About me

My name is Jonas Bäckström, born and raised in Sundsvall, Sweden.

I recently moved to Falun to improve my training environment  and commence my master thesis in computer sciences (on the topic: “Limitations of Windows Azure in GIS Scalability – A performance and migration study”) at TRIONA AB in Borlänge.-

 

© Jonas Bäckström 2010-2012


 

Orienteering

Club: Malungs OK Skogsmårdarna 

Been practicing orienteering since the age of seven; at first in Sundsvalls OK and then – in the summer of 2008 – I switched to the elite club Malungs OK.

Resume
Relays
11:a 10Mila 2011
65:a Jukola 2009
1:a 7-manna 2011
1:a Hälsingekavlen (sista ”riktiga”) 2003
1:a USM stafetten 2001
2:a Hälsingekavlen 2004
4:a Rånässtafetten 2009

Individual
1:a Etapp 5 O-Ringen 2007 (H21L)
2:a Etapp 5 O-Ringen 2009 (H21E2)
2:a Etapp 2 O-Ringen 2007 (H21L)
2:a E2 Elitserien Dalaporten 2010
2:a Militär-SM 2004 (GU)
2:a Skol-SM Sprint 2003
3:a Etapp 2 O-Ringen 2009 (H21E2)
3:a O-Ringen 2007 (H21L)
4:a O-Ringen 2009 (H21E2)
12:a Ultralång-SM 2009
1:a Höknatten 2008
30:e O-Ringen 2011 H21Elitserien

Running
1:a Indalsledenloppet 2008
2:a Jordgubbsloppet 2009
2:a Drakloppet 2009
2:a Terräng-DM 2009 (Medelpad)
2:a IDM 3000m [9.22,3] 2009 (Dalarna)
3:a Drakloppet 2010

3000m [9:19.4] 2008 (Falun)

Climbing

Club: Sundsvalls Klätterklubb

Been climbing on and off since 2007; mainly sport, bouldering and ice climbing. Held the position as vice-chairman in Sundsvalls Klätterklubb during the last two years, responsible for access related issues on the local crags.

Resume
Sport: 6c+
Bouldering: 6C
Ice:

- Stora fallet WI4 80m, Liden
- Fettjåfallet WI3+ 120m, Klövsjö
- KKK WI4 100m, Oppdal
- Kongsvollsfossen WI4 600m, Oppdal

computerRelated

I’m a computer science master student (Civilingenjör i Datateknik) at Mid Sweden University on my final period; currently doing my master thesis at TRIONA AB in Borlänge. The topic for my thesis is; Limitations of Windows Azure in GIS Scalability – A performance and migration study, were I investigate the suitability of the Windows Azure platform for hosting and developing GIS (Geographic information system) applications.

My coding languages of choice are; Java, C++, C#, PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS and SQL, and main interests are at the moment around the fields of distributed systems, cloud environments and Android development.

 

 

projects

Here follows  some of the Open Source projects I made or are one of the main contributors.

Some of my projects can be found on Github.

Github Repository

                                                                            If you use any of the code provided in the project repositories, I would be grateful if you give adequate credit for the work.

Research project for the Deparment of Information Technology and Media at Mid Sweden University.

Project concept: Implementing a open source DCXP solution for the MediaSence-framework.

Github Repository Report

Research project for the Deparment of Information Technology and Media at Mid Sweden University.

Project concept:  Proof-of-concept application for playing HTTP Live Streaming media on less-than-Android-3.0.

Github Repository Article

Final project in the advanced course ‘Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)’.

Project concept:  Proof-of-concept application for converting Youtube videos in to *.mp3 files which are then wrapped in a *.m3u playlist. This is managed via an Android application which enables you to choose among your current youtube playlists/videos and then pick the video of your choice to be converted and played.

Github Repository Report

This project was created during the 24h long Appening (http://appening.se/) contest at Mid Sweden University 2011-03-18.

Project concept: This Android app is an augmented reality display of archaeological finds in Sweden. It builds upon the Mixare (GPL) base for augmented reality and uses data from K-SAMSÖK.

Github Repository

Contact

Email: info@jonasbackstrom.se
Phone: +46 (0) 70 – 269 16 17

 

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