Harvard University Work Values

Daily Duties at Harvard University:

Led the development and integration of a system architecture for the delivery of streaming media content for the first on-line distance education program at Harvard University. This program gained national acclaim in the fields of distance education and Internet streaming media as it allowed for a large scale proliferation of Web and multimedia content delivery via the Internet to reach students worldwide outside the traditional campus: • Designing and integrating a production system using a Client/Server architecture in C++, Perl, and Apache/CGI to automate real-time processing of massive video and audio production cycles. These included the real-time compression of video and audio, color correction, audio enhancements, synchronization with other multimedia content, and media content archiving and publishing over the Internet. Content delivery platforms include Real Server, Windows Media Streaming Server and MPEG-1/2 transport streams. • Configuring and managing Web and Video servers for streaming media content delivery. • Designing and automating the generation and publishing of interactive Web sites using HTML, Javascript and Perl with streaming video and multimedia components. • Designing and implementing application Web-based interfaces to provide access to production tools, systems monitoring and video encoding scheduling and encoding pre-visualization. • Evaluating and integrating encoding schemas for streaming media. Main compression formats included MPEG1/2 transport streams, Real Video, QuickTime, and Windows Media. • integrating and configuring server racks for the integration of audio and video equipment, computer related systems, and data and video networks.

What they like about Harvard University:

The social vibrance of a hiring firm is very important to you. Your ability to make and maintain friendships there is a critical part of your decision. You would likely be dissatisfied with a workplace that is quiet, cold, or otherwise not particularly social. When you investigate a new hiring company, ask recruiters, managers, and potential co-workers about the social life and opportunities there. This is especially important when you are relocating; moving dramatically alters your social sphere both inside and outside the workplace.

Tags

Linux integration , Python, streaming media, mysql, network programming , video production

Skills

Leadership , Software Development: • Languages: C; C++; Python; Perl; JavaScript • Databases: SQL; MySQL • Shell scripting: tcsh; bash, Internet Technologies: • Web: HTML; DHTML; CSS; SMIL; JavaScript • Media Content Delivery: Real Server; Windows Media Streaming Server • Client/Server Architectures: Apache Web server; CGI programming; XML; exposure to Flex/Action script programming, Digital Media Processing: • Video and Audio Encoding: QuickTime; Real Video; Flash; Windows Media, MPEG 1-2 • Image Processing: Photoshop; ImageMagic for automation of bitmap manipulation, Systems Administration & Integration: • Network Protocols: HTTP; RTSP; RTP; TCP/IP; NFS; SSH/SSL; NTP; FTP; DNS; DHCP; Active Directory/LDAP • Hardware: HP blade C7000 Enclosure systems; HP Proliant server class DL380 G2, G3, G4, G5 • Configurati, Operating Systems • UNIX: Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Macintosh Windows: Windows Server 2000; XP; NT

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Harvard University: