Julius Volz

Professional Interests

• Linux Kernel Development
• Semantic Web
• Networking
• Unix Systems Programming
• Unix Systems Administration
• Web Applications

Public/Free Software Projects

• Silk - A link discovery framework for the Web of Data (Python)
• Zeugnis Online - An online report card management application (Python, Javascript)
• MindBasket - An online note taking application (Perl, Javascript)
• MicroWheels - A 2D top-down car racing game (C++)

Contributions to Existing Projects

• Linux kernel - IPv6 support for the IPVS load balancing module (C)
• ldirectord - Various patches for monitoring, health checks, etc. (Perl)

Professional Experience

• Google (2009 - current)
  Site Reliability Engineer - Employed
• Google (2008)
  Systems Operations - Intern
• studiVZ Ltd. (2007-2008)
  Software Engineering - Intern
• Chemnitz University of Technology (2006-2007)
  CHIC High Performance Linux Cluster - Research Assistant
• COPROZESSOR (2006-2007)
  Systems Operations, Software Engineering - Employed

Volunteer Work

• Chemnitzer Linux-Tage (2004-2007)
  Livestreaming / Demo / Organisation
• Radio UNiCC e.V. (2004-2007)
  Engineering - Unix/Linux Server Administrator

Education

• Freie Universität Berlin (diploma thesis, 2008/2009)
• Chemnitz University of Technology (2003-2009)
  Studies of Applied Computer Science
  Specialization: Networking and Distributed Systems
  Degree: Diplom-Informatiker

Publications

• Julius Volz, Christian Bizer, Martin Gaedke, Georgi Kobilarov: Discovering and Maintaining Links on the Web of Data.
  8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2009), 2009
• Julius Volz, Christian Bizer, Martin Gaedke, Georgi Kobilarov: Silk - A Link Discovery Framework for the Web of Data.
  2nd Linked Data on the Web Workshop (LDOW2009) at WWW2009, 2009

Contact

• julius@juliusv.com