Personal Issues

born 1962 in Berlin (West),

married since 1988, 4 children (born 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996), 6 grandchildren (born 2011, 2014, 2017, 2020, 2020, 2022)

active member of the Roman-Catholic church

leisure interests: active classical music (piano, flute, singing), languages, history, geography, hiking and swimming

Professional carreer 

since 2004      professor for computer science at FH Wedel
                         teaching and research focus (since 2007): mathematics, algorithmics, artificial intelligence
                         teaching and research focus (until 2007): distributive systems, knowledge-based systems

2002-2004       Studienreferendar (teacher trainee) at F.F. Runge gymnasium (Oranienburg) and Wandlitz gymnasium

1991-2002       research assistant and manager at the Department of Information Technology at Daimler-Benz
                        (since 1998: DaimlerChrysler) in Berlin
                         research foci: knowledge-based systems, model-based diagnosis, multi-agent-systems,
                         traffic information, traffic control, telematics, distributed information services

1986-1991      teaching and research assistant for theoretical computer science at Department of Mathematics at FU Berlin
                       research focus: algorithmic geometry

academic education 

    2004           2nd (final) state examination for teacher at gymnasium (highest level of secondary school
                           for mathematics and computer science at Studienseminar (teacher-training college) Neuruppin (federal state of Brandenburg)

     1990           Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) at FU Berlin in theoretical computer science
                        title of dissertation thesis: Approximate Congruence and Symmetry Detection in the Plane
                        advisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Alt

      1986          diploma in mathematics with minor computer science (corresponding to master level)
                        title of diploma thesis: Search Problems in Graphs (in German)
                        advisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Aigner

1983-1986       graduate study of mathematics (minor: computer science) at FU Berlin

1982-1983       study of mathematics (with special focus on statistics)
                        at University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA,
                        status: visiting graduate student, foreign exchange scholarship of Fulbright commission

     1982           pre-exams in both, mathematics und biology (corresponding to bachelor level)

1979-1982       undergraduate study of mathematics und biology (as equal majors) at FU Berlin

     1979           abitur (qualification exam for university)

1971-1979       secondary school at Canisius-Kolleg (Jesuit gymnasium with focus in ancient languages) in Berlin