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Education and Employment

• 2014 - present Researcher and Team Leader at SCCH in the Field for  Knowledge-based Vision Systems
• 2006 –Researcher and Project Leader at SCCH in the Field for  Knowledge-based Vision Systems
• 2009 – 2013 PhD in Computer Science, Thesis: “A Novel Illumination Technique for Specular Textured Surfaces and Its High Performance Implementation Using Auto-Parallelization Techniques”, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Heriot-Watt University
• 1999 – 2006 Master in Computer Science, Diploma Thesis: “The Calculation of Canonical Face Images” Johannes Kepler University Linz
• 2005 – 2006 Freelancer for “Maderreisen GmbH”
• 2005 – 2006 Freelancer for “Pendl & Piswanger”
• 2002 – 2006 Freelancer for “Ars Electronica Festival”
• 2002 – 2004 Freelancer for “VATech Hydro”
• 1998 – 1999 Vocational Diploma at Berufsförderungsinstitut OÖ
• 1995 – 1999 Hairdresser at Hairdesign Hirth and Klipp OÖ
• 1991 – 1994 Apprenticeship at Hairdesign Hirth at Graz

Research Interests

• Industrial Image Processing (expert for surface defects on glossy materials and woven fabrics)
• High Performance Computing (multi-core CPU, many-core GPU, Single Assignment C, S-NET, CUDA)

Skills

• Programming Languages (C++, C, Java, Single Assignment C (SAC))
• Script Languages (Python, Matlab, and more)
• Frameworks (OpenCV, CUDA, Boost, Qt, and more)
• Programing Tools (Visual Studio, Matlab, PyCharm, Sypder, and more)
• Management Tools (MS Navision, Confluence, Jira)

Scientific Activities

• Reviewer for Journal of Electronic Imaging (JEI)
• Reviewer for Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS)
• Program Committee Member, August 2013, “1st DEXA Workshop on Development of Applications for Next Generation High Performance Systems'' (DANGHPS 2013) (http://www.dexa.org/), Czech Republic, Prague, in conjunction with the 24th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2013).
• Program Committee Member, Nov 2012, "2nd International Workshop on Advances on Distributed and Parallel Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence" (DCG-AI 2012) (http://www.dcg-ai.org/), Canada, in conjunction with the 7th IEEE International Conference on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing (3PGCIC-2012).

Management Experiences

Research Team Leader in the field of Computational Model Environment (iCME)

Comprehensive project management experiences in the field of applied science:

• Trumpf Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co KG
• Miele & Cie. KG
• Siemens AG
• Lenzing Instruments GmbH & Co. KG
• Oswald Kienbacher GmbH
• and much more
  
  

Project management experiences in the field of fundamental science:
EU-Project “ADVANCE”

• FFG-Basis
• COMET I, II
• FFG - Feasibility Studies