Martin Matusiak

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name = Marcin Lech Matusiak


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birth_date = birth date and age|1981|06|30
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residence = flagicon|Netherlands Utrecht
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field = Computer Science
Software Technology
work_institution = Utrecht University
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known_for = NTNU Grid Portal
unDVD
Spiderfetch
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religion = Atheist
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Marcin Lech Matusiak (Martin Matusiak or "Numerodix" for short, born June 30, 1981) is a computer programmer and software developer at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He is known for developing the NTNU Grid Portal, unDVD and Spiderfetch, among other initiatives.

Born in Poland, Matusiak grew up in Norway and attended the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, where he received his B Sc in Software Engineering in 2005. He briefly worked for NTNU following his graduation, after which he moved to Utrecht in the Netherlands to obtain a M Sc in Software Technology at Utrecht University. [Martin Matusiak's Resume. "Matusiak.eu". Retrieved 2008-07-28, from Matusiak.eu website: http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/cv.php]

Matusiak's 2005 NTNU Grid Portal project is still in use as the university's web-based application portal for High Performance Computing. [NTNU Grid Portal. "Sourceforge.net". Retrieved 2008-07-28, from Sourceforge.net website: http://grid-portal.sourceforge.net/gridportal/] It facilitates easier access to GRID applications through a comfortable web interface. The project was presented at national grid conferences on two occasions. [University of Oslo. "Fys.uio.no". Retrieved 2008-07-28, from Fys.uio.no website: http://www.fys.uio.no/epf/nordic-network/xi/talks/gridportal_ngn05.pdf]

Other projects such as unDVD (which aims to make DVD ripping simple) and Spiderfetch (a web spider in python) have established themselves as useful and popular programs that are now widely available under a GNU General Public License (GPL). [unDVD. "Gentoo.org". Retrieved 2008-07-28, from Gentoo.org website: http://packages.gentoo.org/package/media-video/undvd] [Spiderfetch. "CLI-Apps.org". Retrieved 2008-07-28, from CLI-Apps.org website: http://www.cli-apps.org/content/show.php/show.php?content=84905&vote=good&tan=93000848&PHPSESSID=4eac18ac4bd290f654b855ec36376f16]

Matusiak also has a number of publications to his name, not counting [http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/ his own weblog] . They include the NTNU Grid Portal's [http://grid-portal.sourceforge.net/gridportal/docs/sys01-whitepaper-tex/gridportal-white_paper.pdf white paper] and contributions to several popular computer programming related websites such as [http://hehe2.net/linuxhowto/3-reasons-why-your-system-might-be-slow/ Royal HeHe2-ness] .

ee also

*List of famous programmers

References

External links

* [http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/home.php Matusiak's homepage]
* [https://norgrid.ntnu.no/gridportal/default/WelcomePage NTNU Grid Portal homepage]