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2010/01/20

The RubyConf 2009 video about HornetsEye is available now
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2010/01/12

Demonstration video showing capabilities of HornetsEye
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2009/12/05

Leaked data discredits leading proponents of anthropogenic greenhouse effect
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2009/12/02

View pictures of San Francisco and the Computer History Museum in Mountain View
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2009/11/19

RubyConf 2009 presentation about computer vision
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2009/08/31

Pictures from Sheffield Fayre 2009
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2009/06/21

Jörg Tauss opposes German internet censorship infrastructure
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2009/06/13

Katana robot encourages integration
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Curriculum Vitae

Education

1996-2002 Computer science degree at Universität Fridericiana, Karlsruhe
1996-1998 Vordiplom (part 1)
computer science, abstract mathematics, linear algebra, numerics, statistics
Grade 1 ("very good after rounding")
1998-2002 Hauptstudium (part 2)
Grade 2.0 ("(not so) good")
1998-1999 basics:
algorithms, software engineering, formal systems, cognitive systems, real time systems
1999-2002 special subjects:
software engineering, compiler construction, software verification, higher programming languages, computer integrated manufacturing, robotics
additional subjects:
measurement engineering, correlation, analog and digital closed loop controllers, image processing
practical courses:
industrial robots (ROBCAD), XML compiler construction, image processing
10/1997-3/1999 job at the Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe:
implemented graphical user interface for a hardware-design-tool
4/1999-7/2000 tutor for math and physics for foreign students
1/2000-4/2002 European MINIMAN project:
implemented closed loop controller, part of software architecture, and early vision algorithm for microrobot with 5 degrees of freedom
10/2001-12/2001 stay abroad at Sheffield Hallam University

Job

7/2002-3/2004 full time job at CZ SMT AG as software developer:
implemented bandpass filter for limited 2D signals, gave lecture on wavelets, designed and implemented software for computing approximated polygon data with asserted accuracy for CGH (computer generated hologram) plots, parametrisation software using XML

Job

4/2004-7/2009 Research assistant and part-time PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University
4/2004 LPI 101 certification by Wyvern Training Ltd.
4/2004-1/2005 EU MiCRoN project:
implemented system architecture and object recognition algorithm for real-time microscope vision software
2/2005-7/2009 EPSRC Nanorobotics project:
Implementing machine vision software, telemanipulation user interface, and generic Ruby real-time computer vision extension HornetsEye for the Nanorobotics-project

Education

8/2009-? PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University

Publications