 79%
HD (high distinction) = 80 - 100%

Unit Points % Mark
Mathematics A21 H 1.0 - D
Mathematics A22 H 1.0 - D
Chemistry A11 2.0 - CR
Computer Science A11 1.0 - D
Computer Science A13 1.0 - CR
Physics A01 2.0 - D
Computer Science B31 0.5 78 D
Computer Science B33 0.5 83 HD
Mathematics B11 0.5 82 HD
Mathematics B13 0.5 68 CR
Physics B01 1.0 63 CR
Computer Science B32 0.5 95 HD
Computer Science B34 0.5 85 HD
Mathematics B06 0.5 94 HD
Mathematics B12 0.5 96 HD
Mathematics B16 0.5 92 HD
Computer Science C31 0.5 90 HD
Computer Science C36 0.5 81 HD
Computer Science C37 0.5 78 D
Computer Science C43 0.5 71 D
Mathematics B01 0.5 98 HD
Mathematics C01 0.5 100 HD
Mathematics C09 0.5 66 CR
Computer Science C18 1.0 83 HD
Computer Science C34 0.5 85 HD
Computer Science C38 0.5 81 HD
Mathematics C06 0.5 83 HD
Mathematics C08 0.5 86 HD
Average - 85 HD