Chih-Wei Huang
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Chih-Wei Huang a free software
developer
and promoter lives in Taiwan
, is famous for his works on the VoIP and internationalization and localization
fields in Greater China
. The ID he usually used is cwhuang.
in the physics
department of National Taiwan University
(NTU) in 1993, and a master's degree
in the electrical engineering
department of NTU in 2000.
He worked as a director
in Top Technology Inc., the CTO
of Citron Network Inc., and a project manager
of Tecom Inc. Now he is a senior
researcher
of Core Technology Center in ASUSTeck Computer Inc
.
He is one of the start members of Software Liberty Association of Taiwan (SLAT), and the first and second members of the SLAT Council.
Free and open source software
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developer
Software developer
A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...
and promoter lives in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, is famous for his works on the VoIP and internationalization and localization
Internationalization and localization
In computing, internationalization and localization are means of adapting computer software to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market...
fields in Greater China
Greater China
Greater China is a term used to refer to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. As a "phrase of the moment", the precise meaning is not entirely clear, and people may use it for only the commercial ties, only the cultural actions, or even as a euphemism for the Two Chinas, while others may...
. The ID he usually used is cwhuang.
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He got a bachelor's degreeBachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in the physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
department of National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...
(NTU) in 1993, and a master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in the electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
department of NTU in 2000.
He worked as a director
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
in Top Technology Inc., the CTO
Chief technical officer
A chief technology officer is an executive-level position in a company or other entity whose occupant is focused on scientific and technological issues within an organization....
of Citron Network Inc., and a project manager
Project manager
A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project managers can have the responsibility of the planning, execution, and closing of any project, typically relating to construction industry, architecture, computer networking, telecommunications or software...
of Tecom Inc. Now he is a senior
Seniority
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researcher
Researcher
A researcher is somebody who performs research, the search for knowledge or in general any systematic investigation to establish facts. Researchers can work in academic, industrial, government, or private institutions.-Examples of research institutions:...
of Core Technology Center in ASUSTeck Computer Inc
ASUS
ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated is a multinational computer technology and consumer electronics product manufacturer headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its product range includes motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors, tablet PCs, servers and mobile phones...
.
He is one of the start members of Software Liberty Association of Taiwan (SLAT), and the first and second members of the SLAT Council.
Free software development
He is known as the starter and contributor of these free software projects:- Starter and coordinator of Chinese Linux Documentation Project (CLDP)
- He wrote the Linux ChineseChinese languageThe Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
HOWTO, and translate HOWTO Index, Linux META-FAQ, Serial HOWTO, DNSDomain name systemThe Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
HOWTO, Linux Information SHEET, JavaJavaJava is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
-CGI HOWTO, IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO and so on. He developed a utility named SGMLtools Chinese Kits to solve the Chinese processing issues of SGML.
- Second coordinatorCoordinatorCoordinator may refer to:*In academics: one who administers the research and teaching activities of the other professors.*Coordinators , genetically engineered humans in the Gundam SEED series...
of Chinese Linux Extensions (CLE)
- He was a developer of CLE since v0.7, and became the coordinator of CLE v0.9. He pushed the Chinese localization for KDEKDEKDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
, GNOMEGNOMEGNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...
, AbiwordAbiWordAbiWord is a free and open source software word processor. It was originally started by SourceGear Corporation as the first part of a proposed AbiSuite. Development stopped when SourceGear changed their focus to Internet appliances. AbiWord was adopted by some open source developers and AbiWord...
. He co-worked with Yuan-Chung Cheng, Tung-Han Hsieh to push ARPHIC Inc. to release four Chinese truetype fontsTrueTypeTrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe's Type 1 fonts used in PostScript...
for the free software community under Arphic Public LicenseAPL-Organizations:*Advanced Production and Loading, a Norwegian marine engineering company formed in 1993.*Party of Labour of Albania, the sole legal political party in Albania during communist rule...
. He also wrote a book for CLE with others.
- Core Developer of GNU GatekeeperGNU GatekeeperThe GNU Gatekeeper is an open-sourced project that implements an H.323 gatekeeper based on the OpenH323 or H323Plus stack...
- He developed many new features like thread-safed runtimeRun-time systemA run-time system is a software component designed to support the execution of computer programs written in some computer language...
tables, neighbors and authenticationAuthenticationAuthentication is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity...
modules, full H.323 proxy and the Citron's NAT technology. He wrote the first version of English and Chinese manual for GnuGK. He won the first prize of Open Source Contest Taiwan in 2003.
- The committer of KDEKDEKDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
、GNOMEGNOMEGNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...
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- He helps to translate the POPô-External links: Burkina Faso Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism's web site for this area...
files and fixes bugs related to Chinese.
- Contributor of pyDict、OpenH323OpenH323The H323Plus project, formerly OpenH323, has as goal developing a full featured, open source implementation of the H.323 Voice over IP protocol. The code is written in C++ and, through the development effort of numerous people around the world, fully supports the H.323 protocol...
、AsteriskAsteriskAn asterisk is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star...
、GStreamerGStreamerGStreamer is a pipeline-based multimedia framework written in the C programming language with the type system based on GObject.GStreamer allows a programmer to create a variety of media-handling components, including simple audio playback, audio and video playback, recording, streaming and editing...
etc.
- Bugs report and fix.
- A way to leverage the ASUS Eee PC and the power of the free software communityFree software communityThe free-software community is an informal term that refers to the users and developers of free software as well as supporters of the free-software movement. The movement is sometimes referred to as the open-source software community or a subset thereof...
. - Aimed to provide a complete solution for Android at x86 platform. Eee PC、VirtualBoxVirtualBoxOracle VM VirtualBox is an x86 virtualization software package, originally created by software company Innotek GmbH, purchased by Sun Microsystems, and now developed by Oracle Corporation as part of its family of virtualization products...
、QEMUQEMUQEMU is a processor emulator that relies on dynamic binary translation to achieve a reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPU architectures....
are tested OK.
Interviews
Here are some Chinese interviews of Chih-Wei Huang:- 2003, Open Source Software Foundry The experiences of free software development from GNU GateKeeper
- He talked about how to develop a VoIP business by open source model.
- 2004, Taiwan.CNETCNETCNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
, A special report for seeking the power of free software in Taiwan - An interview of Chih-Wei Huang
- He talked about his free software concepts, the experiences of CLE development, and how to combine free software and business modelBusiness modelA business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value...
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