Cirriculum Vitae

Jason Thompson

Blue Mountains, Australia


  Career Goals:

 

My goals are to become a professional programmer and researcher, specialising in innovative & inventive applications of computers to everyday life: entertainment, education and personal assistants. I wish to develop AAA skills in game technology: graphics, physics and  software architecture. Eventually I wish to open my own entertainment software development company.

 


  Technical Summary

 

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, basic use of Unix
Programming Languages: C/C++, Java, C#
Software: Micrsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2008, Netbeans 6.x, LaTeX, TeXnicCenter
Technology: OpenGL, MIDP, .Net Platform, Win32
Source Control: CVS, SVN
Mathematics: Linear Algerbra, Vector Calculas, Discrete Mathematics

  Education & Associations

 

2009 La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
Bachelor of Computer Science in Games Technology (Hons)
Thesis: "Reducing Ineffectual Computations in Water Simulation" (Full) (Research Paper)
Weighted Average Mark of 89%.
Full transcript available on request.
2009 Member of ACS (Australian Computer Society)
2006-2008 La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
Bachelor of Computer Science in Games Technology
Weighted Average Mark of 91%
Full transcript available on request
2006 Member of Golden Key International Honours Society
2005 Blue Mountains Grammar School, Australia
High School Certificate - University Admission Index 96.85 out of 100

 

  Awards

 

2009 T.S. Dillion Prize for Excellence
Australian Computer Society (Victorian Branch) Award in Computer Science
2008 Glenn College - Excellent Academic Achievement by a Student Leader
2006-2007 Deans's List
2007 Glenn College - Outstanding Achievement in the Faculty of Science Technology and Engineering
2006 Scholarship for Rural and Regional Student

 

  Employment History

 

2008,2009 La Trobe University, Department of Computer Science & Computer Engineering
Lab Demonstrator for CSE2DES (System Design Engineering Fundamentals)
  • It is a second year Computer Science subject
  • I demonstrated labs weekly on:
    • Object Oriented Software Design, Analysis & Testing
    • Use of UML diagrams like class, sequence, activity, state, etc..
  • I marked assignments
2008 Glenn College, La Trobe University
Coordinator of Academic Mentors
  • I was responsible to support mentors in helping acclimatise first year students to university
  • I over saw the organisation of faculty dinners
2007 Glenn College, La Trobe University
Academic Mentor
  • I helped acclimatise first year college students to university, in particular Computer Science.
2002-2005 Mark Thompson Design Pty/Ltd
Clerk
  • I performed many varied tasks
    • General maintenance
    • Operating and maintaining machines
    • Filing papers
    • Simple 3d CAD detailing


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