Homepage of Harry Broeders.

My Life:

I was born on 24 December 1962 in the hospital of Dirksland which is a small village on the island Goeree-Overflakkee in the Netherlands. My mother expected me two weeks earlier but they had to come and get me because I wanted to wait for Christmas. I was raised in a very small village called Zuidzijde (link points to information in Dutch) which is also on the island Goeree-Overflakkee. I have one brother called Richard. In July 1986 I graduated  from the Rijswijk Institute of Technology where I also got my first job. In June 1987 I married to Marie-Louise van Vugt and we moved to Oude-Tonge (also on Goeree-Overflakkee). In 1990 my first daughter Anne was born followed by my two sons Theo in 1992 and Koen in 1993. My second daughter Linda was born in 1996. In 2010 I graduated from the Delft University of Technology. In May 2015 I started working at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. In 2020 I became a grandfather and in 2022 my second grandchild was born.

The Genealogy of my Family:

The genealogy of the Broeders family can be found here. I'm number 75. My mother's maiden name is "van Dravik". A part of the genealogy of this family can be found here. I'm number 60.

My Hobbies:

Sorry no time to fill this in,

• I have work to do ...
• books to read ...
• and two grandchildren to spoil ...
• I also like card games. E.g. hearts (called hartenjagen in Dutch). Here is a picture. In the past I used to play chess with one of the kids (Theo) but since I can't defeat him anymore I quit that game ;-) Here are some pictures.
• and in the summer I have to go bilking and hiking and visit the beach.

My Studies:

In 1982 I graduated from "MTS Zuid" in Rotterdam (some sort of vocational education). You can see my grades here. Modesty was never one of my virtues ;-)

In 1986 I got my Bachelor's degree (cum laude) from "r.-k. HTS Rijswijk". You can see my grades here.

In 2007 I went back to school and started a Master's of Science study Embedded Systems at Delft University. I'm very grateful to my employer for giving me this opportunity and 2 days for studying each week. In December 2010 I graduated (cum laude). You can see my grades here. Here are some products from my study:

• My Master's thesis titled: "Extracting Behavior and Dynamically Generated Hierarchy from SystemC Models" .
  I also wrote a paper (together with my professor René van Leuken) about the same subject which I have present at the Design Automation Conference in San Diego in 2011.
  
  Extracting behavior and dynamically generated hierarchy from SystemC models

  Harry Broeders, René van Leuken
  DAC '11 Proceedings of the 48th Design Automation Conference, 2011
• In the so called "HTO-schakelprogramma" I had to study a lot of mathematics. Here are my results.
• For the mandatory course Real-time Systems I wrote a paper: Verifying Timing Constrains by means of Evolutionary Testing in a Nondeterministic Environment .
• For the mandatory course Embedded Computer Architecture I wrote a lab report .
• For the elective course Computer Architecture (Special Topics) my fellow student Merlando and I wrote a paper: Computer Architectures for Vision-Based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems . We also gave a presentation about the same topic. The paper was just an exercise for us but some real research paper actually refers to it: https://jes-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1155/2009/175043.pdf , look for reference [2]. LOL!
• For the mandatory course Embedded Real-Time Systems my fellow students Roël, Javier, and I wrote the control software and user interface software for a quad rotor helicopter. The result can be seen in this movie. You can use VLC media player to watch this movie.

My Work:

From 1986 to 2015 I was a lecturer at The Hague University of Applied Science (in Dutch: De Haagse Hogeschool). A few memories can be found here. Some courses I taught were:

• Programming and Software Engineering.
  • Structured Programming in C.
  • Object-oriented Programming in C++.
  • Data structures in C++.
  • OOA, OOD and design patterns.
  • UML modeling.
• Microprocessor Hard- and Software using the Atmel AVR microprocessor family.
• Real-Time Operating Systems.
• Embedded Systems.
  • Hardware/Software Co-design with SystemC.
  • Electronic System Level Design and Verification.

• You can read an interview (in Dutch) here: Artikel_HLink.pdf
• You can watch a promo video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3JD-9FPnm0&lr=1

• CSC10 - Configurable System On Chip
• RTS10 - Real-Time Systems
• HWP01 - Hardware Programmeren
• DIS10 - Digitale Systemen 1
• EEP71 - Electrical Engineering Project semester 7
• EMS10 - Embedded Systems 1
• EMS30 - Embedded Systems 3
• PEE51 - Project Elektrotechniek 5

Some courses I used to teach are:

• CTA01 - Computertechniek en -architectuur
• ROS01 - Real-Time Operating Systems
• CXX01 - Geavanceerd programmeren in C
• TDS02 - Training Digital Signal Processing
• DCS01 - Digital Control Systems 01
• EMS20 - Embedded Systems 2
• CPL01 - Programmeren in C
• KOF01 - Training programmeren microcontrollers