Other skills and interests
This section will summarize skills and interests I developed during my various experiences.
Languages
French — mother tongue
English — good skills
German — working skills
Italian — working skills
Japanese 日本語 — conversation level (3 months intensive course at IFIE, Kanazawa, Japan)
Computer & IT
Operating systems
Windows, Mac OS X, Unix, Linux
Programming skills
Python, Matlab, Fortran 90, C, Mathematica, FemLab, HPVee, UNIX/LINUX shell scripting
PHP, MySQL, HTML
Applications
Microsoft — all Office applications
Adobe — Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive
Macromedia (use to be) — Dreamweaver, Flash (a little bit)
CAD software — SolidWorks
Other interests
Music
Djembe
I used to play in a group of traditional african percussion. This was during my study years in Lausanne. We use to back a dance classes once a week. Did also a couple of live shows in Switzerland and in Japan (Kobe - 古部, Nishinomiya - 西宮).
Guitar
I started playing the guitar as a hobby in my recent traveller life, the djembe not being the most easy to carry hand-luggage.. Lacking time to play right now, but got a strong will to start studying the instrument more intensively.
Sports
Mountaineering
As I grew up in a tiny little village in the middle of the Alps I started early with mountaineering activities including trekking, skiing, ski touring, climbing. As I travelled a lot these last years, I had to put these activities a bit on the side, however the passion still remains.
Outdoors
More generally I like outdoors activities, amongst others: bicycling, inline skating.