Cameron Dale
4326 Dundas St.
Burnaby, B.C. V5C 1B3
Phone: 778-833-3775
E-mail: camrdale@gmail.com
Website: http://www.camrdale.org/
Profile
- Master of Science from Simon Fraser University's Department of Computing Science
- Bachelor of Science, major in Honours Applied Physics, minor in Computing Science
- Five years of experience in university labs, government-funded research institutions and the fiber optic industry
- Expert with computers and computer programming
Computer Skills
Programming:
- Very experienced with: C, C++, Python, Visual Basic, HTML, PHP, LabView, Matlab, sh, SQL
- Some familiarity with: Java, Javascript, Perl, Visual C++, Lisp, Pascal, Modula-2, SAS, Maple
Software Packages:
- Linux, Windows, Macintosh, Subversion, Git, Eclipse, Microsoft Office, MySQL and others
Publications
C. Dale, J. Liu, "apt-p2p: A Peer-to-Peer Distribution System for Software Package Releases and Updates", IEEE INFOCOM (submitted), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009.
C. Dale, J. Liu, "Leveraging Altruistic Peers to Reduce the Bandwidth Costs of Free Content Downloads", ACM SIGCOMM (poster), Seattle, WA, USA, August 17-22, 2008.
C. Dale, J. Liu, J. Peters, B. Li, "Evolution and Enhancement of BitTorrent Network Topologies", IEEE IWQoS, University of Twente, Netherlands, June 2-4, 2008. (awarded Best Student Paper)
X. Cheng, C. Dale, J. Liu, "Understanding the Characteristics of Internet Short Video Sharing: YouTube as a Case Study", IEEE IWQoS, University of Twente, Netherlands, June 2-4, 2008.
C. Dale, J. Liu, "A Measurement Study of Piece Population in BitTorrent", Proc. IEEE Globecom, Washington, DC, USA, November 26-30, 2007.
X.K. Chen, R. Wiersma, C.X. Wang, O.J. Pitts, C. Dale, C.R. Bolognesi, S.P. Watkins, "Local vibrational modes of carbon in GaSb and GaAsSb", Applied Physics Letters, 80, 1942 (2002).
S.P. Watkins, O. Pitts, C. Dale, X.G.Xu, M. Dvorak, N. Matine, and C.R. Bolognesi, "Heavily carbon-doped GaAsSb grown on InP for HBT applications", Journal of Crystal Growth, 221, 59 (2000).
Cameron Dale, "Alloy scattering limitation on the mobility of holes in p-type GaAsSb", Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Simon Fraser University, Supervised by Dr. Simon Watkins, (1999)
Work Experience
Apr '07-Aug '07 — Google Summer of Code [ more info ]
- Student Developer: successfully completed the DebTorrent project working with Debian
- developed a new peer-to-peer distribution method for distributing packages to users
- worked independently, sometimes collaborating with other developers around the world
- mentored by Anthony Towns
Jan '04-Aug '05 — JGKB Photonics Inc., Burnaby, B.C [ more info ]
- Manufacturing: assembled and developed assembly procedures for all products
- Database Administrator: created, maintained and developed the in-house data tracking system, including an RDBMS backend (MySQL), secure authentication, web (PHP) and Microsoft Access (ODBC) frontends, and automatic data entry from test stations
- Quality Coordinator: organized/implemented the ISO 9001 quality management system
- IT: system administrator and resident expert, involved in major computer system upgrade
- Bike Courier
Sept '00-Aug '01 — JDS Uniphase Inc., Ottawa, Ontario [ more info ]
- Product Development in the Optical Frequency Interleavers group of Fibre Optic Products
- Setup an elaborate computer simulation of the primary optical part in our product
- Worked closely with manufacturing to determine their specifications and tolerances
- Simulated the product assembly, and determined yields based on customer specifications
- Qualified the simulation by comparing with actual yields from manufacturing
- Determined the manufacturability of new designs, and what areas needed improvement
May-Aug, 2000 — Dr. Simon Watkins Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. [ more info ]
- Research Assistant: grew semiconductors by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition
- Characterized them using the Hall effect, X-ray diffraction, atomic force microscopy, photoluminescence, and Raman scattering
- Analysed and prepared data for presentation in 2 papers
May-Aug, 1999 — Dr. John Strom-Olsen McGill University, Montreal, Quebec [ more info ]
- Research Assistant: maintained a computer-controlled metal hydration/dehydration system
- Updated the data acquisition and control system, purchasing and installing new computers and acquisition cards, and creating a new interface based in LabVIEW
- Tested and maintained an oxygen-free glove box system
May-Aug, 1998 — TRIUMF University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. [ more info ]
- Research Assistant: developed and tested a detector to prepare for installation in a new beamline
- Worked with the electronics equipment, gas handling, data acquisition and analysis systems
- Gained experience and knowledge of all kinds of particle detectors
Jan-Aug, 1997 — ISM-BC, Burnaby, B.C. [ more info ]
- Junior Programmer: Developed mainframe database requests of relevant server availability data
- Programmed complicated statistical analysis of the data using SAS
- Created automatic report generation scripts of the results for delivery to clients
Aug, 1997 — PlayLand Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C. [ more info ]
- Sold ride passports
Education
Sept '06-Aug '08 — Master's in Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. [ more info ]
- supervisor: Jiangchuan Liu
- group: Multimedia and Wireless Networking
- studying networking, in particular peer-to-peer networking and BitTorrent
- cumulative GPA of 4.13
Sept '00-Aug '01 — On-the-job Training, JDS Uniphase Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
- 2-day course: Assembler Training for Engineers
- 2-day course: Optics for Optical Fibre Telecommunications
- half-day course: Gaussian Beam Propagation
- attended the weekly JDS Uniphase seminar
Sept '95-Apr '00 — Bachelor of Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. [ more info ]
- graduated with First Class Honours
- major in Honours Applied Physics, minor in Computing Science
- cumulative GPA of 3.92, upper division GPA of 3.98
- graduate of the co-operative education program
Academic and Community Service
Debian Developer: Debian GNU/Linux (January 2006 - Present) [ more info ]
Lab Manager: SFU's Network Modelling Lab (Jan - Aug, 2008)
Journalist: The Peak, SFU's student-run newspaper (May - June, 2000)
Student Representative: SFU Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (September 1999 - April 2000)
President: SFU Physics Student Union (September 1999 - April 2000)
Vice-President: SFU Physics Student Union (September 1998 - April 1999)
Volunteer: Vancouver International Writers Festival (October 2002)
Scholarship and Awards
Mar, 2007 — $17,500 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship M
Sept, 2000 — $17,000 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (declined)
May, 2000 — NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award
May, 1999 — NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award
Dec, 1999 — Simon Fraser University Honour Roll (semester GPA above 4.0)
Apr, 1999 — SFU Honour Roll
Apr, 1998 — SFU Honour Roll
Dec, 1996 — SFU Honour Roll
Oct, 1999 — $2,300 Evelyn and Leigh Palmer Scholarship to SFU
Jun, 1995 — $20,000 Gordon M. Shrum Entrance Scholarship to SFU