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Name | Sven Maerivoet |
Address |
Not publicly available. But you can me. |
Date of birth | April 11, 1976 |
Nationality | Belgian |
Gender | Male |
Studies | PhD in Engineering, 2006, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Electrical Engineering, Belgium. |
Master of Computer Science, 2001, Universiteit Antwerpen, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Belgium. | |
Latin-Mathematics, 1994, Sint-Annacollege, Linkeroever, Belgium |
Curriculum vitae

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Personal quotes

Some words of 'wisdom'...
- It is always the 11th option...
- Time is just a parameter.
- I have a lot of respect for good pianists.
- Long live the 80s!
- Age increases a woman's natural beauty.
- Viva the verbal exhibitionism!
- Self-respecting open-minded DJs do not put those two letters in front of their name.
- Music is the vein of life.
And some various quotes...
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have
had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally
mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
-- EWD 498,
"How do we tell truths that might hurt?", June 1975, E.W. Dijkstra
Real Programmers never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9 AM, it's because they were up all night.
-- Infrequently Asked Questions: Computers
Three o'clock in the afternoon is always just a little too late or a little too early for anything you want to do.
-- Jean-Paul Sartre
Geek code

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