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 Education and Academic Qualifications

02/2007 - 01/2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, funded by German Research Foundation (DFG),
Topic: Studies on the Visual Realism of Composited Real and Virtual Image Elements,
University of Victoria, Canada (host: Prof. Bruce Gooch)
11/2002 - 07/2006  Doktorarbeit (equivalent to Ph.D. thesis),
Graphical-Interactive Systems group (GRIS), University of Tübingen, Germany,
Topic: Rendering Methods for Augmented Reality,
(Degree: Dr. rer. nat, equivalent to Ph.D.)
01/2002 - 07/2002  Diplomarbeit (equivalent to Master's thesis),
DaimlerChrysler research center, Ulm, Germany,
Topic: Interactive Specification of Domains and Detection of Partial Dynamic Occlusions in Augmented Reality Environments
10/1997 - 09/2002  Student of Computer Science, University of Ulm, Germany,
Focus: Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics,
(Degree: Diplom-Informatiker, equivalent to M.Sc.)
09/1987 - 07/1996  Secondary school: Carl-von-Linde Gymnasium, Kempten, Germany

 Work Experience

02/2007 - 01/2009 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, funded by German Research Foundation (DFG),
University of Victoria, Canada
08/2006 - 01/2007  Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Graphical-Interactive Systems group (GRIS), University of Tübingen, Germany
11/2002 - 07/2006  Research Associate and Ph.D. Candidate,
Graphical-Interactive Systems group (GRIS), University of Tübingen, Germany,
Conducted research in areas including augmented reality, medical visualization, and non-photorealistic rendering; advised student and Master's theses; organized practical exercises for courses
08/2000 - 07/2002  Student Research Assistant,
DaimlerChrysler research center, Ulm, Germany,
Maintained a 3D file format conversion utility written in Java;
Research assistant while working on Master's thesis
04/1998 - 09/2001  Teaching and Research Assistant,
University of Ulm, Germany,
Tutor for level one computer science course, computer graphics, and neurocomputing,
Research assistant in the areas of computer vision and robotic soccer
07/1997 - 12/2002  Webmaster,
Kolping education center, Kempten, Germany
09/1996 - 10/1997  Completed social service at the Kolping education center, Kempten, Germany
02/1995 - 09/2002  Freelance IT instructor,
Kolping education center, Kempten and Memmingen, Germany,
Evening courses and long-term vocational training programs (Fachinformatiker-Ausbildung),
Topics: IT basics, application software, computer science basics, Java programming

 Curriculum Vitae

Complete, detailed C.V. available upon request.

 Photos



Part of Victoria seen from Mount Doug (click for large image)



An image of myself at the Ocean Park in Hong Kong



A photo of the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, where I grew up (click for large image)