Curriculum Vitae

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Research Interest

My research interests spans the intersection between distributed systems and networking. My research model is mainly experimental - designing, building, testing and redesigning as a way of gaining further insights into complex systems.

Recent projects address efficient overlay mechanism for group communication specifically focusing on highly dynamic heterogenous environments. Example applications, which benefit from this research, are online gaming, video conferencing and content distribution.

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, Northwestern University, 2002-Present.
• Teaching Assistant, University for Applied Science Aargau, Brugg-Windisch (Switzerland), 1999-2000.

Education

• Ph.D. Computer Science, expected December 2007
  Northwestern University.
  Advisor: Fabian E. Bustamante
  Topic: Efficient Overlay Group Communication
• M.S. Computer Science, June 2004
  Northwestern University.
• B.S. Computer Science, December 2001
  University for Applied Science Aargau, Brugg-Windisch (Switzerland).

Other Work Experience

• Research Coop, IBM Research, San Jose, CA, 2006.
• Research Coop, IBM Research, San Jose, CA, 2005.
• Software Engineer, Siemens Building Technologies, Zug (Switzerland), 2002.
• Software Engineer, basoft ag, Dietikon (Switzerland), 2001 - 2002.
• Teacher, InovaTech, Strengelbach (Switzerland), 2001.
• Programmer, zeitgeist interactive GmbH, Baden-Dättwil (Switzerland), 2000-2001.

Professional Activities

• Member of ACM and IEEE.

Service

• Reviewer for IEEE/ICC, IEEE/INFOCOM, IEEE/Globecom and IEEE/ICDCS

Honors and Awards

• Neokast Fellowship 2006
• Siemens Building Technologies Scholarship 2001
• Muller Martini Foundation Award for Culture, Science and Education 1997

Personal Information

• Fluent in English and German. Moderate in French.

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