Maarten van Gompel

Current

• Scientific Programmer (Language Technology) at Universiteit van Tilburg

Past

• Webmaster, webdesigner in Language Teaching for E-Learning project (LT4el) at Utrecht University at Universiteit Utrecht
• Developer in Linguistics Online (LiOn) project at Universiteit Utrecht
• Webdesigner project Taal- en Spraaktechnologie op School at Stichting Studio Taalwetenschap

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Education

• Universiteit van Tilburg
• Universiteit Utrecht
• Heerbeeck College, Best

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Language Technology Website
• My personal homepage
• UniLang Language Community

Maarten van Gompel’s Summary

I am interested mainly in webdesign and open-source programming in the field of e-Learning, Computational Linguistics, and Computer Aided Language Language Learning, fields in which I have a certain experience already.

Moreover, I am a linux user and administrator, capable of server administration for a wide variety of services. I am also a fond supporter of open-source technology.

I am co-founder and main developer of the UniLang Language Community ( http://dev.unilang.org ), a non-profit language community founded in 2000, and now a prominent presence on the internet with many members, visitors and resources. Our aim is to unite people with an interest in language and in such a way facilitate language learning. Services available are a wealth of free language resources, and a popular forum and chat. The resources are developed in a community effort by our members themselves, and licensed under an open license

Maarten van Gompel’s Specialties:

Webdesign and Programming PHP, xhtml, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, MySQL. Also Python, Java, graphic design, and to a lesser extent C/C++
Unix-based System and Network Administration: web services (apache2, php), mail services (postfix, exim, cyrus, dovecot), file services (NFS, samba), databases (mysql), gebruikersbeheer, versioning systemen (svn, cvs). Small-scale)Linux-based network administration (firewalls, dns, dhcp, NAT routing).

Maarten van Gompel’s Experience

• Scientific Programmer (Language Technology)

  Universiteit van Tilburg

  (Educational Institution; Computer Software industry)

  September 2009 — Present (4 months)

  I'm working at the University of Tilburg, in the DutchSemCor project.

• Webmaster, webdesigner in Language Teaching for E-Learning project (LT4el) at Utrecht University

  Universiteit Utrecht

  (E-Learning industry)

  September 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 10 months)

  The LT4eL project uses multilingual language technology tools and semantic web techniques for improving the retrieval of learning material. The developed technology will facilitate personalized access to knowledge within learning management systems and support decentralisation and co-operation in content management. Multiple European universities take part in this project, which is supported by the European Community under
  the Information Society and Media Directorate, Learning and Cultural Heritage Unit.
  
  I was the webmaster of the project website (http://www.lt4el.eu), which I also completely redesigned. In addition I performed further technical management support.

• Developer in Linguistics Online (LiOn) project

  Universiteit Utrecht

  (E-Learning industry)

  August 2006 — October 2006 (3 months)

  Aim of this project is to start the creation of an exercise component for an e-book for beginning linguistics students.
  
  I was the programmer of this project

• Webdesigner project Taal- en Spraaktechnologie op School

  Stichting Studio Taalwetenschap

  (E-Learning industry)

  December 2005 — February 2006 (3 months)

  (Dutch:)
  Werkzaam als web-ontwikkelaar bij het project Taal en Spraaktechnologie op school. Het betrof hier een marktonderzoek in opdracht van de Nederlandse Taalunie waarvoor een website met enquête-systeem ontwikkeld moest worden.

Maarten van Gompel’s Education

• Universiteit van Tilburg

  Master , Human Aspects of Information Technology / Computational Linguistics , 2008 — 2009

  Graduated cum laude on Phrase-based Memory-based Machine Translation

• Universiteit Utrecht

  Bachelor , Cognitieve Kunstmatige Intelligentie (CKI) / Cognitive Artificial Intelligence , 2002 — 2008

  Including a one-year Arabic-course as extra

• Heerbeeck College, Best

  High-school , Natuur en Gezondheid, Natuur en Techniek, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology , 1995 — 2002

  Whilst attending this school, I saw the need to develop a software system for lesson planning, out of discontent with the old-fashioned paper-based system in existence at the time. I developed and sold, and maintained a system called "EasyPlanner".
  
  Later, I was also asked to build another software system for grading in the "Programma van Toetsing en Afsluiting (PTA)""

Additional Information

Maarten van Gompel’s Websites:

• My Language Technology Website
• My personal homepage
• UniLang Language Community

Maarten van Gompel’s Interests:

Languages, English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, Linux, Webdesign, php, xhtml, css, javascript, python, java, Philosophy, Buddhism, Psychology, Physics

Maarten van Gompel’s Groups:

UniLang Language Community

•    Universiteit Utrecht
•    Tilburg University
•    Natural Language Processing
•    Natural Language Processing People

Maarten van Gompel’s Honors:

(UniLang) Finalist in Stockholm Challenge 2003/2004
(UniLang) Reviewed in the television show ClickOnline on BBC World

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