Christopher Olton

oltonc@email.uc.edu


Co-operative Responsibilities and Experience

  • Translator/CADIQ Developer, ITI (2 quarters):
    • Removed bugs in our CADDS (computer-aided software)/AP203 (a generic computer-aided file format) translators.
    • Enhanced CAMU (CADDS assembly mechanism) features in our CADDS translators.
    • Ported the CADDS/AP203/IGES (a generic computer-aided file format) translators to Solaris' x86 architecture operating system.
    • Resolved diagnostic issues in CADIQ.
    • Fixed operatings system-related problems involving CADIQ.
  • CADIQ Tester, ITI (2 quarters):
    • Performed quality assurance tests on CADIQ.
    • Worked on automating the quality assurance process.
  • Web Developer, Digital Millenium (1 quarters):
    • Implemented SSL security on web servers.
    • Enhanced some of the code for security.

Skills and Expertise Areas

  • UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems including FreeBSD, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Darwin, and Linux.
  • Programming languages: C, Python, Perl, Pawn, sh, bash, csh, C++, Java
  • Web programming languages: XHTML, CSS, Javascript.
  • Database knowledge includes MySQL and PostgreSQL.
  • Software experience: Apache, lighttpd, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Studio, GoldSRC game engine, Metamod (a mod for the GoldSRC engine), AMXModX (a plugin for Metamod), Audacity sound editor, GIMP image manipulator.

Areas of Interest

  • Data structures and algorithms.
  • Operating systems and compilers.

Type of Project Sought

  • A project involving the use of databases.
  • A project involving parsing of a data format like configuration files or maybe even a scripting language.