Dries Buytaert
Software engineer,
ACUNIA
PhD student,
University of Antwerp
Dries Buytaert received his MsC in Computer Science at the University of Antwerp
in 2000. After having worked for ACUNIA as part of his studentship, Dries Buytaert
joined ACUNIA in August 2000 to continue his work on Wonka, an Open Source Java
Virtual Machine. At the same time, he started as a PhD student at the University
of Antwerp under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Frans Arickx. His research interests
cover several areas of dynamic and adaptive optimization technologies where the
core theme of his research is harnessing run-time code generation techniques. At
ACUNIA much of his work focuses on the development of an adaptive JIT compiler and
a graphical window toolkit (AWT) for Wonka.
Personalia:
| Name: | Dries Buytaert |
| Address: | Marcel de Backerstraat 26 2180 Ekeren (Belgium) |
| Date of birth: | November 19th, 1978 |
| Sex: | Male |
| Marital status: | Not married |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| 1990 - 1996: | Latin - Mathematics College van het Eucharistisch Hart - Essen |
| 1996 - 2000: | Licenciaat Computer Science (MsC) University of Antwerp Thesis subject: Java AWT for embedded system. |
| 2000 - ????: | Ph. D. student in Computer Science University of Antwerp Thesis subject: Run-time optimization of Java Virtual Machine. |
| 1997 - 1999: | Service desk operator Planet Internet NV (Internet Service Provider) |
| 2000 - ????: | Software engineer I work on Wonka, ACUNIA's cleanroom Java Virtual Machine implementation. Wonka is an extremely portable and self-contained VM with its own real-time operating system (called Oswald) that provides a complete solution for embedded devices. It is a full implementation of the Java language (not just a subset) that is freely available under a BSD-alike open source license. |
Linux WLAN FAQ - In 1999 I started and maintained the Linux WLAN
FAQ. Today, I no longer maintain the FAQ but the work has being picked up by AbsoluteValue
Systems, Inc. personnel and the Linux WLAN community. My aged version is no longer
available at the original URL (http://linux.grmbl.be/wlan/) but has been archived
at http://www.buytaert.net/files/wlan-faq.html. Maintained editions of the Linux
WLAN FAQ can be found at http://www.linux-wlan.org/.
The goal of the Linux WLAN project is to develop a complete, standards based, wireless
LAN system using the Linux operating system. What differentiates this project from
the Linux wireless extensions and other Linux wireless projects is that it is based
on the IEEE 802.11 standard.
The WLAN package, originally written by Mark Mathews (mailto:mark@absoval.com) and
maintained by AbsoluteValue Systems, Inc. (http://www.linux-wlan.com/), can be obtained
from http://www.linux-wlan.org/ and contains a device driver and support utility
for Linux supporting the Intersil reference design PRISM Direct Sequence Spread
Spectrum (DSSS) Wireless LAN (WLAN) Adapters (PRISM cards for short). This design
uses the PCMCIA interface and form factor.
The PRISM card is an IEEE 802.11 compliant 2.4 GHz DSSS WLAN network interface card
that uses the Intersil PRISM chipset for its radio functions and the AMD PCNet-Mobile
chip (AM79C930) for its Media Access Controller (MAC) function.
Copyright 2002