Nick Young's Resume (Last updated January 16th 2008)

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Dr Nick Young
Thatcham, Berkshire UK
www.nickbits.co.uk

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Newbury College
Lecturer

5th February 2003 - present
Monks Lane, Newbury

Lecturer / Teacher in Computing and Engineering.

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University of Bath
Demonstrator

2000 - 2002
Claverton Down, Bath

Open day lab demonstrator of Digital Image and Video Processing.

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University of Bath
Demonstrator

1999 - 2001
Claverton Down, Bath

Laboratory demonstrator using Matlab.

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Newbury Electronics
PCB Production Operator

1993 - 1998
Faraday Road, Newbury, Berkshire

CNC operator, goods in, electro-less plating, gold plating, HASL, black oxidising, rough cut, screen printing, developing & inspection, etc.

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PUBLICATIONS

N.Young, 'The Mega-ITX project', CustomPC Magazine, December 2005, pp. 118-121

N.Young and A.N. Evans, 'Psychovisually tuned attribute operators for pre-processing digital video', in IEE Journal of Vision and Image Signal Processing (VISP), 150(5), October 2003, pp. 277 -286.

N.Young and A.N. Evans, 'Spatio-temporal attribute morphology filters for noise reduction in image sequences', in Proceedings International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Barcelona, September 2003.

N.Young and A.N. Evans, 'Digital video preprocessing with multi-dimensional attribute morphology', in Proceedings IEE Visual Information Engineering (VIE) Conference, Guildford, Surrey, UK, 7th ' 9th July 2003, pp. 89 - 92.

N.Young and A.N. Evans, 'Image Noise Reduction using Attribute Morphology Filters', in Proceedings IEEE EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing, Grado, Italy, June 2003.

N.Young and A.N. Evans, 'Psycho-visually tuned area-morphology tools for improved image compression', in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology (ISMM), Manly, Sydney, Australia, pp. 185-195, April 2002.

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EDUCATION

Newbury College
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Post-Compulsory Education) in Teacher Training

2005 - 2006
Newbury, Berkshire

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Newbury College
City & Guilds 7407 Stage II in Teacher Training

2005 - 2005
Newbury, Berkshire

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Newbury College
City & Guilds 7407 Stage I in Teacher Training

2004 - 2004
Newbury, Berkshire

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University of Bath
PhD in Electronic and Communications Engineering

1999 - 2003
Claverton Down, Bath

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University of Bath
Master of Engineering in Electronic and Communications Engineering

1995 - 1999
Claverton Down, Bath

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Newbury College
National Diploma in Electronic and Communications Engineering

1993 - 1995
Newbury, Berkshire

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SKILLS

I have been using computers since the early 1980s and am familiar with most of the modern systems. I am a fast and enthusiastic learner. My main experience has been with Microsoft Windows and RedHat Linux (including Fedora). I can use most Windows applications including Microsoft Office and AutoCAD. In addition I have been programming since the early 1980s. The languages that I currently use include C++ (including MFC), C, JavaScript, HTML (including CSS and XHTML), Matlab, PHP, MySQL and have used numerous other languages including Fortran, Pascal, Basic, Assembly (8085, Z80, PIC, 68000, x86, mmx), Perl (including CGI and XML), etc. I am familiar with all the PC hardware and have built and repaired numerous PCs including setting up and configuring networks, both hardware and software sides, which have included wired and wireless, Windows Server 2000 and 2003 and Linux Servers.nnI was the system administrator and webmaster for the Signal and Image Processing Group?s (SIPG) three servers (the web-server, intranet server and file-store), at the University of Bath, from Summer 2000 until December 2002. Currently I am the Webmaster of several sites including www.NickBits.co.uk and www.ThatchamHistoricalSociety.org.uk. nnI am a competent electronic engineer with the majority of my training and experience being with communications and digital technology. In addition I am also a keen historian and am a member of the Thatcham Historical Society of which I am on the committee, run the website and produce and edit the newsletter. I am also a keen nature (wildlife and landscape) photographer.

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (MIEE).
Member of Institute for Learning

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