Curriculum Vitae of Christoph Bernhard Koutschan
Family
- Born on 12. 12. 1978 in Dillingen (Donau)
- Parents: Heinz Koutschan (pharmacist) and Urte Koutschan (pharmacist)
- Brothers and sisters: Two younger sisters
Education
- 1985 - 1989: Elementary School in Grub am Forst (Bayern)
- 1989 - 1998: Gymnasium Casimirianum in Coburg
- Foreign Languages: Latin (7 years), English (7 years), French (3 years)
- Main subjects ("Leistungskurse"): Mathematics, Biology
- 1999 - 2005: Studies of Computer Science at the University of Erlangen (FAU)
- 1999 - 2001: Basic Studies
- Minor Subject: Numerical Mathematics
- 2001 - 2005: Advanced Studies
- Main Subject: Theoretical Computer Science
- Minor Subject: Mathematics
- Student Research Project ("Studienarbeit"): Concept and Realization of a User Adaptive System of Musical Agents for Composing Simple Melodies (Artificial Intelligence, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Herbert Stoyan)
- Master's Thesis ("Diplomarbeit"): Regular Languages and Their Generating Functions: The Inverse Problem (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Volker Strehl)
- 2005 - 2009: PhD studies at the
Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC)
which is part of
Johannes Kepler University Linz
- PhD Thesis: Advanced Applications of the Holonomic Systems Approach (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Peter Paule)
- 2009 - 2010: Postdoc position at Tulane University, New Orleans
- 2010 - : Postdoc position at the Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (RISC)
Teaching
- 2001 - 2005: Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
- Exercises in "Mathematics for Computer Scientists", parts I, II, and III
- Exercises in "Theoretical Computer Science", parts I, II, and III
- Exercises in "OTRS (Organization and Technology of Computer Systems)"
- 2006 - 2009: Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
- Exercises in "Formal Foundations 2"
- Exercises in "Calculus 1"
- Exercises in "Computability and Complexity"
- Lecture "Computer Algebra Systems"
Research
Music
- 1986 - 1992: Piano lessons
- 1992 - 2005: Lessons in church organ
- Since 1994: Regular playing in church services
- 1998: Degree "D-Prüfung" for organists
- 2003: Degree "C-Prüfung" for organists
- 2002 - 2005: Member of the Academic Choir of the University of Erlangen
- Since 2005: Member of the choir "pro musica"
Miscellaneous
- 1998: Scholarship of Coburger Convent
- 1998 - 1999: Civilian service in the church of Meeder
- 1999 - 2005: Various journeys to many different countries, mainly in Asia, Latin America, Europe
- 2002: Participating in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)
- 2004 - 2005: Studies of the Arabic language and participating in a one-month language course in Lebanon