Resumé: Gernot Ziegler (civ.ing./MSc)

Guglgasse 6 1/11/8 A-1110 Vienna Austria E-mail: gz@geofront.eu Citizenship: Austrian

Education

2003, defense prob. 2011 Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany PhD candidate in the MPII Computer Graphics group. PhD thesis: GPU Data Structures for Graphics and Vision. (Links: Homepage, Publications) 1998 - 2003 Linköping University, Sweden: Civilingenjör i datateknik | MSc in Computer Science and Engineering Top grades (5) in Calculus (several variables), Mathematical Analysis, Signal Theory, Image Based Rendering, Scientific Visualization, Computer Hardware and Architecture. Diploma thesis "MPEG Z/Alpha and High Resolution MPEG" Study profile: Scientific Visualization. Education was predominantly conducted in Swedish, rest in English. Additional courses: Principles of Leadership, Swedish history. 1997 - 1998 Linköping University, Sweden: College Course in the Swedish Language 1996 - 1997 (Military service in the Austrian Army) 1991 - 1996 Höhere Technische Lehranstalt für Steuerungs- und Regelungstechnik (Hollabrunn, Austria): BHS-Matura ("Excellent") Austrian Higher Technical Colleges award BHS-Matura, similar to German Abitur, including admission to university. They also award the Austrian engineering title "Ingenieur (HTL)", which can be claimed after 3 years of work experience.

Achievements

May 2001 First student to study the Scientific Visualization profile at the subsidiary campus in Norrköping, Sweden, in combination with the underlying MSc computer science education offered at the main campus in Linköping. June 1995 Austrian team participiant at the International Olympiad in Informatics, IOI '95 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. June 1994 Austrian team participiant at the International Olympiad in Informatics, IOI '94 in Haninge, Stockholm. May 1994 Received diploma by the "Arbeiterkammer Österreich" (Worker's Chamber of Austria) for computer programming achievements.

Work Experience

2008 (ongoing)	NVIDIA Ltd., London, United Kingdom. Developer Technology Engineer (GPU High Performance Computing): Application consulting, SDK examples, algorithmic research for the CUDA hardware platform.
2003-2008	Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany PhD researcher in graphics hardware based Visual Computing in the Computer Graphics group.
2003	Futurelab/Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria Lead programmer, Gulliver's Box (Multi-user augmented reality with image based capturing)
2002	High Performance Computing Center, Groningen, Netherlands Diploma thesis "MPEG Z/Alpha and high-res MPEG", temporary employment.
2001, 2002	Addison-Wesley, USA (Telework) External reviewer of "Video Applications in Linux" by Robin Rowe, after assignment from his publisher Addison-Wesley
1999, 2000, 2001	Soliton AB, Linköping, Sweden German translation consultant for technical documents and product brochures
1998 - 2001	Linköping University, Sweden Mobile helpdesk employee for on-the-spot assistance regarding SUBNet, Linköping University's dormitory TCP/IP network
1999 - 2000	Linköping University, Sweden Teaching assistant for oral language exercises in German