| Dirk Bongartz |
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- In August 2006 I left RWTH and became a teacher for computer science and mathematics at secondary school (Gymnasium St. Wolfhelm in Schwalmtal, Germany).
Curriculum Vitae
- 1994 - 2000 : Study of Computer Science with Medicine as subsidiary subject at RWTH Aachen
- 2000 : Diploma-thesis on "Approximation Algorithms for DNA Fragment Assembly - The Shortest Superstring Problem."
- since 2000 : Scientific researcher (PhD-student) at the Department of Computer Science I, RWTH Aachen
- October 2003 - February 2004 : Research stay with Prof. Peter Widmayer's group at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
- May 2006 : Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat), thesis on "Algorithmic Aspects of Some Combinatorial Problems in Bioinformatics"
(Research) interests
- Computational biology, bioinformatics
- Algorithmic concepts: approximation, randomization, parameterized complexity, and online algorithms
- Cryptography
- Informatics in school
Publications
- For a list of my publications please click here.
Teaching Assistance
- WS 2005/06 : "Berechenbarkeit und Komplexität"
- SS 2005 : "Parallele Algorithmen"
- SS 2005 : "Algorithmische Kryptographie"
- SS 2005 : "Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen - Ausgewählte Highlights"
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Other activities
- Project in 2000 : "Informatik für Kids"
- Organisation team member : "Swiss Olympiad in Informatics 2004"
- Organisation committee member : "30th International Workshop on Graph-theoretic Concepts in Computer Science, WG 2004"
- Organisation team member : "Algorithmus der Woche 2006"