Martin Galpin

About me

Hello, my name is Martin. I am a multiple championship winning racing driver, computer scientist, start-up founder, free software developer, editorial contributor and software engineer who has led projects nominated for national awards. I am currently a Software Engineer at Force India F1 Team. And I'm not really as vein as this page makes out.

Multiple championship winning racing driver.

• 2007 UK Formula Vee Champion.
• 2007 Autosport Number 1 Club Driver of the Year.
• 2009 M/S Formula Ford 1600 Champion (Class B).

Computer scientist.

• University of Essex, Computer Science BSc(Hons), First Class.

Start-up founder.

• 66laps Limited.

Free and Open Source software developer.

• Recent software (only recent):
  • Sparkles - SPARQL object-RDF mapper written in Objective-J for Cappuccino.
  • django-4store - A small Django application that makes developing with the 4Store RDF database easier.
• Fork me at Github (66laps Limited) and Bitbucket.
• Recent contributions:
  • WebKit - the Open Source web browser engine behind Safari and Chrome
  • 4store - an efficient, scalable RDF database
  • Celery - a distributed task queue
  • Kokki - configuration management for Python
• Creator of Kuake - a Quake-inspired terminal emulator for KDE that is now included with almost all GNU/Linux distributions.
• On The Go - Quickly transfer browser windows from Mac to iPhone.

Editorial contributor.

Selected publications in Racecar Engineering, The International Journal of Motorsport Technology.

• Simulated Reality: Observations from behind the wheel of a Formula 1 simulator (RCE V20 N9).
• Simulating Formula Ford Engine Performance with rFactor (RCE V19 N12).
• An Introduction to CAN-bus (RCE VN18 N7).

Contact me

• Email me: m@66laps.com.
  • CV/Resume available on request.
• My GnuPG key.
• Follow me on Twitter: @66laps.