Curriculum Vitae
Contact
Full Name
Bart Van Loon
Address
Corspelsestraat 323970 Leopoldsburg
Belgium
(+32) 472/94.14.34
Homepage
http://bbbart.internationalgeneration.be/
Personal Information
- Sex: Male
- Date of Birth: 20-01-1981
- Place of Birth: Leuven,
- Nationality: Belgian
- Marital Status: unmarried
- Driver License: B
Education
Curriculum
| 1984 – 1988 | Kindergarten (English) and first year of Grammar School (Dutch) in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| 1988 – 1993 | Grammar School at Kindsheid Jesu in Schoten, Belgium |
| 1993 – 1999 | High School, Latin-Mathematics at |
| 2001 | Bachelor in Science of Technology (‘Kandidaat Burgerlijk Ingenieur’) at |
| 2003 | Bachelor in Science, specialisation in Mathematics (‘Kandidaat Licentiaat Wiskunde’) for the Flemish Community (‘middenjury’) |
| 2004 | Master in Science of Technology, specialisation in Computer Science (‘Burgerlijk Ingenieur in de Computerwetenschappen’) at |
| today | working for a Master in Artificial Intelligence at |
| today | working for a Master in Science, specialisation Pure Mathematics (‘Licentiaat Wiskunde optie Zuivere Wiskunde’) at Flemish Community (‘middenjury’) |
(2002-2003) Erasmus: Trondheim, Norway
I spent one year of my study time (2002-2003) abroad with the
studies at the NTNU in Trondheim,
lessons in Norwegian and took the (written) exams in English.
(Nov 2004) Athens: Trondheim, Norway
I followed a one week
master programme
(2003-2004) Engineering Master Thesis: Math Online
Today it is no longer sufficient to produce professional-looking
printed output on paper; one has to be able to get it online as
well, that is, make it available in electronic form of some kind.
Authors who are used to the high-quality typesetting and math
capabilities of TeX and the packages based on it have been
frustrated by its inability when preparing documents for the Web.
In this thesis an overview of the solutions authors found in the
past to publish their mathematical content online is made. Further
on code is written to extend the
possible solution found.
(2004-today) Mathematics Master Thesis: Artins Conjecture
Are there infinitely many primes p for which any number is a
primitive root modulo p? This conjecture from Artin, still unproven
today, is studied in this thesis. A new placement of and a fresh
look on the problem in the field of Algebraic Number Theory is the
main purpose of this thesis.
(2004-today) Artificial Intelligence Master Thesis:
Implementing a Typed Feature Structured Grammar
For this project I contribute to the open-source
LKB system is a grammar and lexicon development environment for use
with constraint-based linguistic formalisms.
Known Languages
| Language | Speaking | Comprehension | Writing | Reading | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Mother tongue |
| English | Excellent | Excellent | Good | Excellent | English kindergarten in Saudi Arabia |
| French | Good | Good | Medium | Good | Second language in Belgium, professional training at Sibilant |
| Norwegian | Good | Good | Good | Very Good | One year Erasmus in Trondheim, extra lessons (reached level 2 out of 3) |
| German | Medium | Good | Medium | Good | Third language in Belgium |
Work Experience
| 1999 | 1 month full-time | Administrative work for bungalow park Dennenbad in Schoten |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 semester ½ day / week | Help desk at Ludit, the university network of KULeuven |
| 2002 | 1 semester 2 hours / day | Software design for gas turbine simulation in FORTRAN/visual basic for a PhD-project at NTNU in Trondheim |
| 2003 | 1 month full-time | Design and implementation of intranet-solutions in Perl for |
| 2003 | 1 semester 2 days / week | Design and implementation of intranet-solutions in Perl for |
| 2004 | 2 weeks full-time | Help desk at Ludit, the university network of KULeuven |
| 2004 | 2 weeks full-time | Design and implementation of server and project maintenance framework in Python for |
| 2005 – 2006 | unlimited contract, quit after one year | ITSM Consultant for the OpenView product suite at |
| 2006 | … today | Co-founded inGen, a project and concept development engineering office. |
Extra Realisations
| 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 | Finalist for Antwerp in ‘Maurits Sabbe’-youth-proza-competition |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Third price in |
| 1999 | Graduated summa cum laude from music school for piano-solo |
| 1999 | Received diploma for ‘Youth Monitor’ from |
| 2003 | Third price in Norwegian national championships for Swing and Rock ‘n Roll, Voksen C |
| 2003 | Selected for the |
Hobbies and Interests
Scouting
I have been member for 12 years and leader for 3 years in a
I am responsible for the website
and other computer-related stuff of the group.
Student Organisations
I have been a very active member of
organisation at the KULeuven. I was a member of the board in
2001-2002 and responsible for cultural activities. In Trondheim I
was active at ISU (International Students’ Union).
Music
I am really in love with music of all kinds, mainly classical. I
followed several music classes during 11 years of my life in piano,
guitar, music culture, music theory, etc…
Computers & Internet
My whole life I have been playing around with computers. I have
good knowledge of and experience with the Linux and FreeBSD
operating system. I also spent some time on Microsoft Windows,
although I very much prefer free and open source software. I have
quite some experience in Python, Perl and Java but can find my way
in other languages as C, FORTRAN, bash, … as well. In general I
am a fast autodidact on most ICT-matters.
I have over 10 years of experience with the Internet and her
applications and good and active knowledge of HTML, XHTML, PHP,
JavaScript, CSS and other web techniques.
Further, I am quite accustomed to the LaTeX system and
cooperated in a team making an updated Dutch translation of
Sports
I have been doing 6 years of dancing: sports dance, Rock ‘n
Roll, Swingrock, Boogie Woogie and Lindy Hop.
I am a Swingrock dancing teacher for students from the
university of Leuven and am a member of Splendid, a dancing school
in Averbode.
Theatre
I joined a theatre group at school where we played French parts.
We joined the ‘Roeland, Frans voor anderstaligen’ (Roeland, French for non-native French
speakers) group and played in
performed 6 years in a row as an actor at
engineering students at the KULeuven.
Travelling
I enjoy travelling very very much. My last big tour was the
Transsiberian Railroad from Moscow to Beijing (and even further after
that) together with my German friend Felix. Every year I try to
spend new years eve abroad and I love to visit my international
friends all over Europe every now and then.
Last update: Sun Jan 27, 2008