James Snee

Ph.D. student at the Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge, UK.

Ph.d. Thesis

My thesis is supervised by Dr A. Rice in the Digital Technology Group and I expect graduate in 2014.

I am primarily interested in Operating Systems and how they can be better designed to fit current user trends. My research focuses on cross-layer instrumentation and profiling of application execution through deep layered software stacks. My current experiments are carried out on Android, trying to investigate the reasons behind anomalous application executions.

Freelance/Portfolio

As well as my Ph.D. I also do a small amount of freelance software development. I have interests in mobile application development as well as the development of embedded systems software. Some of the applications I have worked on are:

For those interested, I host a bit of my work on Github.

• DTG Weather - A small iPhone app I wrote during a free Sunday, that fetches and displays the current weather in Cambridge (UK) from my research group's weather station.
• ScaleBox - This was a universal iOS app that I developed for a client, that helps music students practice arpeggios and scales for ABRSM graded practice exams.
• How are you? - I worked on the first version of the iPhone application for Cambridge Healthcare.
• UCAM Library Search App - Something I worked on over a couple of evenings, using an API provided by the University of Cambridge's Library. Varsity magazine ran a short article on it here.
• iCoda - This is a small, sound reactive app that I developed for an artist friend.

Other

In my "spare" time I am currently the President of the Christ's College MCR (the College's graduate society). I am also a keen guitar player and try to squeeze in some gliding where ever possible.

I also play lead guitar for a local Cambridge band called Farmiliar Route

Contact

Email: jas250 (at) cam (dot) ac (dot) uk
Email: james (dot) snee (at) gmail (dot) com
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