Guillaume DARGAUD
Software Engineer — System Administrator
2 rue Pasteur — 05100 Briançon — France
Cell: +39 (0)338 59 56 490
Day ph: +33 4 92 21 98 83 — Fax: +33 3 84 48 82 16
e-mail:
jobs@gdargaud.net
Born 11th July, 1969
French nationality — Trilingual — Married
Graduated in Electrical Engineering from Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité.
Education
1989-'92
Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité (ESE; engineering school of electricity, electronics, signal theory, computer science...).
Major in Computer Science.
1987-'89
Pre-engineering school in Lyon; Baccalauréat C (math) in Lyon.
Expertise
System administration
Microsoft Windows & DOS (all versions), Unix (Linux, SGI/IRIX, OpenMosix),
Apple MacIntosh OS-X, Digital Vax VMS (a long time ago)...
Programming
C/C++, LabWindows/CVI expert, Webmaster tools (HTML, Perl, cgi-script, DHTML
data binding, PHP, Apache, IIS), Scientific computing (Matlab, Fortran, IDL,
Pascal, Mathematica, OpenMosix), technical writing (WinHelp, HtmlHelp, PostScript). Use of CVS/SVN collaborative tools.
Use of CgiC, GD, zlib, libpng, ligjpg, hdf, MFC, STL and many more libraries.
Assemblers
Texas Instrument TMS320cxx DSP, Intel 80x86, 6502.
Misc
Technical knowledge of GPS protocol, frame-grabbers, some satellite communication systems, real-time and
multithreaded systems, multiprocessor machines, remote sensing (radars, lidars and sodars), digital signal processing,
hardware level debugging (logic analyzers and oscilloscopes), GUI development...
Work Experience
CNRS
Research engineer at LPSC/IN2P3/CNRS (France) data
acquisition and embedded software work on Planck satellite,
CERN Alice experiment, Genepi nuclear reactor, nEDM
neutron detector; since January 2007.
Freelance
Freelance software development for
June to November 2004.
Briansoft (France);
Colorado
Satellite radar data analysis, climate models software
development, IRIX/Linux system administrator (intermediate
level) and cluster consultant at CSU(*); November 2000 to
August 2003.
Italy
Contractor at CNR-IFA. Writing of data analysis software for a
Sodar; June to December 94. Design and development of an
acquisition system for a weather radar on a TMS320C30 DSP
, devising of a radar simulator under LabWindows/CVI on ATMIO 16E2, improvement of Sodar software; January to
December '96.
Development of data acquisition programs for PCL cards for
Sodar application; March '98 to November 2000.
Development of misc applications for hardware acquisition
and data analysis for radar, Global Positioning System (GPS)
and frame-grabbers; '99 (second job).
Brief formation given at the UNIVERSITY OF LECCE, February
2004.
(*)
AWS: Automatic Weather Station
DSP: Digital Signal Processing
GPS: Global Positioning System
SODAR: SOund Detection And Ranging
CNR-IFA: Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerche — Istituto di Fisica
dell'Atmosfera — Italy
CNR-ISAC: Istituto di Scienza dell'Atmosfera — Italy
CNRM/UDC: Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques —
Unité Dynamique du Climat — Toulouse
CNRS: Centre National de Recherches Scientifique — France
CSU: Colorado State University — USA
ENEA: Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, Energie e l'Ambiante —
Italy
GI-UAF: Geophysical Institute — University of Alaska
Fairbanks — USA
IFRTP: Institut Français de la Recherche et Technologie Polaire
— France
IN2P3: Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique
des Particules — France
LPSC: Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et Cosmologie —
France
NASA-GSFC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration —
Goddard Space Flight Center — USA
PNRA: Progetto Nazionale di Ricerca en Antartide — Italy
Note: I have been involved in joint projects between CNR/IFA,
CNRM/UDC, PNRA and IFRTP.
Publications
Alaska
Contractor at the GI-UAF developing a data
analysis tool for AWS data in C++ and
Mathematica. March to September '95.
Antarctica
National customary service. 13 months of
winter-over at the French base of Dumont
d'Urville for IFRTP. Set-up and maintenance of
two new experiments: a Sodar for CNR-IFA and
a satellite reception system for CNRM/UDC for
acquisition of AWS data. Writing of all AWS
acquisition software. December '92 to February
'94.
Expedition to Dome C (high Antarctic plateau) to
set up a Sodar and a radiation flux
measurement system. Contractor for IFRTP;
January & February '97.
Expedition to Dumont d'Urville to set up a
weather radar for CNR/IFA and CNRM/UDC;
January & February '98.
Expedition to Dome C to set up a Sodar, a lidar
and turbulence measurements for CNR/IFA;
December '99 to February '00.
First ever winter-over at Concordia station, in
charge of 8 scientific experiments; December
'04 to december '05.
NASA
Programmer on Vax, Mac and PC in Fortran and
PostScript at NASA-GSFC doing satellite data
analysis; Summer '92, '91 and '90, August '89
and July '88.
Translations
Several technical translations into English as a
subcontractor: manager of the translation of a
SYSECA program (June '91), correction of the
Skipper SQL manual for BUSINESS OBJECT
(December '90), translation of an expert system
documentation for GSI-TECSI (December '89).
Pettré, S. Argentini, G. Dargaud: 1993, "Rapport de fin de campagne —
programme catabatisme et climat". Report for IFRTP.
Argentini, G. Dargaud, P. Pettré: 1993, " A
triaxial Doppler SODAR
at Dumont d'Urville: some preliminary results".
Report for IFRTP.
Argentini, G. Mastrantonio, A. Viola, P. Pettré, G. Dargaud: 1994, "One
year
measurements at Dumont d'Urville, Antarctica:
Sodar Performances". Proceedings on 7th international symposium
on acoustic remote sensing and associated techniques of the atmosphere and
oceans, Boulder, Colorado, 3-7 October 1994, 10-1 — 10-6.
Dargaud: 1995, "Documentation of three software programs for a quick overview
and analysis of Sodar data". IFA — R.I. 95-3. April 95.
Argentini, G. Mastrantonio, A. Viola, P. Pettré, G. Dargaud: 1996, "Sodar
performances and preliminary results after one
year measurements at Adélie Coast Land, east
Antarctica". Boundary layer meteorology 81: 75-103, 1996.
Wendler, Ch. Stearns, G. Weidner, G. Dargaud, Th. Parish: 1997, "On the
extraordinary winds of Adelie Land". Journal of geophysical
research, vol. 102, no. D4, p 4463-4474, 27/2/1997.
Argentini, G. Dargaud: 1997, "A
few results from Dome C
1997 pre-campaign". Rapporto sulla Campagna Antartica Estate
Australe 1996-1997, Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide, ANT 97/02.
C — Study of
secondary meridian circulation of high Antarctic
plateau subsidence". Rapporto sulla Campagna Antartica Estate
Pettré, J-P Candusso, G. Dargaud: 1998, "Dome
Australe 1997-1998, ANT 98/02.
R. Pirazzini, T. Georgiadis, V. Levizzani, M. Nardino, A. Orsini, R. Sozzi, S.
Argentini e G. Dargaud: 1998, "Studio del bilancio di radiazione a Dome
Concordia". LXXXIV Congresso Naz. SIF, 28 settembre - 2 ottobre, Salerno.
M. Nardino, T. Georgiadis, V. Levizzani, A. Orsini, R. Pirazzini, R. Sozzi, S.
Argentini e G. Dargaud: 1998, "Parametrizzazioni della turbolenza locale a Dome
Concordia". LXXXIV Congresso Naz. SIF, 28 settembre - 2 ottobre, Salerno.
Misc.
T. Georgiadis, S. Argentini, G. Mastrantonio, G. Dargaud, A. Viola, R. Sozzi, M.
Study of an industrial high-precision supervisory
Nardino, R. Pirazzini: 1999, "Boundary layer measurements at the plateau station
system for KODAK; April to June '92. Building of
of Dome Concordia, Antarctica". Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.
a scanning tunneling microscope as a university
C. Buontempo, G. Dargaud, S. Argentini, A. Conidi, G. Mastrantonio, R. Serraval,
project; Spring '91. Writing of a sales
A. Viola: 2000, "Boundary layer data collected during MAP SOP period". IFA R.I.
management program for SHELL-OIL; Spring '90.
2000-2, March 2000.
High-risk technical job for ELF-FRANCE (gasoline
and gas train transfers); August '88.
Georgiadis T., S. Argentini , G. Mastrantonio, A. Viola, G. Dargaud, R. Sozzi,
2002; Boundary Layer convective-like activity at Dome Concordia, Antarctica. "Il
Nuovo Cimento" vol. 25 C, N.4 pag. 425-431.
Contini D., Grasso F.M., G. Dargaud, G. Mastrantonio, A. Viola, U. Bonafé, 2006:
A Modular PC-Based Multi-tone Sodar System. Proceedings of the 13th
International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary Layer Remote
Photography
French, English & Italian
Sensing, Garmish-Partenkirchen,Germany, 18-20 July 2006, pp 66-68.
Pictures for magazines (National Geographics,
Fluently spoken, read and written. Excellent
Tomasi, Claudio; Petkov, Boyan; Benedetti, Elena; Vitale, Vito; Pellegrini, Andrea;
communication skills in all three languages.
Geo...),
public slide
shows,
edition
of Fossat,
royaltyDargaud, Guillaume;
De Silvestri,
Lorenzo;
Grigioni,
Paolo;
Eric; Roth,
William L.; Valenziano,
Luca,
10/2006:
“Characterization
of
the
Spanish
free
CDs
of images, collaborator of atmospheric
two stock
temperature and moisture conditions above Dome C (Antarctica) during austral
Basic knowledge.
agencies.
summer and fall photo
months”,
Journal of Geophysical Research.
Stays in Antarctica (3 years), Australia, Ecuador, England,
Writing freeware
Italy (6 years), New-Zealand (4 months), Peru, Spain andG. Dargaud: 1997, "Le grand caillou". Vertical. May 1999.
Sports Running, biking, rock & ice & mountain climbing,
United States (5 years). Occasional contributor to English
skiing. Organized several first ascents and
and French language magazines.
Languages
mountain climbing expeditions.
Interests
Up to date resume at
Summited the world's fifth highest mountain without
Sherpa or oxygen.
http://www.gdargaud.net/CV_En.html