| PERSONAL INFORMATION |
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Würzebesser Christian |
| Nationality |
German |
| Date of birth |
18.06.1977 |
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| WORK EXPERIENCE |
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| Since December 2005 |
EAWAG Aquatic Research, ZÜRICH
Research Associate
System Analysis, Integrated Assessment and Modeling
Design and implementation of simulations to examine social systems and the impact of interventions. Developing methods for the data-driven generation of artificial social networks
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2005
Six months
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EADS - European Aeronautic Defense And Space Company, FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
Final thesis
Modeling cognitive processes; modeling and simulation of cognitive processes of military decision makers in dynamic environments; analyzing and reproducing the influence of human factors in networked military operations |
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2004/2005
One year |
Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology , ZÜRICH
Internship and freelancer
Design and implementation of social-psychological simulations; improving automated generation of populations and social networks based on surveys |
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2003/2004
One year
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Infineon Technologies AG, Strategic Marketing, MUNICH
Working student
Price forecast for DRAM; analysis and improvement of existing techniques for price forecasts by using statistical methods |
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2003
Four months |
EADS - European Aeronautic Defense And Space Company, FRIEDRICHSHAFEN
Internship and freelancer
Verification, optimization and extension: psychological research, creation of experiments, analysis of the model and programming of extensions / optimizations |
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2002/2003
Four months |
University of Zürich, Psychological Institute, ZÜRICH
Internship and freelancer
Responsible for the technical part of a social-psychological simulation (programming and verification); developing technical and statistical methods to evaluate and make use of empirical data |
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2002
Two months |
University of Passau, Department for Stochastical Processes
Student assistant
Summarizing and lecturing the subject matters of the lectures 'Linear Algebra 1' and 'Analysis 1 & 2' |
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1997/1999
Two years |
German Air Force
Soldier
Completing training for the rank of Sergeant (received formal acknowledgement as best of course),Maintaining technical televisor equipment and working at aviation briefing |
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| EDUCATION |
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| Since 2007 |
ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
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Master of Advanced Studies in Management, Technology and Economics (MAS ETH MTEC)
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| 1999 - 2006 |
University of Passau |
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Major subject: computer science; minor subject: psychology
Final exam in January 2006 (cumulative grade 1,7)
Focus: operations research, simulation, statistical methods and graph theory |
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Additional courses in philosophy and psychology |
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| 1988 - 1997 |
Gymnasium Landau a.d.Isar
(Comprehensive Secondary School) |
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Abitur (general qualification for university entrance) in July 1997
Major courses: economics and English; qualification in Latin |
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PERSONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES |
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| Mother tongue |
German |
| Other languages |
Englich (fluent) |
| Programming languages |
Java, C/C++, Simplex-MDL, HTML, SQL, SML |
| Software |
MS Office, OpenOffice, LaTex, Eclipse, Simplex3, Maple, Photoshop |
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
AND PERSONAL INTERESTS |
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Elected student representative at the department of computer science |
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Provided private revision courses in mathematics |
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Developed and implemented open source software projects in team work with fellow students |
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Reading philosophy and biography |
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Cigars |
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Rock climbing |
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