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02/01/1975
born in Saarbrücken, Germany
education
08/1985
Staatliches Robert-Schuman-Gymnasium, Saarlouis
05/1994
Allgemeine Hochschulreife (high school graduation)
10/1994

Undergraduate Student of Computer Science,
University of Saarland at
Saarbücken
Major fields of study:

  • Computational Geometry and Mechanics
  • Database Systems
  • Algorithms and Data Structures
04/1996

Undergraduate Student of Business Administration,
University of Saarland at Saarbücken
Major fields of study:

  • Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
  • Information and Technology Management
  • Business-related Computer Science
10/1996
Vordiplom in Computer Science (bachelor's degree)
10/1996
Vordiplom in Business Administration (bachelor's degree)
02/2000
Master Thesis in Computer Science:
"Impulse-based dynamics simulation of rigid bodies using
bounding-volume-accelerated distance computation."
04/2000
Diploma in Computer Science (master's degree)
05/2000
Scientific Employee in the project:
"Virtual Prototyping and Assembly Planning"
funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG),
hosted at the
Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken
09/2001
Master Thesis in Business Administration:
"E-Business Modeling: Analysis of methods for describing
business processes between enterprises."
05/2001
Scientific Employee at the Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken
Ph.D. Scholarship of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS)
09/2001
Diploma in Business Administration (master's degree)
07/2002
Université Laval à Québec, Canada
Four-month Research Stay
01/2003
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Four-month Research Stay
12/2004
Submission of Ph.D. Thesis in Computer Science:
"Distance Computation for Extended Quadratic Complexes."