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Gernot Ziegler
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General Information | |
Place of Residence | Vienna, Austria |
Citizenship | Austrian - EU Citizen |
Languages | German (native speaker), English (fluent), Swedish (fluent), Norwegian and Dutch (conversation-level understanding). |
gz@geofront.eu | |
Education | |
2003 - 2008 | Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany: Doktor-Ingenieur | Doctor of Engineering
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1998 - 2003 | Linköping University, Sweden: Civilingenjör i datateknik
| MSc in Computer Science and Engineering
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1997 - 1998 | Linköping University, Sweden: College Course in the Swedish Language |
1996 - 1997 | (Military service in the Austrian Army) |
1991 - 1996 |
Sec. School for Control Engineering, Hollabrunn, Austria: BHS-Matura
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Work Experience | |
2013 - 2015 | NVIDIA UK Ltd. Senior Developer Technology Engineer (Computer Vision) Consulting in Embedded Computer Vision for Automotive Applications (Algorithms, Programming, Training) |
2008 - 2013 | NVIDIA UK Ltd. Developer Technology Engineer (High Performance Computing) Application consulting, SDK examples, algorithmic research for the CUDA hardware platform. Customers in Medical Imaging, Finance, Molecular Dynamics,... |
2003-2008 | Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany Research engineer/Doctoral candidate 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 Paid internship to create Diploma thesis: "MPEG Z/Alpha and high-res MPEG" |
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 |
Skills | |
Data-Parallel Algorithmics |
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Computer Science |
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Electrical Engineering | Signal Processing, Control Engineering, Digital video processing, Microcontrollers, Digital Electronics, Measurement Techniques. |
Mathematics | Sound mathematical education, including multi-variable calculus and linear algebra. |
Other skills |
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Achievements | |
2014-2016 | US Patent, submitted during employment at NVIDIA : Summed area computation using ripmap of partial sums (US 20140185951 A1) - Awarded in 2016. |
May 2001 | First undergraduate student to combine the MSc computer science education offered at the main university campus in Linköping with the Scientific Visualization profile at the subsidiary university campus in Norrköping, Sweden. |
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, Sweden. |
May 1994 | Award on Computer Programming Achievements by the Arbeiterkammer Österreich (Austrian Chamber of Labour). |
Interests | |
Languages & Culture | Scandinavian, Dutch, English & German. |
Sports | Swimming, Biking, Fitness Training. |
Travelling | Europe (esp. Scandinavia/UK/Benelux), North America (esp. California), SouthEast Asia (esp. Singapore, Malaysia). |
(References available upon request) |