About

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I am of German nationality and was born in 1980. I started my studies in Wirtschaftsinformatik (combination of computer science and business economics) at the University of Trier in 1999, and worked from 2000-2003 as a scientific assistant at the Institute for Telematics in Trier, Germany. During my time at the Institute for Telematics, I co-developed the patented IT security solution Lock-Keeper, which received awards such as the Inventors’ Award of Rheinland-Pfalz/Germany in 2002 and the German IT Security Award (category Web/Internet security) in 2007. I also worked on several studies and technical reports; for example, “Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems” for the German Ministry of Science, Education, Research, and Culture.

In 2004, I received the Diploma with Distinction (best diploma of graduation year) in Wirtschaftsinformatik from the University of Trier, Germany, after finishing my diploma thesis about content management systems. Since May 2004, I have been working abroad as an industrial doctoral student in the joint Safer Internet Project between SES ASTRA, Luxembourg; the Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam, Germany; and the University of Luxembourg & LIASIT. My research interests are mainly within the fields of pattern classification, machine learning, content filtering, and information security (see my publications).

When I’m not working, I enjoy spending my time for my hobbies and interests: art, astronomy, books & literature, history, music (piano), photography, and sports.

Projects

Note that my publications are listed separately.

Recent Readings

I have just started to use LibraryThing, an online service for cataloging your books with an added social networking component. At the moment, there aren’t that many of my books listed though I try to add more when time allows.

My recent readings are listed below (RSS feed and HTML feed available).

Recent Photos

After Flickr, my former photo hoster, changed its policy for viewing other people's pictures, I decided not to renew my paid Pro account but start "publishing" my own photos by myself instead.

My recent photos are available on my photoblog. Here's the latest picture.


  • I made this picture at the exhibition of the World Press Photo Award 2006 in Viernheim, Germany, in 2006. In the background (upper left corner), you can see the 2006 winner photo by Canadian photographer Finbarr O'Reilly, showing a mother and her child at an emergency feeding center in Tahoua, Niger. I obfuscated the facial details of the people in the foreground for privacy reasons.

    Please note that it is not my intention to blame the people eating in this picture. I made the photo because it shows the contrast between rich and poor countries.

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Favorite Poem

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
— Fire and Ice, 1920, by Robert Frost

About this website

Version 3.0 of this website is powered by free and open source software, most notably:

  • MediaWiki - free software wiki package originally written for Wikipedia (design based on sgumax 3.1 by Paul Gu)
  • WordPress - semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability
  • Pixelpost - authentic photoblog flavour

And if you wonder why the subtitle of the website is "My digital moleskine", it's because I enjoy writing notes on, well, moleskines.

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