Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

- Senior Lecturer, AI & Deep Learning- Teaching & Module coordinator, BSc Computer Science & Data Science- Teaching & Module developer, Master of Science in Engineering (MSE)- PhD supervisor

Joint PhD Programme in Data Science ZHAW - Univ. Zurich

- Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI), 2021-- Institute of Applied Information Technology (InIT), 2019-2021- Research on AI and Deep Learning (focus: Computer Vision using Deep Neural Networks)- Project manager applied research with industrial partners- Teaching of AI/ML lectures & seminars to BSc/MSc students- Organizer of CAI colloquium and Datalab seminar- Main organizer of AI conference annpr2020.ch- Board member, ZHAW digital, DIZH fellowships

- Institute of Applied Information Technology (InIT)- Deep learning, AI, Pattern and Image recognition, Convolutional Neural Networks with Tensorflow

- Software Development, Testing & Consulting- Consulting in Research & Teaching

Permanently delegated to CERN (Geneva, CH)

- Project management & leadership: Coordinated team of around 20 experts with goal to deliver precise calibration of a large scientific instrument to be deployed at the LHC; goals achieved within design expectations and on very tight schedule (1.5 years)- Development and Implementation of complex mathematical algorithms in C++, including interface to ORACLE / SQL database- Documentation of results in technical notes and scientific publications

Permanently based at CERN, Geneva (CH)Project management & leadership:- Managed multi-national team of researchers who analyzed the first LHC data: definition of goals and requirements, schedule planning, formation of teams, solving of conflicts, implementation of organizational structure (meetings and workshops), deployment of collaborative tools (mailing lists, web pages, WIKIs etc.), evaluation of results, reporting to management (2 years)- Coordinator of various intl. scientific committees and working groups- Organization of several intl. conferences and workshopsSoftware development and data analysis:- Design and implementation of software algorithms in C++ and PYTHON- Quantitative analysis using advanced statistical and multi-variate algorithms- Analysis of multi-TB datasets in a distributed world-wide GRID computing environmentOther scientific tasks:- Editing and review of scientific articles and technical reports- Writing of research grant applications and annual progress reports- Teaching, supervision of students and post-docs- Outreach for the general public (guided visits, exhibitions, public web pages, etc.)

Scientific Advisory Board (WA)

Project management & leadership:- Coordinator of a multi-national scientific working group of around 50 experts from many different countries (2 years)- Project manager for critical component of a large scientific instrument: definition and algorithmic implementation of selection criteria, operation and monitoring, evaluation and continuous improvement, reporting to management, documentation (1 year)- Scientific research based on quantitative and statistical analysis of multi-GB datasets- Software development in FORTRAN and C++- Editing of scientific articles and technical notes, supervision of students

- Data analysis and research in the field of elementary particle physics- Development of software algorithms in FORTRAN- Analysis of multi-GB datasets using advanced statistical algorithms- Operation & maintenance of a component of a large scientific instrument on a 24/7 basis