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Experience
Machine Learning Engineer
SmartStream Innovation Lab GmbH
Vienna (AT)
Jul 2022 – today
Data Scientist for the CMS Experiment at CERN-LHC
Petabyte-scale data analysis of high-energy particle collisions produced by the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), development of novel analysis techniques and custom frameworks
- Staff Research Associate @ University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Sep 2021 – Dec 2021)
- Doctoral researcher @ Institute of High Energy Physics (HEPHY), Vienna (May 2018 – Aug 2021)
Vienna (AT) / Geneva (CH) / Los Angeles (USA)
May 2018 – Dec 2021
Data Scientist for the ALICE Experiment at CERN-LHC
Development and application of machine- and deep-learning techniques for event classification in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions from the CERN-LHC
- Junior researcher @ Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Particles (SMI), Vienna
Vienna (AT) / Geneva (CH)
Jan 2017 – Mar 2018
R&D for Silicon Microstrip Sensor Prototypes of the CBM Experiment at GSI/FAIR
Quality assurance, sensor studies, and data analysis for the Silicon Tracking System of the CBM heavy-ion collider experiment at GSI/FAIR
- Junior researcher @ GSI/FAIR, Darmstadt (Aug 2016 – Jan 2017)
- Selectee for the International Summer Student Program @ GSI/FAIR, Darmstadt (Jul 2016 – Aug 2016)
Darmstadt (DE)
Jul 2016 – Jan 2017
Data Analyst for the CRESST Experiment at LNGS
Monte-Carlo simulations and data analysis for the CRESST Dark Matter experiment at the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS)
- Junior researcher @ Institute of High Energy Physics (HEPHY), Vienna
Vienna (AT)
Oct 2015 – Jul 2016
Simulation Engineer for the HBAR-HFS Experiment at CERN
Simulation studies for the antihydrogen spectroscopy experiment at the CERN Antimatter Factory
- Junior researcher @ Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Particles (SMI), Vienna
Vienna (AT) / Geneva (CH)
Jul 2014 – Oct 2014
Education
Dr.techn. (Ph.D.), Technical Sciences
Technische Universität Wien
- Graduated with distinction
- Thesis: “Search for displaced dimuons in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the CMS muon system”
Supervisor: Univ. Doz. DI Dr.techn. Claudia-Elisabeth Wulz
Vienna (AT)
Jun 2018 – Nov 2021
Dipl.-Ing. (MSc) and BSc, Technical Physics
Technische Universität Wien
- Focus areas:
- Simulation and numerical methods, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
- Particle, nuclear, and atomic physics
- Nuclear astrophysics, Dark Matter, cosmology, black holes
Vienna (AT)
Oct 2011 – Apr 2018
Achievements
Diploma of the CERN School of Computing
Babes-Bolyai University
- Passed with distinction
- Focus areas:
- Software engineering
- Data technologies
- Physics computing
Cluj-Napoca (RO)
Sep 2019
Scholarship of the Doctoral Program on Particles and Interactions (DK-PI)
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Austrian excellence program for Ph.D. researchers in particle physics
Vienna (AT)
May 2018
Responsibilities and Memberships
Team Leader of the CMS Level-1 Trigger Menu Group
CMS collaboration
- Management of an international team of about 10 people in preparation of the CERN-LHC “Run-3” data-taking period
CERN / Geneva (CH)
Sep 2019 – Mar 2021
Research Collaboration Memberships
- CMS collaboration (May 2018 – Dec 2021): 4000+ members from 40+ countries
- ALICE collaboration (Jan 2017 – Mar 2018): 1900+ members from 40 countries
- CERN external scientist (Jan 2017 – Dec 2021): 17500+ members from 70+ countries
- CBM-STS collaboration (Jul 2016 – Jan 2017): 450+ members from 12 countries
- CRESST collaboration (Oct 2015 – Jul 2016)
- ASACUSA collaboration (Jul 2014 – Oct 2014)
Skills
Languages
- German: native
- English: fluent
Computing
- Code & software development: Python, C++, C; Bash; Git/GitHub/GitLab; Linux, Windows,…
- Data analysis: Pandas, Numpy, Keras, Tensorflow, scikit-learn, Matplotlib, seaborn, TMVA, ROOT, PyROOT, SQL/SQLite,…
- Concepts: Big-data analysis, Machine Learning and Deep Learning (ML/DL/AI), big-data analysis, data mining, data visualization, high-performance computing, software design patterns, version control, continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD), test-driven development (TDD), …
Collaborative Skills
- Collaboration: Capacity for efficient and transparent teamwork in culturally diverse groups of any size.
- Problem solving: Creative and pragmatic approach to solving complex problems, appreciation of constructive criticism.
- Public performance: More than a decade of stage experience as a musician, 100+ scientific talks and presentations in front of international expert audiences.
Selected Publications
Search for long-lived particles decaying to a pair of muons in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV [details]
Physics Analysis Summary, CMS-PAS-EXO-21-006, cds.cern.ch:2799212
CMS Collaboration (CERN)
Jan 2022
Search for displaced dimuons in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the CMS muon system [details]
Ph.D. thesis, Technische Universität Wien, cds.cern.ch:2801732
CMS Collaboration (CERN)
Nov 2021
Measurement of the HLT performance of displaced muons using Cosmics data [details]
CMS Detector Performance Note, CMS DP-2019/028, cds.cern.ch:2690807
CMS Collaboration (CERN)
Sep 2019
A Multivariate Approach to Dilepton Analyses in the Upgraded ALICE Detector at CERN-LHC [details]
Master’s thesis, Stefan Meyer Institute of Subatomic Physics (SMI), cds.cern.ch:2315615
ALICE Collaboration (CERN)
Mar 2018
Signal Reconstruction and Crosstalk Analysis for a CBM-STS Silicon Microstrip Sensor Prototype [details]
Project thesis, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy-Ion Research (GSI)
CBM Collaboration (GSI/FAIR)
Jan 2017
Calculation of the Light Yield for a CRESST-II Module by Application of Birks’ Law [details]
Project thesis, Institute of High Energy Physics (HEPHY)
CRESST Collaboration (LNGS)
Jul 2016
Simulation of the Position Resolution of a Scintillation Detector [details]
Bachelor’s thesis, Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics (SMI), cds.cern.ch:1984471
ASACUSA Collaboration (CERN)
Sep 2014
Selected Talks
- Looking beyond the beam spot: Searches for long-lived particles: Vienna Theory Lunch Seminar at University of Vienna, Austria, December 2019
- Search for displaced dimuons and dimuon pairs at 13 TeV: CMS Exotica Workshop 2019, RWTH Aachen, Germany, October 2019
- Search for Long-Lived Particles Beyond the Standard Model with CMS: DKPI Colloquium at TU Wien, Austria, April 2019
- Prescale tools for L1T: Level-1 Trigger Operations + DPG: LS2 Kick-Off Workshop, CERN, Switzerland, February 2019
- Machine Learning for the ALICE ITS Upgrade: LMee Workshop, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Frankfurt, Germany, July 2017
- Signal Reconstruction for a CBM-STS Silicon Microstrip Sensor Prototype Using the Alibava System: STS collaboration meeting, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany, September 2016
Selected Posters
- Study of triggers for long-lived particle searches using cosmic-ray muons in CMS: 15th Vienna Central European Seminar on Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory, TU Wien, Austria, November 2019
- Machine Learning for the ALICE Upgrade: Performance Enhancement of Dilepton Analyses: Joint Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society (SPS) and the Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG), CERN/CICG, Switzerland, August 2017
Attended Conferences, Workshops, Schools
- CMS Exotica Workshop, cyberspace, October 2020
- DKPI Summer School, cyberspace, September 2020
- Inverted CERN School of Computing, cyberspace, September 2020
- Seventh Workshop of the LHC-LLP Community, cyberspace, May 2020
- CMS Long-Lived Exotica Workshop, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, Jan 2020
- 15th Vienna Central European Seminar on Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, Nov 2019
- CMS Exotica Workshop, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, Oct 2019
- CERN School of Computing 2019, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Sep 2019
- Fifth Workshop of the LHC-LLP Community, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, May 2019
- DKPI Retreat, Steyr, Austria, Apr 2019
- CMS Level-1 Trigger Algorithms Workshop, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain, March 2019
- How to do Ultrafast Deep Neural Network Inference on FPGAs (Workshop), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, February 2019
- CMS Exotica workshop, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, October 2018
- Fourth Workshop of the LHC LLP Community, Amsterdam Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 2018
- DKPI Summer School, Hirschwang, Austria, September 2018
- ALICE LMee workshop, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Frankfurt, Germany, July 2017
- Joint Annual Meeting of the Swiss Physical Society (SPS) and the Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG), CERN/CICG, Geneva, Switzerland, August 2017
Outreach
- Outreach talk about the evolution of the universe in a Viennese high school, January 2019
- European Researchers’ Night, September 2018
- Lange Nacht der Forschung, April 2018
- International Particle Physics Masterclasses, February 2018
- FIT workshop, January 2018
- European Researchers’ Night, September 2017
- Generation Innovation Internship, August 2017: co-mentoring of a high school student
- International Particle Physics Masterclasses, March 2017