Curriculum Vitae of Catherine Erica Pitt

PERSONAL DETAILS

    Date of Birth: 7/6/75
    Status: Married
    Nationality: British
		
    Email: cneal@chiark.greenend.org.uk

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating Systems

    NT Server 4.0

    NT Workstation 4.0, Windows 95/98/ME, Windows 2000 Pro

    Debian GNU/Linux 2.x. I also have some experience of RedHat, Mandrake, and
    SuSE.

    Various other Unixes including Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, FreeBSD 4.0, IRIX
    5.2

    Netware 5 with ZENworks 1.1 and 2
		
    I have also supported users of Win 3.1, DOS, various MacOSes and BeOS
		
Software

    Web servers: Apache 1.3.x; Novell Webserver 4.0
    
    Application serving: ZENworks 1.1 and 2 for Netware, including
    snapshotting and installing MS Office 97 and a wide variety of other
    software packages

    Databases: Sybase SQL Anywhere, MS SQL Server

    Mercury/Pegasus Mail transport system for Netware

    I am familiar with most common office software, have a good knowledge of
    TeX and can write correct HTML

Programming Languages

    CGI programming with perl.  Over the last summer I wrote an automated
    system for my current employer using perl CGI to simplify and speed up the
    room connection process for students at the college as well as other CGI
    applications for the internal website.

    General scripting in sh, csh, sed, awk and perl. 

    I used FORTRAN 77 during my PhD project and I am learning C. 

Hardware
		
    I am familiar with PC hardware and have constructed PCs out of components
    Network hardware- installing and configuring a variety of hubs and
    switches, dealing with structured cabling for phones and ethernet.
    I have recently been involved in specifying and purchasing Compaq
    servers.

EMPLOYMENT

Computer Officer at Pembroke College Cambridge

    I maintain the College's servers for students and staff. These
    include Linux machines providing web serving, routing, and network
    monitoring, Netware 5 machines providing file, application, mail, and print
    services to all members of college and various database servers on Windows
    NT server. 

    I was closely involved in a recent project to redesign the College website,
    installing and configuring a new server running Apache on Linux; giving
    technical advice to the web design committee; and writing CGI applications
    for the new site.

    Another major project has been improving the security of the College's
    network by implementing network monitoring, configuring network hardware
    and setting up a private port-blocking router.

    The recent NT workstation rollout in Pembroke involved my creating standard
    'builds' of Windows NT which were then replicated to nearly 100
    workstations for students and staff.

    I also provide training and day-to-day support to users of a very wide
    range of ability levels, and organise connecting students' own machines to
    the college network.

EDUCATION

1996-1999

    PhD in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Cambridge
    University, Phase Transformations and Complex Properties Group
    Thesis title: "Wear and Microstructure Relationships in Carbide-Free
    Bainitic Rail Steel". PhD awarded September 2000.
    Supervisor: Prof. H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia FRS

    My PhD involved neural network modelling on computers, electron and light
    microscopy, and thermo-mechanical simulation.

    I wrote a large amount of IT documentation for my research group, assisted
    with managing the group's Solaris file/computation servers, and maintained
    a Linux file server.

1993-1996
    
    King's College, Cambridge University; BA Honours in Materials Science and
    Metallurgy

    Part II- First,  Armourers and Braziers Prize for Materials Science,
	     Richardson Prize from King's for Most Deserving Undergraduate,
	     Scholarship from King's 
	     
    Part IB- Upper second, sponsorship from British Steel Technical 

    Part IA- First, Scholarship from King's

1991-1993

    Derby Tertiary College Mackworth; A levels in Physics, Chemistry, Pure
    Maths, Statistics and Mechanics, all at grade 'A'

1991

    Littleover Community School: 9 GCSEs, 8 at grade 'A', including French.
		
INTERESTS

Teaching
    
    Since finishing my PhD I have continued to supervise undergraduates. This
    year I taught 1A Maths for Natural Science for Christ's College which
    involved relearning the material, setting and marking work and going over
    difficult concepts with students in weekly supervisions.

Role-Playing

    I am an active member of Cambridge University Roleplaying Society and have
    served on the committee as President. I am currently running a weekly
    campaign.