Loong-Wei, Ding

Personal E-mail: lwding@gmail.com

Portfolio Website:http://lwding.googlepages.com

Educational Background

Industrial Experience

Sept 2008 - Present

Ninja Theory Ltd.

Position: Junior Gameplay Programmer

2005 - 2007

Agilent Technologies

Position: Research and Development (R&D) Software Engineer in Design & Development (D&D) Department

·Develop Interchangeable Virtual Instrument (IVI) driver for test and measurement instrument.

·Modular Instrument Chassis IVI driver project. The Modular Instrument Chassis is the housing system for the USB modular devices.

·Modular Data Acquisition (DAQ) IVI driver project.

·Power Meter software and IVI driver project.

·Power Supply and Power Source IVI driver project.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Programming APIs

Tools

Source Control

Industry Standard

Relevant Courses

Master Courses

Degree Courses

1. Control Systems Engineering

2. Computer Systems Engineering

3.Artificial Intelligence Systems

Diploma Courses

1. Mechatronics

2. Applied Engineering Science

3. Robotics

4. Engineering Drawing & Computer-Aided Design and Drafting

Additional Courses

1. Six Sigma Process (White Belt Certification)

2. Japanese language Level 1

3. C# and C++ programming

Academic Projects

1. MSc. Coursework: Tech. Demo

Create a program to show the understanding of physics simulation an concurrency of networking. 2 types of solid ball with different size and mass, and a deformable ball needs to add in to a cube dynamically on run time. Total of 50 balls can be added in to it. In the center of the cube, there is a cloth which hangs on 3 faces of the cube and it should responses to the environment.

Technologies used: C++ programming language, OpenGL

Techniques used: Ray trace collision, Threading, Networking

Result: Distinction

Link: http://lwding.googlepages.com/tech.demo

2. MSc. Coursework: AI Controller for PacMan

Create an AI controller to control the PacMan to eat the dot and fruits while avoiding ghosts. Pathfinding and decision making needs to be implemented to achieve that result.

Technologies used: C++ programming language

Techniques used: AI Pathfinding, Fuzzy Logic

Result:Distinction

Link: http://lwding.googlepages.com/PacMan

3. MSc. Group Project: Resurrection

Create a single player shoot-em-ups game which allow player to control a space craft to move across planet surface shooting enemies and harvesting their energy to create E-bombs that can be deployed onto the planet to restore it.

My roles in this project are to create utility classes for common usage, and to create different type of enemies with different level of AI. The AI agents (enemies) are able to communicate among themselves and to plan their strategy to attack the space craft.

Technologies used: C++ programming language, OpenGL

Techniques used: State machine, AI flocking behaviour

Result:Distinction

Link: http://lwding.googlepages.com/Resurrection

4. MSc. Coursework: Battlefield Game Effects

Create a battlefield effects which consists of textured terrain, combat vehicles, military equipments, aircraft. Smoke, fire, explosion and animated water needs to be implemented as well.

Technologies used: ATI Render Monkey, GLSL

Techniques used: Bump map, Particles System, Environment Map

Result:Distinction

Link: http://lwding.googlepages.com/BattlefieldGameEffects

5. Imagine Cup 2008

A cool and fun RPG game called The Lost World which playability includes search, explore and questing through mini games to learn about the pollution and how to solve pollution issues.

"The world is polluted and at its doom, a group of scientist are on their way to the Earth Summit Conference, a plane crash happened. The scientists wakes up finding themselves stranded on an Island, not knowing where they are. This is where their journey of adventure begins..."

Technologies used: Microsoft XNA, C# programming language

Result: UK Finalist

Link: http://lwding.googlepages.com/ImagineCup2008

6. MSc. Coursework: Space Terminator

Create a real-time flight simulator to control a space craft and direct it to destroy core reactor of the space station. The space station consist of different type of barrier and security camera which will attack the space craft when near. AI has implemented to simulate behaviour of real world security system. OpenGL and shaders have been used in this project.

Technologies used: C++ programming language, GLSL, OpenGL

Techniques used: Particle Systems, Quaternion, Bump map

Result: Distinction

Link: http://lwding.googlepages.com/SpaceTerminator

7. BEng. Dissertation: Intelligent Security System

Create a security system that generate it own password instead of only the user to set it. This system requires a key specially made to store the password or code that nobody knows beside the system. To unlock the security system, the only way is by using the correct key and key in user’s self password. That means this system needs 2 level of password to unlock it.

Language of Implementation: C and assembly language