High Performance Python by Ian Ozsvald, EuroPython 2011

About Rants inside

James is from Kiwi land (New Zealand). He received his Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honors, Summa Cum Laude, in April 2010 from Massey University, Auckland.

He has worked as a consultant/contractor for a number of firms, including camera driven touch screen company NextWindow, ISP Web Drive, and New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development’s contracting firm FMIT (specializing in various online registries).

He is well versed in in Python (Plone), PHP, Javascript (jQuery), Java, MySQL, knowledgeable in C/C++, and a little green in anything .NET

He is currently pursuing a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His research interests are machine learning, data classification and wireless health

Outside of professional interests, he has strong interest in Animes, games, and various fantasy books. His favorite authors are Elizabeth Moon and David Eddings etc (in that order).

For more details, please visit his portfolio website