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About Sebastien Vasey
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    I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same
    when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little
    different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world
    am I? Ah, *that's* the great puzzle! [1]_


Who am I ?
----------

I am a student. I enjoy studying everything that gravitates around Science. I am
especially interested in Mathematics, Computer Science and Communication. I am
registered as a master student in `Communication Systems`_ at EPFL_ (and I have
a bachelor in the same field, at the same school). Starting from August 2011, I
will be an exchange student at CMU_.

I am also a programmer, and enjoy the *fun* of writing software. I use this web
site to publish `some of my work`_. My programs are available as `free
software`_.

.. _Communication Systems: http://ic.epfl.ch/communication-systems
.. _EPFL: http://epfl.ch/home-list-en.html
.. _CMU: http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml
.. _some of my work: projects/index_en.html
.. _free software: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

Contact information
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Email
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My email address is::

    sebastien dot vasey at gmail dot com

Of course, you should remove the spaces, and replace the "dot" and "at" parts by
their respective symbol on the keyboard. This is just a clumsy attempt to fool
spambots.

Feel free to send me any comments, questions, rants, thanks or other words of
wisdom you might have.

Privacy Now !
#############

Because I highly value my privacy, and fully agree with the arguments put
forward in `Why I wrote PGP`_, or this `Non-Technical PGP FAQ`_, I have been
using PGP (actually the free implementation GnuPG_) since 2007.

You can get my `PGP key`_ (``4D5ADB32``) here, or from a key server like
``subkeys.pgp.net``. The fingerprint is::

    C88F 230E 4053 D94A 64C8  2D53 FB58 40DD 4D5A DB32

I always sign my outgoing messages, and encourage you to do the same, as well as
encrypt them. 

I also sign all the software releases for download from that site. Please warn
me if you find an unsigned one.

**Note:** the key id and fingerprint were updated on February 7th, 2010 (the
text above was changed accordingly): see my `key transition statement`_.

.. _Why I wrote PGP: http://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html
.. _Non-Technical PGP FAQ: http://www.andrebacard.com/pgp.html
.. _GnuPG: http://gnupg.org/
.. _PGP key: http://certs.svasey.org/gpg-svasey-pubkey.asc
.. _cryptography page: projects/crypto_en.html
.. _key transition statement: http://certs.svasey.org/key-transition.txt

.. [1] Quoted from `"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"`_.
.. _"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11