My name is Rune Rasmussen. I was born in Denmark in 1969 and I have lived in Australia since 1972. I am a post-graduate Bachelor of IT in Software Engineering with Honours. I currently working on my PhD candidature in the school of Software Engineering and Data Communications (SEDC) at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). My prior Honours dissertation was on artificial players for the game of Hex and my current thesis also concerns connection games and artificial game players.
e-mail: r.rasmussen@qut.edu.au, r.rasmussen@student.qut.edu.au, xyzrune@optusnet.com.au
I am also an electrical fitter by trade. My trade experience involves large scale high voltage electric motor rewind and coil manufacture. I have six years experience in coil manufacture at Dickson Dowding and Mills, a subsidiary of the British Dowding and Mills company .
I am very interested in mathematics and computers. I have skills in C, C++, C#, Java plus COM/.NET experience. I find the study of games and artificial intelligence provides a nice connection between mathematics and computing. Most recently, I have found the game of Hex to be something more than a passing craze. You can challenge me for a game of Hex via the Play-By-Mail-Server at URL: http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv, my user name is "runestone".
Aside from these academic pursuits, I also enjoy playing guitar. My classical guitar inspirations are Matteo Carcassi, Carulli and Abel Fleury. My modern inspirations are Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and The Eagles. I follow a strict classical style according to tutorials published by Carcassi which include modern techniques invented by Terrega. There are, but a few, great guitarist and none understand the mechanism of guitar playing better than Carcassi.
Last modified 12/12/2006