Roko Mijic
Mathematics and Physics graduate from Cambridge University.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | C/C++, HTML / CSS, Languages and Platforms, Web Development |
| Groups: | SIE @ Edinburgh |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of Cambridge |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | California Institute of Technology |
| Position: | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship scheme (SURF) |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2006 |
| Description: | • Research project: “Defining and investigating complexity in digital evolution”, supervised by Professor Christoph Adami. Aimed to understand how evolving organisms adapt better to their environment over time. The organisms under investigation were the completely digital creatures of the evolution simulator program “Avida”. Project involved detailed application of mathematical knowledge, specifically Shannon information theory, programming in C++, and experimental runs on a high-performance computing cluster. |
| Employer: | Oxford Instruments Superconductivity sponsorship scheme |
| Position: | Trainee cryogenic engineer |
| Time period: | December 2001 - November 2005 |
| Description: | • Gave a presentation on knowledge management within the company in 2005, noted that some of the work done on various projects was partially a replication of earlier work, finding this out was difficult due to fragmented nature of company documents. Submitted a suggestion that the company purchase off-the-shelf hardware and software from Google to internally index and search the mass of data (hundreds of gigabytes) of company documents.
• Learned about cryogenic systems, completed conceptual/design work on projects including a heat exchanger and a gas handling manifold, a sensitive vibration characterization experiment on a cryogen free ultra-low temperature system. Submitted several official company reports on work completed and gave annual presentations to an assessment panel. |
| Employer: | Qinetiq, Malvern |
| Position: | Engineering Education scheme |
| Time period: | December 2000 - November 2001 |
| Description: | • Designed and built an intelligent infra-red beam occlusion rain gauge at Qinetiq, Malvern as part of the Engineering Education Scheme. Completed project exhibited at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Cambridge |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2006 |
| Degree: | Mathematics and Physics , BA |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | • Water polo – captained college team, played for university 2004
• Captained Malvern College full-bore rifle team 2002 • Won the Spencer-Mellish trophy for best cadet rifle shot in the UK 2002 • Corporal in the RAF Combined Cadet Force, 1998-2001 |
| Hobbies: | • Science fiction: Arthur C Clarke, Ian M Banks, Vernor Vinge.
• Factual reading in a wide variety of subjects such as evolutionary psychology, philosophy e.g. The Origins of Virtue by Matt Ridley, Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit |
| Memberships: | • Founded the Cambridge University Ethics of Emerging Technology society in January 2008 to act as a meeting point for students interested in these issues, the focus being on rational debate about the benefits and detriments of advanced technologies.
• Treasurer of CU Philosophy of Mathematics society 2004-2005 |
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www.WeeIT.co.uk
developing solutions, using the internet; Web/Consulting/Training/Evaluation/Analysis
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Hubdub / Fanduel
Hubdub - News prediction market. Fanduel - Daily draft fantasy football and baseball. Draft players from today’s games, pick your opponent and win by scoring the most fantasy points. Free and paid-entry games
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Mobile Acuity Ltd.
Mobile Acuity is a technology company enabling Mobile Visual Search applications for retailers and interactive campaigns using Visual Interactivity for brands and agencies.
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Jessica Williamson
After trading California for Scotland, I recently completed my MSc at University of Edinburgh. I'm now very happily working on a product launch, and am also still attached to uni groups iCUE and E-Club.