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/teaching
I have been a teaching assistant for different programming classes offered to undergraduate students at EPFL in Computer Science (Java, C, Shell and PERL), Life Sciences (C++), and Communication Systems (UNIX and system oriented C). Contributed to the elaboration of student projects and exercises and grading exams.
At ETH Zurich, I have been a TA for the Informatics II course (2008-2010), which covers Java programming, computational complexity, and algorithmics. I have also supervised the ubiquitous computing seminar offered to graduate students in computer science.
/supervising
As Ph.D. student, I had the chance to supervise the Master's theses of the following (outstanding) students:
- Oliver Senn (Jan. 2010 - June 2010, ETH Zurich). WISSPR: A Web-based Infrastructure for Sensor Data Streams Sharing, Processing and Storage. [Now research engineer at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology]
- Simon Mayer (Nov. 2009 - April 2010, ETH Zurich). Deployment and Mashup Creation Support for Smart Things. [Now Ph.D student at ETH Zurich]
- Vlatko Davidovski (Sept. 2009 - Feb. 2010, ETH Zurich). A Web-oriented Infrastructure for Interacting with Digitally Augmented Environments. [Now Senior Software Engineer at Spectraseis]
- Andreas Kamilaris (Nov. 2008 - April 2009, ETH Zurich). A Lightweight Resource-Oriented Application Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks. [Now Ph.D. student at University of Cyprus]
- Samuel Wieland (Oct. 2008 - March 2009, ETH Zurich). Design and Implementation of a Gateway for Web-based Interaction and Management of Embedded Devices. [Now at...]
- Michael Haenni (Sept. 2008 - Feb. 2009, ETH Zurich). Development of a HTTP compliant Semantic Architecture for Enhanced Autonomy in Sensor Networks. [Now at...]
- Thomas Pham (June 2008 - Dec. 2008, SAP and University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland). Resource Oriented Architecture in Wireless Sensor Network: SmartLogger in the context of a supply chain. [Now research engineer at University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland]
/organizing
I am passionate about bringing brilliant minds together to explore new uses for technology. I have organized or co-organized the following events with leading experts in the area of ubiquitous computing, networked objects and interaction design:./academic
- Chair at the Second International Workshop on the Web of Things (WoT 2011), at Pervasive 2011, San Francisco CA, USA, 12 June 2011.
- Chair at the First International Workshop on the Urban Internet of Things (UrbanIoT 2010), at IOT 2010, Tokyo, Japan, 29 November 2010.
- Chair at the First International Workshop on the Web of Things (WoT 2010), at PerCom 2010, March 2010, Mannheim, March 2010.
./non-academic
- LIFT 2011 (coming soon, sold out)
- Picnic 2009 (100 participants, public)
- Lift 2009 (40 participants, sold out)
- Picnic 2008 (60 participants, public)
- Lift 2008 (25 participants)
/talking
Excluding many internal presentations I held at my previous and current institutions, and paper presentations at academic conferences, I had the chance to present my research at the following occasions:- South By Southwest, SXSW2011, Austin, TX, USA, March 2011.
- LIFT 2011, Geneva, Switzerland, February 2011.
- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, December 2010.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, June 2010.
- Internet Developers Summit, Zurich, Switzerland, April 2010.
- South By Southwest, SXSW2010, Austin, TX, USA, March 2010.
- Picnic 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2009.
- Doctoral Consortium at Pervasive09, Nara, Japan, May 2009.
- Homecamp, London, UK, April 2009.
- Synetgies, Zurich, Switzerland, March 2009.
- University of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland, March 2009.
- LIIP, Zurich, Switzerland, Jan. 2009.
- Picnic 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2008.
- France Telecom R&D Labs, Grenoble, France, Jan. 2008.
- EU/Swiss Kansai Roundtables, organized by the Swiss Consulate in Japan, Kobe, Japan, Oct. 2006.
/reviewing
In addition to several conferences and workshops in the area of Internet of Things and pervasive computing, I have served as reviewer for the following journals:
- Journal of Acoustical Society of America
- Pattern Recognition Letters
- IEEE Internet Computing
- IEEE Pervasive Computing
- IEEE Computer
/participating
- Mediamatic RFID Hackers camp, Picnic Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2008/2009.
- International Bioacoustics Monitoring Expert meeting organized by the German Ministry of Nature Conservation, Island of Vilm, Germany, December 2007.
/learning
- Information visualization with Edward Tufte (New York, USA, November 2010)
This 1-day course covered information architecture and design, and how to efficiently display quantitative information. - UBI summer school (Oulu, Finland, June 2010)
This 1-week summer school explored the various topics of ubiquitous computing applied to urban technology design, with various academic and industry experts. - CONET summer school (Bertinoro, Italy, June 2009)
This 1-week summer school explored various topics in sensor networks with various academic and industry experts.
- Venture Lab (Zurich, Switzerland, December 2007)
This 56-hour intensive course covered various aspects of entrepreneurship (fund raising, innovation, team building, etc) with interventions from various experts in the domain. - SAP Project Manager Curriculum (Various locations, Germany, 2007-2009)
This 15-day course covered various project management topics and is the required preparation for the PMP certification.
/enjoying
- I am a member of IEEE and ACM to support education and research in engineering.
- I support free speech and liberty of expression and free media by being a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Reporters without Borders.
- As an avid art and media fan, I am a member of several Swiss art, design, and photography associations.
- Co-founder of the Webofthings.com website, the leading community on the Web of Things topic.
- I am a PADI-certified Advanced Open Water Diver.
