Personal Details:

Name:

Tomasz
Surname:

Zaniewski
ID Number:

7806135278086
Address:

11 Ayliff Street, Grahamstown, South Africa
Home Language:

Polish
Place of Birth:

Wroclaw, Poland
Citizenship: South African
Languages:

English: read, speak and write Polish: read, speak and write Afrikaans: read speak and write
Contact:

g00z3743@campus.ru.ac.za ,hoodunnit007@hotmail.com

Cell: 072 458 4567

 

Education:
School Attended:

Welkom High School (1992 - 1996)
Highest Standard passed:

Matric (With full exemption)
Subjects Passed:

Physical Science (HG) Computer Science (HG) Technical Drawing (HG) Geography (HG) Mathematics (HG) English (HG) Afrikaans (HG)

Awards and Achievements:

Book Prizes for being in the top 10 students in standard: Standard 6 to 10

Book Prizes for distinctions in Computer Science: Standard 8, Mathematics : Standard 6 - 9 and Geography Standard 6 - 10

Selected to attend the Nautilius Maths camp for enrichment training in mathematics in standard 6 - 10

Selected to attend the Enrichment Center in Bloemfontein in standards 7 - 10

Qualified for second round of Old Mutual mathematics olympiad in standard 10

 

Tertiary Education:
University of Pretoria
Degree Obtained:

BSc Computer Science specializing in Information Technology
Period of Study:

1997 - 1999
Subjects Passed:

Please contact me for a detailed list of subjects passed and distinctions obtained
Leadership roles:

I was the leader of our third year project team for which we got a distinction.
Rhodes University
Degree Obtained:

BSc Honours with distinction in Computer Science
Period of Study:

2000
Subjects Passed:

Java Programming, Computer Networks, Web Multimedia, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfacing, 1394 and Home Connectivity

Area of Research:

Computer Graphics:Investigation into the use of texture mapping techniques to mimic lightning and shadows in real time computer graphics.
Responsibilities:

Tutoring a group of first year computer science students.
Rhodes Universtiy
Degree being studied:

MSc Computer Science
Period of study:

2001 - present
Title of thesis:

An Investigation into the Applicability of using L-Systems to Generate Virtual Environments
Responsibilities:

Tutoring a group of second year computer science students

 

Awards:
Masters Scholarship

Obtained for achieving good results in Honours year (2000)
NRF bursary

National Research Fund bursary
Academic Colors

Honours

 

Employment:
Employer:

Freegold Property Services
Duration of employment:

1997 Holidays
Position Held:

Vocational Student
Nature of work:

I was responsible for finding people who have outstanding debts on their home loans and making sure that these cases are brought under attention of people responsible for dealing with such circumstances.
 
Employer:

Technical Development Services - Anglogold
Duration of employment:

All holidays from 1998 - 1999
Position held:

Vocational Student
Nature of work:

I was responsible for designing and implementing two fairly large databases: one for keeping track of the equipment used in the workshops and the other for keeping track of documentation.The skeleton of each database was developed in Microsoft Access then refinements were made using Visual Basic.

 

Programming Experience:
Language
5(know well)
4
3
2
1(heard of)
C\C++
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Java
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JavaScript  
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Visual Basic
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Delphi\Pascal
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Assembler
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HTML
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SQL
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XML
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ASP  

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Win32 Programming  

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MFC  

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Hobbies and interests
Computer Programming

I enjoy programming in my spare time, especially if it involves learning to use cutting edge computer technology. Here is an example of a Java , JavaScript applet I wrote.
Computer Art and Web design

I enjoy creating computer art using software like 3D studio MAX, and paint shop pro. I also enjoy creating and designing web sites as this one hopefully shows.
Gym

I have been a gym member since standard 9.
Music

Don't we all have this as a hobbby.
Socializing

There is nothing like a wild Friday night after a weeks work.