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| by Sam Varghese | |
| Friday, 08 February 2008 | |
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I decided to go back to university and start a Ph.D on fruit fly genetics. How have you supported yourself through this? I was funded by the Medical Research Council. When I was working I was being funded by a grant from the people supporting the application. Now that you've finished your Ph.D what do you plan to do? I'm looking for work and I'm planning to go to the San Fransisco area. I haven't yet decided whom I would like to work with. What would you like to be doing? I'm looking at Linux power management work. Have you thought of any likely employers Companies that use large numbers of computers would obviously be interested - companies like Google, because of the power consumption. This kind of work takes on added importance becase of the emphasis on environmental issues - stuff like global warming, isn't it? Yes, there are both environmental and economic implications, so I think power management is a very interesting field. It appeals to people for multiple reasons. Users want their batteries to last longer. Companies want to reduce their power bills for air conditioners and so on. And most people would prefer the world not to sink. You wouldn't reconsider rejoining the Debian project again? Are you on their MIA list or what? I've been lax about this. I've been meaning to look at my Debian packages and hand them over but I just haven't had the time as I've been busy finishing my Ph.D and looking for work. What were the things you did for Canonical when you took up contracts with them? I mostly worked on the integration of hardware support for mobile devices. Particularly on things to do with the Ubuntu mobile project, which aims to produce a Linux distribution that is optimised for the new Intel Menlow platform that will be coming out shortly, based on the Silverthorne processor, which are going to be similar devices to the Nokia internet tablet but with significantly enhanced performance. |
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