Rien Maertens

A computer scientist with a creative mindset. Enjoys solving complex challenges with simple solutions. Has a nose for security and an appetite for performance. Works towards a better world for everyone.

Contact

• Ghent, Belgium
• github.com/rien
• rien.maertens@posteo.be
• linkedin.com/in/rienmaertens

Experience

• Full stack developer for Dodona, a Ruby on Rails application to teach programming. Currently researching code similarity detection.

• Cybersecurity enthousiast. Winner of the Cyber Security Challenge Belgium 2019 and part of the national team in the European Cyber Security Challenge 2018 (London).

• Researcher for my masters dissertation on Unipept. Optimizing the metagenomics analysis pipeline written in Rust.

• Software developer as an intern at Comsof, a fiber network design company. Optimized the Java software responsible for optimal pole pacement.

• Teaching assistant as a student job.
  • 2018 Java course for first-year students.
  • 2017 Python course for first-year students.
• Systems administrator and board member of the student hacker space Zeus WPI, with a passion for open source software.

Technologies

Programming:
Ruby, Java, Python, C, C++, Rust, Javascript, Haskell, Typescript

Frameworks:
Ruby on Rails, Java Spring, Flask, Rocket, TensorFlow

Software:
Unix, Git, MySQL, LaTeX, Ansible, NGINX, Postfix

Education

• Computer Science at Ghent University
  • MSc. 2017 - 2019 (cum laude)
  • BSc. 2014 - 2017 (cum laude)

Hobbies

• Discovering and learning new technologies.
• Solving puzzles, CTF's and programming competitions.
• Tinkering with Unix systems: servers, laptops …
• Performing theatre and improv comedy.