about_us.mdwn

   1 # Meet the Team
   2
   3 These are our current members
   4
   5 Also, check out [[The_Mission]].
   6
   7 ## [[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton|lkcl]]
   8
   9 * Hardware Experience: assembly-level programming, gate-level
  10   circuit design, PCB design, reverse-engineering, embedded systems
  11   design and programming, software engineering, standards development,
  12   libre project management and more.
  13 * Ethical Technology Specialist.  Identifies socio-economic imbalances and
  14   works out if there's an ethical way in which technology can help.  If that
  15   technology doesn't exist, creates it.
  16 * Interests: varied and including particle physics, Medieval and Folk music, and writing poems.
  17 * website: [[http://lkcl.net]]
  18 * github: doesn't have one (because github is a proprietary non-free service),
  19   runs his own git servers, manages projects (several), entirely in a libre
  20   fashion, including managing the server(s).
  21 * Availability: full-time
  22
  23 ## [[Jacob Lifshay|programmerjake]]
  24
  25 * FOSS Software Developer, Hardware Designer, Original Author of Kazan (one of our GPU drivers, also a software-rendered Vulkan implementation that works on most CPUs)
  26 * Built a working RV32I CPU and VGA core that runs a 3D game in 3 weeks: [[https://github.com/programmerjake/rv32]]
  27 * Built an algebraic numbers library: https://crates.io/crates/algebraics
  28 * Built a (non-official) reference implementation of IEEE 754-2019 (binary floating-point): [[https://crates.io/crates/simple-soft-float]]
  29 * Interests: Computer Graphics, Compilers, Simulation, Rust-lang, Anime, Astrophysics, Electronics, Computer Design, Chemistry, Nuclear Physics, Cellular Automatons, Video Game Software Engineering, High-performance Computing
  30 * GitHub: [[https://github.com/programmerjake]]
  31 * Availability: full-time
  32
  33 ## [[Tobias Platen|tplaten]]
  34
  35 * Copyleft Software Developer, Hardware Designer and Reverse Engineer
  36 * Interests: varied and including speech synthesis and cosplay.
  37 * website: [[https://www.platen-software.de/tobias/]]
  38 * github: doesn't have one using notabug instead
  39   [[https://notabug.org/isengaara]]
  40 * Availability: Outside normal working hours.
  41
  42 ## Yann Guidon (whygee)
  43
  44 * Experience: Processor architecture : designer of
  45     F-CPU project since 1999 [[http://f-cpu.org]]
  46     YASEP (16- & 32-bits real-time controller)  [[http://yasep.org]]
  47     YGREC8 (8-bits microcontroller)   [[http://ygrec8.com]]
  48 * Interests: Designer of electronic circuits circuits for industrial
  49   and artistic applications with dedicated workshop for PCB prototyping
  50   with wide range of technologies Algorithmics, including data
  51   compression, signal processing (sound & picture), optimisations,
  52   design for test...
  53
  54 ## [[Lauri Kasanen|lauri]]
  55
  56 * Embedded software engineer
  57 * Interests: niche platforms, embedded, servers, graphics
  58 * github: [[https://github.com/clbr]]
  59 * Availability: part-time
  60
  61 ## [[Veera Kumar|veera]]
  62
  63 * Software developer, programmer and small system administrator
  64 * Knowledge in using Redhat, Fedora, Debian and few others
  65 * Have experience building a custom Linux distribution based on LFS/CLFS
  66 * Experience in Shell, C, Awk, Perl, Python, Lua, HTML, CSS, PHP
  67 * Develop websites, run VPS on Linux
  68 * Build open source softwares from source and test and use it
  69 * Website [[http://www.vkten.in]]
  70 * Availability: part-time
  71
  72 ## [[Jock Tanner|jock_tanner]]
  73
  74 * Expertise: Python developer, full-stack web developer (6+ years)
  75 * My code: [[https://github.com/dmelnichuk/]], [[https://github.com/jock-tanner/]]
  76 * GNU/Linux user/administrator
  77 * Hobbies: electronics, real-time systems, digital music & sound processing, embedded systems, FPGA, retro computing
  78 * Availability: ~20hrs/week
  79 * Time zone: UTC+10:00
  80
  81 ## [[Alain Williams|addw]]
  82
  83 Alain's website: <http://phcomp.co.uk>
  84
  85 ## [[Cesar Strauss|Cesar_Strauss]]
  86
  87 * Experience: Data acquisition and control for scientific instruments
  88 * Programming of microcontrolers and FPGAs
  89 * Digital circuit design
  90 * Availability: Outside normal working hours.
  91
  92 ## [[Sanjay A Menon|Sanjay]]
  93
  94 * Skills: Verilog, C/C++, Python, TCL & PERL
  95 * Github Profile: [[https://github.com/Sanjay-A-Menon]]
  96 * LinkedIn Profile: [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-menon-91791815a]]
  97 * Availability: ~6hrs/week
  98
  99 ## [[Samuel A Falvo II]]
 100
 101 * Experience in amateur HDL projects (Kestrel-3 homebrew computer
 102    concept; VDC-II core), Verilog (but not System Verilog), newbie at PCB
 103    design.  Extensive experience with test-driven development, Python,
 104    assembly language for a wide variety of CPUs including RISC-V, and Forth.
 105    Very comfortable with nMigen, but still learning things.
 106 * Interests: Forth, Common Lisp, Scheme, assembly language,
 107    {Astro|Semiconductor-}physics, astronomy, martial arts, furry (character: black dragon; name: "Vertigo").
 108 * Websites:
 109   - https://hackaday.io/project/170581-vdc-ii ,
 110   - https://kestrelcomputer.github.io/kestrel/ ,
 111   - http://chiselapp.com/user/kc5tja/repository/kestrel-3/index
 112 * Public Repositories:
 113   - https://github.com/sam-falvo ,
 114   - https://github.com/kestrelcomputer
 115 * Availability: approximately 20 hrs/wk, circumstances permitting.
 116
 117 ## [[Alex Oliva|lxo]]
 118
 119 * Experience: GCC, binutils, glibc, GNU autotools, Free Software activism.
 120 * website: [[https://www.fsfla.org/~lxoliva/]]
 121 * Availability: 10+hrs/week
 122
 123 ## [[Richard Wilbur|rwilbur]]
 124
 125 * Interests:  Libre in hardware and software, low-power, efficiency
 126 * Hardware Experience:  High-speed digital(comb. & FSM), PLD(PALASM), FPGA(VHDL), low-power, analog video, I2C, DDC, PCI, RS-232/422/485, SOC board bring-up, PCB layout, VLSI gate design
 127 * Software Experience:  optimization, 3D geometry transformations, simulation, atomic & multi-threaded, PCI auto-configuration, drivers (serial HW, MPEG encoder/decoder(TS generation/consumption), GPS), OpenGL vertex shader, SQL db, network protocol design, test-driven dev, PCI BIOS, fixed-point division
 128 * Languages:  C, C++, Python, asm, bash, PERL, BASIC, Forth, ruby
 129 * Architectures:  6502/10, 68k, x86_64, PPC, i960, SPARC
 130 * Website:  [[https://launchpad.net/~richard-wilbur]]
 131 * Availability:  10+hrs/week, more is negotiable
 132 * Timezone:  UTC-07:00 (DST UTC-06:00, 2nd Sun of Mar-1st Sun of Nov)
 133
 134 ## [[Dmitry Selyutin|ghostmansd]]
 135
 136 * Interests: OS development, fishing, classical antiquity
 137 * Languages: C, C++, Python
 138 * FW experience: system programming
 139 * Availability: depends on a week (0..10+hrs/week)
 140
 141 ## [[Kyle Lehman|klehman]]
 142
 143 * Languages: C/C++, Java, Python, SQL, assembly
 144 * Interests: Language design, microacrhitecture, OS design, emulation, 3D computation
 145 * Other interests: Nearly anything that floats, flies, or has an engine with wheels
 146
 147 ## [[Andrey Miroshnikov|andreym]]
 148 * Languages: C, Python, Verilog, Shell script
 149 * Interests: Analogue/digital electronics, RF, mobile comms, compilers, FPGAs, discrete mathematics, microarchitecture, Unix OSs, PCB design
 150 * Experience: FPGA/ASIC system validation, instrument automation using VISA, PCB design (KiCAD, Altium)
 151 * Other interests: King James Bible, Russian Synodal Bible, Languages, Philosophy, History
 152 * Availability: Full-time
 153 * IRC: octavius
 154
 155 ## [[Manikandan Nagarajan|Manik]]
 156
 157 * Languages: Verilog HDL, VHDL, C, Python & TCL
 158 * Experience : Domain Specific Architecture Design and Implementation, IP Core Development, System on Chip, FPGA System Design, Chip Tapeout, Crypto Chip Design, Authentication Protocol Design.
 159 * LinkedIn Profile: [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/manikandan-nagarajan-2156171a0/]]
 160 * Availability: 8~10hrs/week
 161
 162 ## [[Toshaan Bharvani|toshywoshy]]
 163 * Languages: C, C++, Golang, Python, Ruby, Assembly, Java, JavaScript, bash, ksh, ...
 164 * Interests: Software on optimized hardware, compilers, FPGAs, microarchitecture, Unix OSs, Linux, Enterprise Software
 165 * Experience: Software, Firmware, BIOS/UEFI, Microcode, Services
 166 * Other interests: History, Mechanics, Tinkering
 167 * Availability: Full-time
 168 * IRC: toshywoshy
 169
 170 ## [[Sadoon Albader|sadoon]]
 171 * Computer engineer specializing in hardware design
 172 * Home system administrator
 173 * Knowledge in Debian, Gentoo, and Arch
 174 * Languages: C, VHDL, SystemVerilog
 175 * Built my own (now unmaintained) powerpc and ppc64 ports for Debian 11, now working on [Debian 12](https://libre-soc.org/SFFS/debian_bootstrap/) and [Gentoo](https://libre-soc.org/SFFS/gentoo_bootstrap/) POWER9 SFFS
 176 * Experience: Intel FPGA design, HDL optimization, Software to HDL conversion (SPP), Microprocessor Architecture
 177 * Other Interests: Religion, History, Automobiles
 178 * Website: [[https://albader.co]]
 179 * Availability: Tuesdays & Wednesdays 3-8PM UTC, Friday ~12-8PM UTC
 180
 181 ## [[Shriya Sharma|shriya]]
 182 * TODO
 183
 184 ## Object Automation
 185
 186 ### [[oa/madan]]
 187
 188 * Interests: Programming in Python and Knowledge of ML algorithms and NLP
 189 * Availability: 5 hours per week
 190 * Statistician
 191
 192 ### [[oa/gautham]]
 193
 194 * Interests: Digital System Design, PCB Layout, Programming, Machine Learning
 195 * Programming Languages: Verilog, C, C++, Python
 196 * Availability: ~8-10 hours/week
 197
 198 ### [[oa/adithya]]
 199
 200 * Interests:Digital System Design,PCB layout, Programming, Machine Learning, IoT
 201 * Programming Languages: Verilog, C, C++, Java, Python3, Julia
 202 * Availability: ~10hrs per week
 203
 204 ### [[oa/Niranjan]]
 205
 206 * Interests: Digital System Design, PCB Layout, Programming
 207 * Programming Languages: Verilog, C, C++, Python
 208 * Availability: ~8-10 hours/week
 209
 210 ### [[oa/Abhishek]]
 211
 212 * Interests: HPC, embedded systems, Digital system design
 213 * Programming Languages: C, Python, Java, VHDL
 214 * Availability: ~8-10 hours/week
 215
 216 ### [[oa/Sukhanshu D]]
 217
 218 * Experience: SOC Verification Intern, Digital Design
 219 * Programming Languages: Python, Verilog, Ng-spice
 220 * Availability: 4-6 hours per week
 221
 222 ### [[oa/Mehul N]]
 223
 224 * Interests: Digital Design, Verification, IC Fabrication
 225 * Programming Languages: Verilog, System Verilog, UVM
 226 * Availability: ~ 6-8 hours/week
 227 * Experience: SoC Verification Intern, Research Intern at KIS
 228
 229 ## 3mdeb
 230
 231 ## Former Members
 232
 233 ### [[Cole Poirier|cole]]