John Zaitseff’s Work Page

Welcome to John Zaitseff’s Work Page! You should find everything you need to know about my work for the Centre for Autonomous Systems on this page. If you want to find out more about me (as opposed to my work), please visit my Home Page on the ZAP Group Web Server.

What I Do

I am currently employed under a 28-hour per week contract with the Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems (also known as CAS); in particular, I am part of the Artificial Intelligence Group in the School of Computer Science and Engineering.

I am working as a Research Engineer with Professor Claude Sammut in the Robotics Laboratory. In particular, I was involved in designing a humanoid robot used for learning how humans operate their arms and hands, as well as in the practical details of designing our entry into Robocup Rescue competitions. I also help maintain the Robotics laboratory in Room 301 of the Computer Science and Engineering building.

What is Available Here

Please note that items flagged as [Internal] are only available to people within the University of New South Wales. If you need access to this information and you are outside the University, please contact me.

A list of tasks to be done for my job.
A plan of attack outlining how I will do the aforementioned tasks.
My professional résumé, current as at September 2006 (184 KB).
The Robolab Server contains resources needed to use the robots and the network in the Robotics Laboratory. [Internal]

If you have an account on the Robolab Server, you can access additional files in the /data/zaitseff/work/ai-cas directory. Please contact me if you do not have an account on Robolab and think you require access to these files.

How You Can Contact Me

The best way to get in touch with me is by e-mail:

J.Zaitseff@unsw.edu.au

If you need to, you can always use GnuPG or similar to encrypt your e-mail to me. My OpenPGP public key fingerprint is:

7660 6BE4 70CB D9D9 E1B4 2F95 76AC 2323 CED7 988A

If you prefer to use the telephone, you should use the following numbers:

Tel: +61 2 9385 6938 (Mondays to Thursdays)
Fax: +61 2 9385 4939 or +61 2 9385 5995 (please ensure my name is clearly stated)

If you feel the need to write on physical paper, you may do so to the following address:

John Zaitseff,
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
University of New South Wales,
Sydney UNSW 2052,
Australia

Finally, you can always drop in to visit me in person! You may find me in Room 301, Desk 03 or in Room 315C of the Computer Science and Engineering building (Building K17), Mondays to Thursdays. You should consult a map of the University campus if you don’t know where this building is located.