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Education
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Board Member / CTO
Jacobs University Foundation of America
- Present 14 years
Education
The Jacobs University Foundation of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the United States with the mission of supporting Jacobs University Bremen, an international English language university in Bremen, Germany.
● Joined Board as first Jacobs University Alumni member
● Organized & co-hosted Jacobs alumni reunions on the Harvard & Berkeley campuses as well as San Francisco & New York.
● Set up IT infrastructure (Google Apps, Paypal, etc) & website.
● Acted as…The Jacobs University Foundation of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the United States with the mission of supporting Jacobs University Bremen, an international English language university in Bremen, Germany.
● Joined Board as first Jacobs University Alumni member
● Organized & co-hosted Jacobs alumni reunions on the Harvard & Berkeley campuses as well as San Francisco & New York.
● Set up IT infrastructure (Google Apps, Paypal, etc) & website.
● Acted as industry consultant to university leadership on the ongoing "change process" at Jacobs University, in particular on planned changes to the core curriculum and study programs.
Publications
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The YouTube Video Recommendation System
ACM Recommender Systems Conference
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Exploration of Effects of Different Network Topologies on the ESN Signal Crosscorrelation Matrix Spectrum
Jacobs University Bremen, Bachelor's Thesis
Patents
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Personal content streams based on user-topic profiles
Issued US US 8849958 B2
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Method and System of Identifying Replacements for Unavailable Web Pages
Issued US US 20140172839 A1
Honors & Awards
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Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Received a Technology Emmy Award for the development of "Personalized Recommendation Engines For Video Discovery". Accepted the award on behalf of YouTube at the Awards Show in January 2014. See http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/tech_2k13_winners.html for more info.
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Richard T. Cheng Graduate Fellowship
University of Illinois
https://goo.gl/TaY9KH
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Scholar / Awardee
German National Academic Foundation / Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
http://www.studienstiftung.de/en.html
Merit-based scholarship for the duration of my undergraduate and graduate studies with Germany's most prestigious and selective scholarship program for university students (only about 0.5% of all students at German universities get accepted).
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German
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