Experience

  1. Research Assistant

    ETH Zürich, ISE Group, Institute of Machine Learning

    Responsibilities include:

    • Spearheaded Innosuisse project titled “Data-driven optimization of surgical skills” in collaboration with an industry partner
    • Developed novel algorithms in the domains of imitation learning and inverse reinforcement learning
    • Applied these algorithms in the context of a surgical teaching assistance algorithmic pipeline.
    • Teaching duties: Advanced Machine Learning and Statistical Learning Theory
  2. Research Assistant

    Disney Research

    Responsibilities include:

    • Applied seq2seq models with structured memory for story generation.
    • Developed novel autoencoder architecture based on non-Euclidean latent space geometry.
  3. Electrical Engineer

    Quartzteq GmbH

    Responsibilities include:

    • Development of an energy-harvesting wireless sensor network for health monitoring of large electrical machines

Education

  1. PhD Computer Science (ML/AI)

    ETH Zürich Department of Computer Science
    Thesis on reinforcement learning from demonstrations in (surgical) digital twins. Supervised by Prof. Joachim Buhmann and Prof. Andreas Krause.
    Read Thesis
  2. MSc Electrical Engineering (Intelligent Systems)

    ETH Zürich Department of Electical Engineering

    GPA: 5.45/6.0,

    Courses included:

    • Machine Learning
    • Statistical Learning Theory
    • Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence
  3. BSc Electrical Engineering

    ETH Zürich Department of Electical Engineering

    GPA: 5.1/6.0

    Courses included:

    • Control Theory
    • Analog Devices
    • Quantum Electronics
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Python
Reinforcement Learning
Machine Learning
C
C++
C#
Java
Hobbies
Music

Guitarist (15+ years exp.) playing Gypsy Jazz and Progressive Metal

Sports

Mountain Biking and Kite surfing

Dance

Lindy Hop

Languages
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English
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German
100%
French
100%
Russian
80%
Italian
50%
Spanish
40%
Swedish
20%
Chinese