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Tristan Barnett (MSc)

Software Engineer

Tristan Barnett is software developer who enjoys exploring the latest research. He received his Master’s degree in computer science in 2012 from the University of Johannesburg. His research has been published and presented internationally.

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Background

Experience

Tristan Barnett is currently working on his PhD at the University of Johannesburg. He has worked in desktop application development, web development and technology research.

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PhD Research Associate
SAP South Africa
February 2013 – December 2016

  • Working in a team to develop an innovative mobile solution to address challenges of emerging economies
  • Currently involved in research and Java development for the Android phone
  • Concurrently working towards my PhD involving a compatible research agenda

Independent Software Engineer
April 2012 – January 2013

  • Delivered custom web applications using MVC web frameworks
  • Performed desktop application system maintenance
  • Liaised with stakeholders to promote understanding and enhance decision making

Student Assistant
University of Johannesburg – Academy of Computer Science and Software Engineering
January 2008 – December 2011 (4 Years)

  • Provided administrative assistance for postgraduate computer laboratory of over 30 machines
  • Provided academic assistance and mentorship to students of all years of informatics and computer science as well as IT Diploma. Acted as Head Assistant for several of these modules.
  • Demonstrated fair judgement in marking tests and exams


Education

He is currently working on his Ph.D. He received his master’s degree in computer science in 2012 and his BSc Hons in 2008 from the University of Johannesburg, both with Cum Laude.

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Ph.D Computer Science
University of Johannesburg
2013-2015 (Expected)

M.Sc Computer Science (Cum Laude)
University of Johannesburg
October 2012

  • Two peer-reviewed publications
  • Awarded NRF Innovation Masters Scholarship
  • Developed a cognitive learning system for cloud computing

B.Sc Hons Information Technology (Cum Laude)
University of Johannesburg
December 2008

  • Awarded NRF Freestanding Honours Scholarship
  • Honours Year Project (89%), placed in the top six honours projects for UJ Projects Day 2008
  • Distinctions include: Advanced Artificial Intelligence, IT Project Management, Computer Forensics, Artificial Intelligence

Team-based Undergraduate Final Year Project: Placed in the top six undergraduate projects for UJ Projects Day 2007. Worked in team to develop a management system that allows for the rental of business-enabling IT systems.


Research interests

Tristan Barnett‘s research interests include intelligent agents, distributed systems and cognitive modelling.

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Volunteer experience

2012 – 2016 | Judge, University of Johannesburg
Judge for research-based Honours Projects at the Academy of Computer Science and Software Engineering Projects Day, University of Johannesburg

Additional Training

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Open Courses in SAP Technologies

  • 2013 | openSAP – Introduction to Software Development on SAP HANA
  • 2013 | openSAP – Introduction to Mobile Solution Development
  • 2013 | openSAP – Introduction to SAP HANA Cloud Platform


Skills

Desktop application development
  • Software design and development (SDLC, UML)
  • Object-oriented programming
  • .NET 4.5 Framework, C#, Java, VB.NET, familiarity in C++

Web application development
  • MVC architecture (including ASP.NET MVC4, CodeIgniter, CakePHP)
  • ASP.NET, PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML
  • Graphic design experience

Distributed systems
  • Cloud computing architecture
  • Service-oriented architecture
  • Multi-agent systems

Intelligent systems
  • Intelligent agents paradigm
  • Cognitive architecture and modelling
  • Practical machine learning

Database systems
  • Relational database design
  • Database management (MS SQL, MySQL, MS Access)

Contact

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Personal interests

Location

Pretoria
South Africa

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