Short CV of Christian Sommer
Christian Sommer studied Computer Science and got his MSc from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) in 2006. Since 2007, he is a PhD student at Tokyo University working on algorithms for shortest paths.
Future
Please contact me, I plan to graduate in March 2010.Present (& Recent)
PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Tokyo (since 4.2007)- Advisors: Shinichi Honiden and Michael E. Houle
- Fellowship of the University of Tokyo (since 4.2008)
- Research assistant at the National Institute of Informatics (since 11.2006)
- External Reviewer for ICDCN 2010
- Internship at the Los Alamos National Laboratories in the CCS-3 Group (7.2009 - 10.2009)
- Internship at Microsoft Research Asia in the Theory Group (7.2008 - 10.2008)
- Extra-curricular: I ran the Hakone Ekiden Yosenkai
Past
Master of Science in Computer Science at ETH Zurich (10.2002 - 9.2006)- Major: Theoretical Computer Science
- Master's thesis: Robust Combiners for Cryptographic Protocols
Supervisors: Bartosz Przydatek and Ueli Maurer - Term project: A Note on Coloring Sparse Random Graphs
Supervisor: Konstantinos Panagiotou - Teaching Assistant for Discrete Mathematics, Professor: Ueli Maurer
- Teaching Assistant for Open Class lectures, Professor: Juraj Hromkovic
- Master's thesis: Robust Combiners for Cryptographic Protocols
- Minor: Software Engineering
- Term project: Model Checking Networked Programs in the Presence of Transmission Failures
Supervisor: Cyrille Artho, work done at the National Institute of Informatics
- Term project: Model Checking Networked Programs in the Presence of Transmission Failures
- Others: basic business lectures (accounting, international management, etc.)
- Publication: Outsourcing and Offshoring: the Consultancies' Estimates
- Internship: Accenture Management Consulting (10.2005 - 12.2005)
- Research Assistant: Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation
- Extra-curricular: Frenchhorn player in the Academic Orchestra, the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Swiss Army Concert Band, and others. Concerts all around Europe.