Phillip Musumeci
BE MEngSc (Electrical Engineering, JCU)
PhD (Systems Engineering, ANU)
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This is my personal web site which, though unplanned, does seem to contain
material of interest/use to others (judging by download logs).
I also have a JCU web
site.
I currently live in Cairns and during 2008, I have taken time off work. I
enjoy yoga, cycling, gym training ... and am also happy to discuss coffee
in Australia, Ritter chocolate in Germany, Chocolate Fondants in France,
and just how great Karajan really is. My technical expertise currently
focusses on computer systems engineering and digital signal processing (see
the R&D and Teaching web pages), with a history of embedded systems
applications and tools development. Recent work has also involved
university education, ad-hoc networks and automated design systems.
Currently on the lookout for new work opportunities. CV available on
request.
- Startup 2006/2007
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Covered by a non-disclosure agreement.
- Startup 1997-2001
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2nd printer development startup: overview
(and patent link), team, timeline.
Darrell Williamson (PhD supervisor) and Bob Bitmead (MEngSc
supervisor).
Other people who showed me how to lecture, teach,
and/or figure things out: Don Close (JCU Mechanical Engineering);
Marsh and Hunter (JCU Maths); Bob Bitmead (ANU Systems Engineering);
Marian Simms (ANU Political Science); Bev Frangos (JCU SIT).
- Beethoven
- Year 2008 is Karajan's 100th birthday - Deutsche
Grammophon, Deutsche
Grammophon & Beethoven
- Facts and fiction: Beethoven (has
overview of significant 20th century recordings and, of course, midi
scores), Klang der
Stille/Copying Beethoven (movie), BBC The Genius of
Beethoven (youtube)
- Greenwich Trio (google search links, youtube search links)
- General
Info (wikipedia description),
The Greenwich
Trio in Studio - documentary on youtube, part 1, which leads on to
parts 2,3 and 4 (each part is approx. 10 minutes).
- Interesting links
- Cora,
kd
- Book Shops
- Melbourne RMIT and Readings; Sydney Abbey's and Abe Books; UK Book Depository; USA Amazon
These organisations provide what I personally regard
as social network support.
- Smiths
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The Smith Family
charity supports many school students in its learning for life
program, whereby many 10s of thousands of children have now
received support for school (but many more still need help which is
limited by the availability of donors).
A review of the effectiveness of all Smith Family programs in 2000 saw
most efforts redirected into lifting education outcomes across
Australia. This was because their research
shows that education is the single most effective way to
rescue a child from poverty (and to break any trans-generational
poverty links). (Sydney based, office in Townsville, supporter from
1990, member from 1995)
- CAT
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The Centre for Appropriate
Technology is attempting to lift quality of life for indigenous
citizens across Australia, with novel practical programs in
distributed power generation (Bushlight) and
telecommunications, and active research in other areas. (Alice
Springs based, office in Cairns)
- ALP
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In amongst the paraphernalia that surrounds any political party, the
Australian Labor Party has a
history and on-going policy of trying to secure reasonable minimum
levels of support for those in need. In line with modern social
democratic parties that occupy the centre, it also promotes
(effective) market places as one way to achieve better outcomes.
- Computing
- FreeBSD UNIX OS
- Collection of home made 1 MIP
systems (so much energy in, so little compute power out)
- HP calculator history: HP
Museum, Reverse-engineering
the HP-35, High-Fidelity
Calculator Simulator using original non-copyright microcode (hp45 applet)
- Clocks
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Time keeping. See also
epoch time.
- Bicycles
- Current: Orbea
Udana road cycle, Trek 7500 hybrid
(Melbourne winter)
Previous: Cannondale R600
(compressed by car, 13 July 2005)
- Humourous/Interesting
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Dilbert, Monty, Non Sequitur;
BBC: Just a minute, Letter from America by Alistair
Cooke; crikey;
Barry
Humphries and the National
Gallery;
Likely socio-economic group == intersection of ABC JJJ and ABC
RN
- Potpourri
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Fat Cat
(relaxed)
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Google Labs, Google
Awareness Layers
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IPCC WG1:
physical science basis report, San Francisco
Exploratorium (science & art perception)
- Some of my JCU students
- Ben Ingram (BIT)
- Matt Langtree (BIT, liked CP2377)
- Rebecca Morcom (BIT which included aqua culture work!)
- Damian Pignat (MIT 2007)
- Rohit Jain (MIT 2008)
