Paul Jackson
Web Administrator
Denton, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Jackson is a seasoned Unix and Linux systems engineer with decades of kernel and utilities development experience, including authorship of the original Linux cpusets feature (a precursor to cgroups). He is an expert in C and shell scripting, with professional experience in C++ and Python, and a track record building complex systems such as multiprocess debuggers, real-time instrumentation OS components, and mixed-message multiprocessor operating systems. After long tenures at Bell Labs, Convergent Technologies, and Silicon Graphics, he now administers ProjectAvalon.net, handling security, backups, and forum stewardship while engaging on topics from economics to physics. A Georgia Tech M.S. in Computer Science and a Reed College mathematics background underpin a pragmatic, low-level systems mindset that combines deep technical rigor with ongoing community-focused operations.
11 years of coding experience
M.S., Computer Science, 3.9 out of 4.0 average, M.S., Computer Science, 3.9 out of 4.0 average at Georgia Institute of TechnologyB.A., Mathematics, 4.0 out of 5.0 average in major, B.A., Mathematics, 4.0 out of 5.0 average in major at Reed College
Github Skills (74)
portable10
sandbox10
solaris10
keepass9
linux9
tarball9
webassembly9
security9
yubikey9
freebsd9
openzfs9
password-manager9
wasi9
aot9
rust8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ThePythonicCow/rawscan
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:70 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
ThePythonicCow/riofs
Oct 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:7 pushes in 2 months
filesystemuserspaceaws-s3aws
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