About
I am a geek, from New Zealand - but now living in Sydney, Australia. I have interests primarily in computer science, mainly with distributed computing and large systems. In 2008, I completed an honours project on Parasitic Computing using JavaScript and web browsers. In 2009, I completed some research on distributing machine learning algorithms across a cluster using MapReduce/Hadoop. In 2009, I graduated with a Bachelor in Computing and Mathematical science from Waikato University.
I work for The Nile as the senior systems engineer. The Nile is an eCommerce store with offices/warehouses in Australia and New Zealand . There I get to create large systems, processing millions of datums per hour. I have designed and implemented a range of systems: EDI, Stock Management, Warehouse Management System, Product/Biblio Data Import/Control system, full eCommerce site.
Other interests include: coffee, psychology, machine learning, and music.
You can stalk me at these places around the internet: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. You can email me, if you are not a robot: nick at nickjenkin dot com