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Currently wrapping my studies of Computer Sciences at the ETH (Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, Switzerland, I am quite obviously very interested in computers. Particularly, I enjoy programming - with a special interest in games programming, but also 'serious' applications - gaming and computer graphics. Further I have built a very good reputation as a soft- and hardware troubleshooter for friends and relatives. Other interests include movies - both watching and making -, reading, writing, photography and hiking. Last but definitely not least, I greatly enjoy working with kids, having co-taught two class camps and now found a spot as a teacher at a sunday school spinoff called MiSaT [page in German].
| Name (First, Middle, Last): | Volker Andreas Maiwald |
| Gender: | male |
| Age: | 24 |
| Contact info: | Please contact me via e-mail at vmaiwald@yahoo.com. |
| Education: | |
| 1993-1998 | ETH
(Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, Switzerland Degree: Master in Computer Science, Minor in Robotics (expected Fall 1998) |
| 1987-1993 | Kantonsschule (Advanced Highschool) Wiedikon, Switzerland Degree: Matura (University entrance) "Type B", broad education with Latin |
| 1981-1987 | Grammar school in Wädenswil, Switzerland |
| Scientific Work: | |
| 1998 | Master's Thesis: Realtime Simulation of Interactive Cutting in Elastic 3D Material |
| 1997 | Semester Thesis in Robotics: Mobile Mail Robot Sensor Systems Analysis |
| 1996 | Semester Thesis in Computer Science: Implementation of a Repairs
Management Database System for the ETH's Computer Repair Service In a team of four students |
| 1996 | Seminar Talk & Paper: Analog and Digital Video Recording - An Overview |
| Focalpoints in Studies: | |
| Major: | Computer Graphics, Kryptography |
| Minor: | Mobile Robots, Artificial Intelligence |
| Work Experience: | |
| 1998-present | Part time assistant at ETH Zurich, continuing work on my Master's Thesis project |
| 1997/1998 | Student Intern at
MERL - A Mitsubishi
Electric Research Lab in
Cambridge, MA, USA Design and implementation of the "Volumetric Modeler", a 3D editor for volumetric data with support for force-feedback. |
| 1996/1997 | Teaching assistant at the ETH for the Systems Software course |
| 1995 | Temp at
Kuoni travel
agency in Zurich, Switzerland PC installation, troubleshooting and support, basic networking |
| Computer Related Knowledge: | |
| User: | DOS; Windows 3.1, 95, NT; OS/2; UNIX (solaris, irix, linux); Lotus SmartSuite, MS Office, CorelDraw |
| Programming: | DOS (experienced); Windows 3.1 (OWL basics); Windows 95, NT (basics); DirectX (basics); OS/2 (basics); UNIX (experienced); OpenGL (experienced); C/C++ (experienced); Tcl/Tk (experienced); Oberon, Pascal; Lisp; Prolog; PHANToM force-feedback device (experienced); Assembler (basic, NS32xxx, Sparc V6, HC11) |
| Hardware: | PC assembly, basic networking, troubleshooting |
| Other Qualification: | |
| Languages: | German (mother tongue); English (fluent; half a year in the USA); French (good-very good); Spanish (beginner); Russian (beginner) |
| Extra-universitary activities | |
| 1996-present: | Youth worker |
| 1995, 1996: | Assistant teacher in class camps for one week each |
