About

I am cofounder of Algolas, a startup that solves business problems using tough-to-beat AI / Software hybrids. Part-time, I do similar things as an IT consultant for ETH juniors. In September 2023 I finished my Master's in Computer Science at the University of St. Gallen.

My technical skills include core CS topics, such as developing software and algorithms, information security, machine learning, making IT infrastructure and networks work and some current fancy front- and backend frameworks. The "simulated thinking" that LLMs exhibit fascinates me. Despite the hype, I believe the "simulated intelligence" is an amazing discovery that we don't really understand yet.

I am strong proponent for a dedicated interconnect between science and business, as I think that both ends have moved apart from each other, despite pressing issues that require both.

Also, I like thinking in a holistic and interconnected way rather than being ultra-specialised - in the spirit of Freeman Dyson's "The Scientist as Rebel". That's one of the reasons why Computer Science is fun! As a consequence, my scientific interest is particularly in Complex Systems, combining the insights of fields from Biology, Theoretical Physics and Engineering to understand real-world problems that are not confined to human-made borders in science.

I like spending time reading wildly through the Internet, on my bike (motor and muscle), in my running shoes, on the water or playing the violin (I like both classical music and art). Also, I am interested in the Internet of the 90s and 2000s.

Alas, a student thinkin' about bits of maths kets and bras, molecules as graphs, FLOPS of expensive cards.

Adapted from Notorious BIG's Hypnotize

Interests (not necessarily skills)

• Software Engineering, computational intelligence and applications of Computer Science
• Complex systems
• Ideas from Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and History
• Quantum Computing and alternative computing architectures

Education

• BSc in Computer Science, grade: 5.69/6 (graduated best of the year, 150 students), ZHAW School of Engineering, July 2021
• MSc in Computer Science, grade: 5.78/6 Universität St. Gallen, September 2023

Materials

2024

CADENCE: Compressing Audio Data by Exploiting Cyclical Elements Master's Thesis under Anna-Lena Horlemann-Trautmann and Guido Salvaneschi

2023

OIC: Object Identification using Context for Temporal Tracking in Dynamic Environments A report completed for a semester project with Yasmine S. Antille at the Interactions Group of the University of St. Gallen

2022

Rhyming history: How historical events shaped the debate around US science policy in the past and present A report I wrote for a technology and society class at the University of St. Gallen

A meta-paradox A fun idea with no practical implications (probably)

2021

Multiple Query Optimization using a Hybrid Approach of Classical and Quantum Computing Bachelor's Thesis with Tobias Fankhauser under Kurt Stockinger and Rudolf M. Füchslin

Detoxer: A tiny Supervised Learning application for the /Artificial Intellicence 2/ course @ ZHAW. With Yasmine S. Antille and Joel Wichser