Simon Perreault

Current

• Consultant at Viagénie

Past

• Engineer Intern at Matrox
• Programmer at Linux Québec Technologies
• Research Assistant at Université Laval

• Research Assistant at Université Laval

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Education

• Université Laval
• Université Laval

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Industry

Computer Networking

Websites

• My Website
• My Employer

Simon Perreault’s Summary

Computer engineering consultant with experience in systems development, computer networking, high-performance computing, image and signal processing, as well as computer vision.

Simon Perreault’s Specialties:

Low-level systems programming.

Simon Perreault’s Experience

• Consultant

  Viagénie

  (Privately Held; Computer Networking industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

  Specialization in IP networks, IPv6, and VoIP. Maintainer of the IPv6 branch of the Asterisk VoIP PBX. Co-author of the vCard 4.0 IETF draft. Wrote the Numb STUN/TURN server. Ported the FreeSWITCH open-source PBX to IPv6. Wrote three open-source implementations of DNS64 as part of the Ecdysis project. Editor of the TURN TCP IETF draft.

• Engineer Intern

  Matrox

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2005 — April 2005 (4 months)

  Helped port the Matrox Imaging Library to Linux. Worked on the low-level interactions between imaging hardware and the X Window System. Overhauled the build system.

• Programmer

  Linux Québec Technologies

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years )

  Summer job in 2001, 2002, and 2005.
  
  Developed a web administration interface for Linux servers. Original developer for many products, including an anti-spam server, an advanced firewall, a web calendar, and a fax server.

• Research Assistant

  Université Laval

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

  May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

  Developed a software framework for virtual reality simulation of urban crises such as floods, earthquakes, etc. This preliminary work eventually provided research opportunities for numerous M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.

• Research Assistant

  Université Laval

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

  May 2003 — December 2003 (8 months)

  Worked on the calibration of a 3-D hand-held geometric scanner prototype. The technology I helped develop became part of a commercial product, the Handyscan 3D (http://www.handyscan3d.com/).

Simon Perreault’s Education

• Université Laval

  M. Sc. , Electrical Engineering , 2006 — 2007

  Conducted research in the fields of image processing and 3D modeling (4.25/4.33 GPA)
  
  Discovered the fastest median filtering algorithm. Formulated proof that a faster one cannot exist.

  Activities and Societies:

  Computer Vision and Systems Laboratory

• Université Laval

  B. Eng. , Computer Engineering , 2002 — 2006

  Best academic score of my cohort (4.0/4.3).

Additional Information

Simon Perreault’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Employer

Simon Perreault’s Groups:

IETF, Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ), SIPit

•    Université Laval
•    NANOG - The North American Network Operators' Group
•    The Asterisk Group
•    IETF - The Internet Engineering Task Force
•    Asterisk Montreal User Group
•    We Accept vCards

Simon Perreault’s Honors:

- Canada Graduate Scholarship (NSERC CGS M), 2007
- Jean-Berchmans-Fortin award for academic excellence, 2007
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2004
- NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, 2003