Xavier Lacot

Education

• 2004 - 2005
  Mastère IDL (Specialization in Software Engeneering) at ENST (Télécom Paris).
• 2003 - 2004
  1 year of study in the University of Ulm (Germany), as part of the european exchange-program ERASMUS. more

  Main classes: Web Engineering [de], Secure Systems Architecture [en], Usability Engineering [de].

• 2001 - 2004
  Three-year Ingenieur Cycle at ENSSAT, Lannion. Major: Software and Computer Systems. more

  ENSSAT is a highly-selective "Grande Ecole" which admits candidates holding an Undergraduate degree and trains them in applied science and technology. Equivalent to a US Master's Degree in engineering. The major LSI emphazises the developement of autonomy through projects lead alone or in group. For instance : POP planification in Prolog, a command-line VoiceXML interpreter/client, a real-time VxWorks system, a timer-enabled kernel for an embedded M68K processor.

• 1999 - 2001
  Two-year "Grande École" preparatory cycle (a rigorous specific undergraduate programme in formal science). Lycée Michel Montaigne, Bordeaux.
• 1999
  Baccalauréat Scientifique, Mention AB (A levels in Mathematics and Science). Lycée Jay de Beaufort, Périgueux.

Professionnal Experiences

• since December 2005
  Clever Age, Paris. more

  Profile: technical consultant, developer, technical project leader, trainer. Technologies: mostly the LAMP software ecosystem.

• May 2005 - November 2005
  Internship, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Poissy (France). more

  XHTML/CSS Web standards switch of the "Configurator", an online tool that allows PSA clients to configure their vehicle on the different websites of the group. Conception, developement and responsability of the Configurator of Citroën. Technologies: XHTML/CSS/Javascript, ASP.Net, C#, IIS

• October 2003 - July 2004
  Internship, DaimlerChrysler Research Center, Ulm (Germany). more

  I took part to the developement and the tests of a car-embedded vocal Dialog system. Developement of the CAN-bus interface and of cognitive workload assessment software. Technologies: Windows, C++, Prolog, bus CAN

• July 2002
  Summer job, Regional Concil of Dordogne (France), Computer department. more

  Developement of a unified intranet identification system for the agents of the concil (ASP).

Computer knowledge

• Web developement
  PHP, J2EE, XHTML/CSS, Javascript/Ecmascript/AJAX more

  My favourite Web developement platform is the LAMP one, about which I often publish articles. I am keen on good developement practices, and have co-animated a session about the use of a Web Framework during the Forum PHP 2006.

• Developement
  C, C++, Java, Eiffel, Prolog, Ada, Smalltalk
• Servers
  Administration of Linux/Debian servers (Bind, Apache2, MySQL, Postfix, etc.)
• Standards
  XML, XSLT, RDF/OWL, SVG, XUL/XBL. more

  I have a great interest in the respect of Web Standards, and in all kind of developements in relation with the Semantic Web. That is the reason why I am involved in the translation of some W3C Recommandations, as well as the promotion and the implementation of these new technologies.

• Versioning and bugs
  Subversion/Trac, CVS/CVSTrac, Mantis
• Operating Systems
  GNU/Linux, Unix, Windows 95/98/2000/XP

Foreign languages

• French
  mother tongue
• German
  fluent. One year of study in Germany. more

  I passed the "Zertifikat Deutsch" of the Goethe Institut, before living in Germany. (180.5, Good).

• English
  good command (TOEIC passed in 2001: 845 points)

Last publications

• 18 juillet 2007
  XULRunner : à suivre ou à éviter ? In collaboration with Rémi Cieplicki.
• March 1st,2007
  Géolocalisez vos photographies avec PHP . PHP Solutions n°20, pp 9-17.
• December 21st, 2006
  Classer, trier et taguer pour retrouver : les enjeux documentaires du web (2.0).
• November 2nd, 2006
  Frameworks PHP : Symfony, inachevé ? In collaboration with Tristan Rivoallan and Nicolas Perriault.
• November 1st, 2006
  Trois frameworks PHP passés au crible : Cake PHP, Code Igniter et Symfony. Linux Developer's Journal n°1, pp 70-79.
• June 26, 2006
  Votre blog sous Symfony, pas à pas.
• June 12, 2006
  Le Web Sémantique en entreprise : comment et à quels niveaux ?

More about me...

• Sport
  Mountainbike, Badminton (8 years), diving, Karting, running.
• Spare time
  Photography, Cinema, Music, reading, writing.
• Personal Home Page
  http://lacot.org/ (Thoughts about new Web technologies; Photos portfolio)
• Ham radio
  Callsign: F4AUO
• Driving license