Tudor Roman
Computer Security Master’s Student, Linux System Administrator
I am in my 2nd year of studying Computer Security at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, focusing on low-level systems security.
There, I also work part-time as a Linux System Administrator, working on promoting open-source software in the teaching process.
Notable Projects
- dotfiles: personal configurations for my computers; went under many revisions.
- bsd-configs: Ansible playbooks for my personal server, running FreeBSD.
- my bachelor’s thesis: I implemented a self-reproducing attack in the Go compiler to attack Go’s toolchain reproducibility checker, gorebuild.
- cardboard: scrollable tiling Wayland compositor. You can read a nice article about it on the Ctrl blog.
- rwsh: an experiment in writing a shell and text processing language hybrid. Inspired by sam, the editor from the Plan 9 operating system.
- windowchef: scriptable, stacking X11 window manager.
- ruler: window rule daemon for X11
Teaching
- , , Jury Member, InfoEducație National Olympiad for Digital Innovation and Creation
- I was part of the judging committee for the most important software development competition for high school students in Romania. Together with the other members of the judging team, I evaluated the participants’ software projects, and helped them with constructive feedback and tips for their future projects.
- Teaching Assistant, Computer Networks
- Part of the core team for a foundational course taught to first-year students. Designed a new assignment through which students learn about the differences between HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 by examining traffic in Wireshark.
- High School Linux Programming Club
- Organised an informal club, with weekly meetings, during which Alex and I taught students aged 14–17 about open-source software, programming in C, Linux desktop customisation.
Volunteering
- Study Association STORM
Active member in the association for students studying Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, and Mathematics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Helped with organising weekends out, activities for first-years, social drinks, did the accounting for the social drinks committee, and even organised a barbecue with hundreds of participants!
I thank the fellow members of STORM for the friendships and good times I had during my studies, and the soft skills I acquired throughout!
