Curriculum Vitae

Kasper Souren, born November 28th, 1976 in Nuth, Netherlands.

Relevant professional experience

Developer at Hyves, in Amsterdam, PHP and MySQL on a large serverpark.
System Analyst, Python Developer and Wiki Guru for the TrustLet project at Fundazione Bruno Kessler, in Trento, Italy. Design and implementation of a framework for analysis of trust networks.
Core Developer (PHP, MySQL), Tech Team Coordinator, Knowledge Management for CouchSurfing (post-crash), in Montreal, California and New Zealand.
Software Developer and System Integration (PHP, MySQL, ActionApps, Windows 2000) for CEPES in Lima, Peru, for the Ministry of Agriculture, to publish information about their grants.
Design, Development and Training related to GNU/Linux and free software for community radio stations for Geekcorps Mali.
Research and Development (AI, Python) to find structure in musical pieces, IRCAM, Paris, France.
Development of GNU Pascal libraries for non-pop composer Clarence Barlow, Den Haag, Netherlands. May till August 2002
Software Developer (Visual Basic, JavaScript, ASP, IIS, MSSQL, PHP, MySQL) creation and maintenance of several websites related to accessibility and medical information for PPC in Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Software Developer (PHP, MySQL) for Free Online in Nijmegen.

Education

  • Course of Sonology, electronic music at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague.
  • Master of Science in Mathematics, University Nijmegen
    graduated in discrete mathematics with a thesis on string searching and regularity detection, besides mathematical subjects also courses in music psychology, cognitive science, ergonomics, object-oriented programming in C++, Scheme programming, modern physics, mechanics and philosophy
  • 1989-1995 Secondary education, VWO St. Janscollege Hoensbroek

Coding

Python, PHP, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, C, C++, Unix shell, Perl, Scheme, SuperCollider.

A more extensive list of projects is available at http://guaka.org/code

Official involvement

  • Member of Board of Directors of Kunnafoni, a French not-for-profit organization to bring information to local communities.

Wikis

  • co-founded Hitchwiki
  • co-founded Wikipedias in Limburgish, Bambara and Peul
  • installing and adapting the MediaWiki platform and plugins
  • created and supported wiki communities

See also http://guaka.org/wikis

Languages

mother tongue
Dutch, Limburgish
expert
English, French, German
intermediate
Italian, Spanish

Research interests

social networks, trust, gift economy, human-computer interaction, music, AI, language