Curriculum vitae

Sep 2023
COST Academy - Leadership workshop
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Brussels, Belgium.

Apr 2023
Project lead for IoT Sustainability Innovation Lab
funded by Interreg ABH, FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Dornbirn, Austria.

Jan 2022
Open Science Ambassador (within RUN-EU)
FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Dornbirn, Austria.

Sep 2021
Co-Organizer and PC Chair of the 16th International ACM/SIGEVO Conference on the Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (FOGA 2021)
FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences and Online, Dornbirn, Austria.

Jul 2021 - today
Director of the Josef Ressel Centre for Robust Decision Making
Research Center Business Informatics, FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Dornbirn, Austria.

Jul 2021 - today
Senior Scientist in Computer Science (Optimization / Machine Learning)
Research Center Business Informatics, FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Dornbirn, Austria.

Sep 2020 - today
Lecturer of Business Mathematics and Statistics
University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Principality of Liechtenstein.

June 2019
Workshop on teaching principles, "Blended Learning with Moodle & Co", Österreichische Fachhochschul-Konferenz (FHK), Wien.

May 2018
Workshop on teaching principles, "Kompetenzorientiert Prüfungen gestalten und Leistungen bewerten", Österreichische Fachhochschul-Konferenz (FHK), Wien.

Jan 2018
Workshop on teaching principles, "Hochschuldidaktik II", Österreichische Fachhochschul-Konferenz (FHK), Wien.

Apr 2017
Workshop on teaching principles, "Hochschuldidaktik I", Österreichische Fachhochschul-Konferenz (FHK), Wien.

Jan 2017
Thesis defense and Graduation (Dr. rer. nat.)
Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Computer Science, and Psychology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Thesis title: Analysis of Mutation Strength Adaptation within Evolution Strategies on the Ellipsoid Model and Methods for the Treatment of Fitness Noise

Oct 2016 - Jun 2021
Post-doctoral researcher in Computer Science (Evolutionary Algorithms / Optimization)
Research Center for Process and Product Engineering, FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Dornbirn, Austria.

Sep 2015 - today
Lecturer of Mathematics
FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Dornbirn, Austria.

Feb 2015 - Dec 2020
Lecturer of Mathematics and Physics
Higher Education programs, Schloss Hofen, Lochau, Austria.

September 2014
Workshop on Information Geometry in Learning and Optimization, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

May 2013 - Jun 2013
Visiting Researcher
Department of Computer Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.

Apr 2011 - Sep 2016
Research assistant in Computer Science (Evolutionary Algorithms / Optimization), Research Center for Process and Product Engineering, FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Dornbirn, Austria.

Apr 2010 - Mar 2011
Mathematician in the Actuarial Department and Product Management
PrismaLife AG, Ruggell, Fürstentum Liechtenstein.

Dec 2009
Diploma (MS) degree in Mathematics (Dipl.-Math.)
Faculty of Mathematics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany.
Thesis title: Multikriterielle Optimierung mittels adaptiver Blocknormen

Apr 2007 - Jan 2009
Student Assistant
Tutorials to the lectures "Advanced Mathematics for Engineering II and III" TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany.

Oct 2003 - Nov 2009
Study of Mathematics
Major Field of Studies: Mathematics with focus on Nonlinear Optimization Minor Field of Studies: Business Studies with focus on Operations Research TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany.