EXPERIENCE:
9.2005 - 2.2006
Visiting Scholar —
DREAM Lab., University of California, Irvine
- Systems integration, real-time vision, sensor fusion, path planning and navigation in autonomous ground vehicles.
Since 2000
Freelancer —
IT Trainings, Programming, Webmastering and Webdesign
- Registered at the agencies SANITT and ATITAN, Paderborn, Germany, which arranged several jobs, mainly IT train-ings, dealing with: Software engineering, webmastering and webdesign, operating systems, office and back officea.o.
2005
Visiting Scholar —
UCI DREAM Lab/ C-LAB, Paderborn, Germany
- Two research semester spent at UCI working on autonomous behavior, distributed real-time computing, real-time mono & stereo vision, systems integration etc. targeting the robotic racing DARPA Grand Challenge entry "Cyberrider".
- Windows XP/2003, RedHat Linux, Email (Exchange, fetchmail/sendmail/mailman), WebServer (IIS/Apache) Admin.
2002 – 2003
Web Guru —
PC
2, University of Paderborn, Germany
- Complete redesign (6000+ files, html, css, javascript), automatic page generation and user data forms (CMS, Php, MySql), administrative scripts (perl, bash), set up dedicated virtual server (Apache, Debian Linux, MySql), 9.5h/week.
2000 – 2002
CAD Macro Programmer —
CIO, Wincor Nixdorf, Paderborn, Germany
- Engineering, redesigning and writing multi-language capable macros for SDRC's CAD tool I-DEAS Drafting in the tool's own macro language, C/C++ and Tcl/Tk; and porting macros from Unix (SGI) to MS Windows 2k. 12h/week.
2000
IT Administrator —
A.V. Wehling, Bielefeld, Germany (book wholesale)
- Installing the company's booking tool and hardware (PC, analog modem, phone wires) at bookstores, training book-sellers, phone and on-the-spot support. In-house IT administration, and maintaining the company's web pages.
1999
Intern — Siemens AG, Paderborn, Germany
- One month soldering .at modules. One month team leader, thus additionally SAP, beginner trainings, visitor tours etc. One month mechanical training in .ling, folding, turning, sandblasting, gas shielded welding and ultrasonic welding.
EDUCATION:
1999 — 2005 University of Paderborn Paderborn, Germany
- Graduated as a "Diplom Informatiker" (Dipl. Inf.), a German equivalent of a Master of Science in Computer Science
- Course of studies: "Ingenieurinformatik" (comparable to Computer Engineering, main focus on Computer Science)
- Diploma thesis: "Distributed Real-Time Computing in Autonomous Robotic Environments Utilizing Time-Triggered Message-Triggered Objects (TMOs)", written at DREAM Lab., University of California, Irvine & C-LAB, Paderborn
- Main focus: Embedded Systems and Software Engineering (CS), Control- and Systems Engineering (EE)
- Project: "Paderkicker", robotic soccer (mid-size league), C-LAB, 1 year. (C167 controller, CAN bus, C)
- Practical: "JCastle XP", software engineering practical, 1 semester. Virtual agents exploring arenas. (Java & UML)
- Three years student representative in the electrical engineering department and webmaster of its students council.
SKILLS & Interests:
- Embedded systems, autonomous robotics, robotic racing, real-time sensor fusion, real-time vision, architectures, object oriented programming, web engineering, networks, office, backoffice, microcontroller, admin., hardware, VoIP, TMO , LATEX, image editing a.o.
- C, C++, C#, Java, UML, Html, Php, Sql, Perl, Javascript, Css, Tcl/Tk, Pascal, Basic a.o.
- Dos, Windows (1.0 – XP, NT 4.0 SP1 - 2k3 Server, XPe & CE), Linux (Gentoo, Suse, Debian, RedHat, Fedora, Fli4l), Unix (SGI) a.o.
SOFT KILLS:
- Strong organization, communication, presentation, analyzation, motivation and interpersonal skills. Cultivated, dependable, conscientious, yet creative. Performing well independently, as part of a team, or as team leader. Eager to break into new subjects and to share acquired knowledge. Willing to travel a lot and to relocate worldwide.
- German (native), English (excellent), French (intermediate), Latin, Spanish (beginning)
REFERENCES:
(contact information/ more excellent references upon request)
- Dr. V.P. Srini, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Prof. Kane Kim, University of California, Irvine, USA
- Atila Sancar, CEO of SANITT (IT trainings), Paderborn, Germany
