- My research focuses on automating the operation of communication networks with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.- Writing and publishing articles in scientific journals and conferences.- Supervision of students and holding lectures.- Management of research projects.- Acquisition of funding for research projects.- DevOps for the chairs' compute infrastructure.

Leading a scientific project in cooperation with the ipoque GmbH - a Rohde&Schwarz Company. Participation in trainings for project management and teamwork.

Development of an virtualization architecture for Software-Defined Networks: http://www.lkn.ei.tum.de/forschung/publikationen/dateien/Blenk2015HyperFlex:AnSDNVirtualization.pdfImplementation work such as Network Embedding, interfaces to network devices or development of a GUI.

Deep Braille - Autonomous detection (and understanding) of braille script for blind people using a robot

05/2014 - 10/2014: HP Networking, Boeblingen GermanyDevelopment of an migration plan from legacy networks to SDN and development of a concept to provide policy driven edge-to-edge access control in a SDN based on a former concept (HP Adaptive Network Architecture) utilizing compartmentalization03/2012 - 05/2012: HP Networking, Boeblingen GermanyCompilation of advantages and disadvantages of state of the art overlay schemes like VxLAN, NVGRE orSST07/2013 - 09/2013: HP Software Professional Services, Boeblingen Germany Integration of Windows Server Updates Services patch status in a home-grown VM-Provisioning tool11/2012 - 02/2013: HP Ausbildungsabteilung, Boeblingen GermanyImplementation of an web-based HR tool using RESTful web services, MySQL and Bootstrap03/2012 - 05/2012: HP Enterprise Server Storage and Networking, Boeblingen GermanyImplementation of a small Data Mart10/2011 - 11/2011: HP Ausbildungsabteilung, Boeblingen GermanyAnalysis and presentation of business process involved in students doing internships and studies abroad