Susy,
The FCTSIG CV is not very important so make sure that instead you have first concentrated on things aside from FCTSIG like 4. Programa de trabalhos
4. Work programme
and
9. Graus académicos
9. Academic degrees.
Sandra R Santos Escreveu:"Susy
I believe It has more to do with your broad area(s) of present and past research work and interests.
You can reffer to your area of expertese and in the first case and then refere to the research area of your project, but not necessarily the project in itself... but that is just my opinion... [. . .]
[. . .]
Sandra"
I was given similar advice: after I showed a detailed FCTSIG-CV Section 4 of mine to somebody he said that that was more detailed than necessary. A detailed FCTSIG-CV Section 4 of mine (possibly the one mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph) was:
"4. Área de actividade científica
I used to be involved with research for on-chip networking in the largest University of Pisa in Italy. I had applied to the largest University of Pisa in 2005 in order to conduct research relevant to space, and I was accepted by a researcher who had had several years' experience specific to space. He had warned me before I began that the first year (i.e. 2006) would not be so specific to space but that it was quite possible that I would be permitted to conduct research specific to space after the first year if a project became available. Unfortunately this has not happened and I have quit that position to try to become a Ph.D. student concentrating on space at another university. I was accepted in the original University of Coimbra for a project in gamma-ray astronomy so I moved from Italy to Portugal. Several open issues in gamma-ray astronomy are still poorly known and understood, such as non-thermal mechanisms in supernova remnants, the high energy active galactic nuclei spectra cut-off, the detection of nuclear and annihilation lines and the gamma-ray polarization levels of emission sources including: pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, solar flares, and black holes. In order to explore these astronomical issues the GRI (Gamma-Ray Imager) consortium proposes a new space telescope mission for the ESA (European Space Agency) Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program - missions to be launched between 2015 and 2025. ESA recognizes the importance of this mission (
HTTP://sci.ESA.int/science-e/www/object ... ctid=36959 ) due to its novel gamma-ray focusing concept based on Laue lens technology, since this would be the first space-based mission that will allow gamma-ray focusing in a broad energy band-pass (60-1000 keV). So far this energy range has been observed exclusively by using traditional collimated and/or coded mask instrumentation, which limits the telescope sensitivity. For instance, the IBIS telescope on board the ongoing ESA gamma-ray mission, INTEGRAL (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory), is equipped with a coded mask. Although INTEGRAL has offered the best gamma-ray Universe observations so far, the GRI Laue lens focusing optics are potentially capable of improving detection sensitivity by a factor of 10 to 100. The LIP (Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas) - Coimbra, where this activity will be conducted, is a GRI consortium member. Its main contribution to the mission is to develop the Laue lens focal plane instrument based on a CdTe stack detector. The performances of this instrument must meet the requirements established by the consortium: gamma-ray detection sensibility of 10 to the power of -7 photons/(cm squared second keV), energy resolution of approximately 3%, and minimum detectable polarization lower than 5% for a 10 mCrab gamma-ray source equivalent, for 10 to the power of -6 second observation times. The expected instrument mass model simulation results should fit these requirements. Furthermore, the instrument material and design must meet the exigent technical requirements of a space-based mission (vibrations, extreme temperatures, limited power consumption, etc.). This activity consists of the optimization of the CdTe focal plane instrument in the framework of the Gamma-Ray Imager consortium by writing Monte Carlo simulation software capable of reproducing a response which approaches reality in the space environment. So far, previous theoretical studies were performed by means of Monte Carlo simulations based on the Geant4 toolkit from CERN concerning the potential performances of CdTe instruments for different design configurations and dimensions, for different types of gamma-ray emissions (monochromatic beams, the Crab Nebula, gamma-ray bursts, etc.) and for different levels of photon beam polarization. An important feature of GRI is sensitivity to polarization which is not properly detectable by currently deployed instruments. Its importance was confirmed in papers such and in August 2008 in the journal "Science", which caught the attention of ESA. The applicant examined hundreds of the files of the Geant4 library. The conclusion is that how Geant4 is implemented is not good with respect to the elite of software engineering. Geant4 is buggy; slow; and not properly maintained. A selection of the observed issues can be categorized as relating to: using the C++ preprocessor, pointers, conditional statements instead of dispatching, code cloning instead of arrays, postincrementing instead of preincrementing, independence where dependence is intrinsic, alternative names for the same action, redundant replications of defaults, hard-coded constant magic numbers, or unused parameters. Claims such as "Geant4 adopts object-oriented technology" are exaggerations. The aforementioned earlier simulation studies were partially experimentally verified through a set of CdTe matrix prototype experiments performed at the ERSF (European Radiation Synchrotron Facility), Grenoble, France, where these devices were tested under approximately 100% polarized monochromatic beams in the energy range 100-750 keV. However, new and essential functionalities must still be implemented in the instrument simulation mass model such as: interfacing with Laue lens simulation data, and diffuse cosmic X-ray background noise. I have been working on prompt background noise caused by galactic cosmic ray proton interactions in the instrument, delayed background noise caused by material activation, and reconstruction of Compton events. Through a collaborative work with the University of Ferrara, Italy, which has been developing the most recent Laue lens technology, the response of the Laue lens system to typical gamma-ray sources' emissions and the respective point spread function in the instrument detection plane as a function of the photons' energy will be implemented in the simulation model. Compton event reconstruction is an important tool to select between incoming events from a gamma-ray astronomical source and the background noise. The inclusion of background noise in the simulation software is fundamental to approach the mass model simulation results to those that are expected to be obtained in a real space mission, because the overall background noise flux is in general much higher than the detected source emission flux. A planned sensitivity analysis of background noise levels in different orbits' radiation environments was mentioned in a publication by others. The applicant used the SPace ENVironment Information System (SPENVIS) suite of radiation modeling software of ESA developed by the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy for his secondary degree. In order to simulate accurately the nuclear processes involving proton interactions and material activation, it will be necessary to verify experimentally several Geant4 hadronic cross sections. The collaboration that has been established between the University of Coimbra and the Center for Space Radiations based in the Cyclotron Research Centre facilities in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, has been expected to permit access to its facilities in order to perform some necessary experiments for the hadronic cross section validation. Unfortunately, the rate to use a particle accelerator in Belgium increased by circa 500 Euro per hour, so instead it is planned to use facilities in the National Laboratories of Legnaro in Italy. This simulation software will be constantly upgraded in order to fit the mission conditions as closely as possible, when new concepts and new ideas will be incorporated in the instrument project by the theoretical and experimental members of the GRI consortium."
A newer FCTSIG-CV Section 4 of mine with less detail which was used for an application which got me grant payments is:
"Most of my activity is and has been related to space.
I had applied to a so-called university in Pisa (which calls itself the University of Pisa and Università degli Studi di Pisa and Università di Pisa) in 2005 in order to conduct research relevant to space with VHDL, and I was accepted by a supervisor who had had several years' experience specific to space. He had warned me before I began that the first year (i.e. 2006) would not be so specific to space but that it would be with VHDL and that it was quite possible that I would be permitted to conduct research specific to space after the first year if a project became available.
He is called "Prof." Luca Fanucci.
Unfortunately "Prof." Luca Fanucci is a fraudster whom I was naive enough to trust. "Prof." Luca Fanucci ordered me to falsify data in order to discredit VHDL. He used "Dr." Sergio Saponara to bully me to do this, but I am honest so I refused to do this and so I did not lie. Fanucci never gave me an opportunity to join his space projects.
I have discovered that "Prof." Luca Fanucci had coauthored a fraudulent publication before I have moved to Italy. It is Armaroli, A.; Coppola, M.; Nava, M.D.; Fanucci, L.; "High level modeling and simulation of a VDSL modem in SystemC 2.0-IPsim", "System-on-Chip for Real-Time Applications, 2003. Proceedings. The 3rd IEEE International Workshop on", Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/IWSOC.2003.1213030, pages: 175 to 180. Fanucci ordered me to uncandidly praise other fraudulent publications by consortium partners including Coppola, M., Curaba, S., Grammatikakis, M. D., Locatelli, R., Maruccia, G. Papariello, F. 2004. "OCCN: a NoC modeling framework for design exploration", "Journal of Systems Architecture"(50:2-3), pp. 129-163, DOI:10.1016/j.sysarc.2003.07.002
and
Coppola, M., Curaba, S., Grammatikakis, M. D., Locatelli, R., Maruccia, G. Papariello, F. 2004. "OCCN: A Network-On-Chip Modeling and Simulation Framework", "DATE '04: Proceedings of the conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe", Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/DATE.2004.1269226.
I did not lie about them. My findings were censored: I was not allowed to publish them nor even report them to the doctoral steering committee. "Prof." Roberto Saletti (the co-supervisor) assisted "Prof." Luca Fanucci with this censorship. Fanucci coerced me to quit: he said that if I would not quit then I would be fired, so I quit, trying to become a Ph.D. student concentrating on space at another university."
Susy Escreveu:"[. . .]
Also, in section 5. what do you think goes under other professional interests/activities?
[. . .]"
If you referee or edit for journals you could mention that.
This is my current FCTSIG-CV Section 5, which is very similar to one which I used for an application which got me grant payments:
"5. Domínio de especialização
Domínio de especialização
I have specialized and do still specialize in information technology (computer science and electronic engineering) for space.
I have used the formal specification languages PVS, Z, and VDM. PVS is the best of these three by far.
My preferred hardware description language is VHDL.
I have used the imperative programming language Ada. I had been originally inspired to learn Ada because of its importance in the field of astronautics. I have also used many other imperative languages. I have also used a logic language and a number of functional languages but I would not say that I have specialized in them.
I used to be involved in research for on-chip networking, but this plays no role in my current research.
Actuais interesses de investigação
I am interested in effects of the space environment on artificial satellites; balloons; and space probes. Particular emphasis had been placed on the effects of particles on computer memories and computer registers, but now my current research effort is concentrated on a different aspect of these nuisances: i.e. the noise in sensor readings caused by unwanted particles. My interest in nuisance particles is part of a broader interest in space weather.
My interest in space weather is part of a broader interest in space and particles.
Instead of currently being involved with development of intellectual property embedded in a spacecraft near the end of its development, I am currently involved in the early design stage of a mission by being responsible for simulating and optimizing many crucial aspects of an instrument for a gamma-ray telescope which is proposed to be launched.
Outras competências/actividades
I had joined the European Students' Earth Orbiter project of the Student Space Exploration & Technology Initiative in 2001. After my primary degree I joined the Narrow Angle Camera payload team but during my primary degree I had been in the On-Board Data Handling platform team.
I am a member of Ada Deutschland, Ada-Europe, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and its Special Interest Group on the Ada programming language.
I post to Usenet.
I attended: Geant4 Space Users' Workshop 2009;
Astronomy and Astrophysics in Ireland (2004),
DAta Systems In Aerospace 2003,
European Quantum Information Processing & Communication Workshop(2002),
DASIA2002,
BABEL '01 Workshop on Multi-Language Infrastructure and Interoperability,
Huygens Probe On-Board Software 4th Training Workshop,
Quantum Computers and Quantum Chaos(2001),
International Conference for Physics Students 2000,
and
International Conference on Software Engineering 2000."
