Curriculum Vitae

Last updated: December 2020

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Education

Aug. 2017 Doctorate in Computer Science
Kent State University, Ohio, USA
Advisor: Feodor F. Dragan
May 2012 Diplom in Computer Science
(Classical German university degree, comparable to Master of Science.)
University of Rostock
Concentration on graph theory and algorithms
June 2005 Abitur
(General qualification for university entrance.)
Goethegymnasium, Rostock

Academic Experience

Since 2017 Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science, Central Washington University
2013 - 2017 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Computer Science, Kent State University
2009 – 2011 Student Assistant
Institute of Computer Science, University of Rostock
Java programming to support research projects.

Non-Academic Experiences

Since Sep. 2011 Software Development and Technical Support
Ostsee Truck Wash, Kavelstorf, Germany
Development, implementation, and maintenance of a server-client based software to manage customers and orders, to create bills, and to support accounting, implemented in C#.
Since 2009 Partner
Dr. Leitert & Partner GbR
Technical Advising and Support for small companies.
May - Aug. 2014 Software Engineer Intern
GraphSQL Inc., Kent
Development and implementation of MapReduce algorithms on huge graphs using C++.
April – Aug. 2010 Internship
EADS RST Rostock System-Technik GmbH
Software development in Java for Airbus
2005 – 2006 Military Service
in the German Air Force

Colloquiums, Conferences, and other Presentations

Computing the Union Join Graph and Subset Graph for Subclasses of Acyclic Hypergraphs in Truly Subquadratic Time
12th Annual Meeting of the Asian Association for Algorithms and Computation. April 19-21, 2019, Seoul, South Korea.
Parameterized Approximation Algorithms for some Location Problems in Graphs
73. Theorietag, Workshop on Algorithms and Complexity, May 18-19, 2017, Hamburg, Germany.
11th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA 2017), December 16-18, 2017, Shanghai, China.
Tree-Breadth of Graphs with Variants and Applications
Presentation about dissertation results and future research plans.
Spring 2017, Bradley University, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Central Washington University, Kent State University. State University of New York at Oswego, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
On Strong Tree-Breadth
10th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA 2016)
December 16-18, 2016, Hong Kong, China.
On the Minimum Eccentricity Shortest Path Problem
14th International Symposium on Algorithms and Data Structures (WADS 2015)
August 5-7, 2015, Victoria, Canada.
The Minimum Eccentricity Shortest Path Problem in some Structured Graph Classes
41st International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG 2015)
June 17-19, 2015, Munich, Germany; given by F. Dragan.
Recent Research Results on Line-Distortion and Minimum Eccentricity Shortest Path
Guest presentation at research seminar on theoretical computer science
July 2014, University of Rostock, Germany.
Line-Distortion, Bandwidth and Path-Length of a Graph
14th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2014)
July 2-4 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Efficient Dominating and Edge Dominating Sets for Graphs and Hypergraphs
The 23rd International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2012)
December 19-21, 2012, Taipei, Taiwan.

Institutional and Professional Activities

Faculty Senator Since Fall 2018
Representing the Department of Computer Science at the Faculty Senate, CWU.
Alternate Faculty Senator Fall 2017-Spring 2018
Representing the Department of Computer Science at the Faculty Senate, CWU.
Committee Member
  • Senate Curriculum Committee, CWU   (since Winter 2020)
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Peer Publications, College of the Sciences, CWU   (Spring 2019)
  • Personal Committee, Department of Computer Science, CWU   (Spring 2018)
Reviewing Journal and Conference Papers
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics
  • Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory
  • Informatica
  • Information Processing Letters
  • Journal of Discrete Algorithms
  • SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • 16th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS) 2019
  • X Latin and American Algorithms, Graphs and Optimization Symposium (LAGOS) 2019
  • 44th Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science (WG) 2018
Development of Classes
  • Moving Classes Online.
    Transformed various courses to full online classes.
  • Introduction to Graph Algorithms.
    Newly created elective course for senior undergraduates and master students.
Advising and Supervising
  • Advisor for undergraduate research projects, CWU.
  • Supervising student workers and teaching assistants for various classes, KSU and CWU.
  • Academic advising for students in the computer science major, CWU.
  • Faculty advisor for student lead Game Development Club, CWU.

Awards, Funding, and Other Support

Faculty Early Career Grant Academic Year 2019/20
Reassignment from teaching to support pre-tenure faculty to produce a peer-reviewed journal or conference paper. Provided by the College of the Sciences, CWU.
Faculty Travel Award Spring 2019
$300 to present resent research results at AAAC meeting 2019, Seoul, South Korea. Provided by School of Graduate Studies and Research, CWU.
University Fellowship Academic Year 2016/17
Annual award from Kent State University to advanced doctoral students to recognize excellent scholarship and research potential. Recipients receive a doctoral level service appointment for Fall semester and a non-service University Fellowship appointment for Spring semester.
Graduate Assistantship Spring 2013 – Spring 2017
Department of Computer Science, Kent State University.
Departmental Travel Grant Fall 2016
$600 to present the paper On Strong Tree-Breadth at COCOA 2016, Hong Kong, China.
International Travel Award Fall 2016
$500 to present the paper On Strong Tree-Breadth at COCOA 2016, Hong Kong, China.
Departmental Travel Grant Summer 2015
$600 to present the paper On the Minimum Eccentricity Shortest Path Problem at WADS 2015, Victoria, Canada.
DAAD Scholarships for Conferences and Lecture Journeys December 2012
1486 € to present the paper Efficient Dominating and Edge Dominating Sets for Graphs and Hypergraphs at ISAAC 2012, Taipei, Taiwan.

Courses Taught

Institution Number Level Semester or Quarter
Advanced Data Structures and File Processing
Central Washington University CS 302 Bachelor Winter 2018, Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021
Algorithm Analysis
Central Washington University CS 427 Bachelor Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2020
Data Structures
Central Washington University CS 301 Bachelor Fall 2018, Winter 2020
Database Management Systems
Central Washington University CS 420 Bachelor Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Kent State University CS 46101 Bachelor Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Summer 2017
Kent State University CS 46101 Master Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Summer 2017
Discrete Structures
Kent State University CS 23022 Bachelor Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Summer 2016
Introduction to Graph Algorithms
Kent State University CS 49995 Bachelor Spring 2016
Kent State University CS 49995 Master Spring 2016
Central Washington University CS 428 Bachelor Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021
Principles of Programming Languages I
Central Washington University CS 361 Bachelor Fall 2017, Fall 2018
Principles of Programming Languages II
Central Washington University CS 362 Bachelor Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021
Theory of Computation
Central Washington University CS 496 Bachelor Fall 2019