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email: fico@speech.sri.com

Federico Cesari

Personal Information

  • Nationality : Argentinian
  • Age : 27
  • Birthplace : Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
  • Marital Status : Single

Education

  • Primary Studies : Abraham Lincoln School
  • College : "Colegio Universitario Patagonico"
    Graduated in 1990 with Bachelors degree
  • University : "Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco"
    Graduated in August 1999 , Degree : Electrical Engineer
  • English Studies :  7 years in Abraham Lincoln School (English/Spanish Elementary School)
                              3 years in A.C.R.I.C.A.N.A
  • Exams Taken : First Certificate (1995)

Profesional experience

  • G.E.S. English Institute : English teacher from March 1995 to July 1996.
  • SRI International ,STAR Lab.: International Fellow since September 1999 .
    In SRI's Speech group I've been working in the ALEC Project (Afordable Language Education Consortium)
    porting phone level scoring algorithms to the recognition engine, and modifying demo applications , (among many other research tasks). Besides this I designed the following web pages : www.eduspeak.com and www.dynaspeak.com for the lab.

Programming Experience

The last two years at the university I programmed in Assembler Language ,mostly for the MC6809. In the last subject of the career ("Final Project") I used the TMS320C31 DSP , (used assembly code because the C compiler was too expensive for me at that time) . On July 1999 I started learning C, so I could say that I have 1 year experience in C.

I started learning Java on January 2000. I've been programming in Java and C since then.

Hardware Experience

I have always been very interested in hardware, the last two years at the University I made several things.

The first interesting thing I made was an interface between an MC6809 kit and an A/D0804 and D/A0808 converters along with a connection to a PC using the parallel printer port. The interface program was implemented in C.

Then I started working with switching power supplies. I made a Didactical Kit for the subject "Industrial Electronics" that implemented a series non-isolated variable power supply. Later on I implemented an isolated 220V to 5V switching power supply, using the same integrated circuits and configuration of the PCs power supplies.

I also made a DC motor drive using AC controlled rectification. This implementation was also for didactical purposes. It is currently being used along with the series switching power supply in the lab. classes of the subject "Industrial Electronics" .

My final project was on a three phase inverter and asynchronous motor control. I used a TMS320C31 DSP as a control board to control a 7-pack Powerex Intelimod Module . I used the DSP starter Kit to generate the signals to drive the power module which is a three phase power switch . I used sinusoidal PWM . This kind of control is usefull to vary the speed of alternate current motors. The Kit was conected to the PC by the parallel printer port.

Background

The university I went to is very oriented towards Control Systems and Power (Industrial) Electronics

Interests

  • Java , C , C++ , programming
  • Digital Signal Processing and DSP processors
  • Audio and Image (3D design)
  • Web design

I like challenges and I'm willing to put 100% of my energy in any interesting project.