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Academic work
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Collaborative Software Architecture Decisions - Structure and Dynamics
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   Systematic capture and management of architecture decisions are a practice characteristic for organizations reliant on complex software systems. The `ISO 42010 standard <https://www.iso.org/standard/50508.html>`_ has provided an extensible foundation for architecture decision modeling. Within the Ph.D. course at the `University of Lugano <http://www.inf.usi.ch/>`_, under the supervision of `prof. Cesare Pautasso <http://www.pautasso.info/>`_, I have proposed and evaluated an argumentation viewpoint extension to the architecture decision model. The empirical evaluation performed with the use of `the prototypical tool <http://design.inf.usi.ch/software/saw>`_ demonstrated that structured decisions' argumentation management improves the architecture decision-making process. The research resulted in `the dissertation <./_static/marcin-nowak-dissertation.pdf>`_ and public defense in September 2014. 

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Stark deceleration to produce cold SO2 molecules
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   For my `Graduate program in Physics <https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienfuehrer/physik-msc/>`_, I have joined prof. Tiemann's group within the `Institute of Quantum Optics <https://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de/>`_ at the Leibnitz University in Hanover. Under the supervision of `Dr. Christian Lisdat <http://www.quantummetrology.de/related-groups-at-ptb/priv-doz-dr-christian-lisdat/>`_, I have been working on the construction of the SO2 molecule decelerator. The project aimed at observing molecule fragmentation in the ultra-low temperature (below 1K)  conditions. I have succeeded in building, conditioning, tuning, and running the decelerator to the specification. The specific technologies applied included high-power excimer and dye, and frequency doubled laser, high-vacuum turbo-pumps, high frequency, high voltage (15kV) switched decelerator core. `Experimental results <https://arxiv.org/pdf/0712.1526.pdf&embedded=true>`_ were accepted for publication in the `European Physical Journal D <https://epjd.epj.org/articles/epjd/abs/2008/03/d07422/d07422.html>`_. I have concluded the graduate program with `the diploma <./_static/marcin-nowak-diplom.pdf>`_ submitted in June 2007.

.. figure:: SO2-decelerator.jpg
     :alt: Sulfur Dioxide Decelerator
     :align: center
     :width: 480px