Biography
Experience
Since January 2016
Professor, Institute for Building Technology and Energy IGE, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU), Switzerland
Teaching at BSc and MSc level, building automation and Internet of Things (IoT)
Research group leader "Licht, Automation und elektrische Systeme im Gebäude"
R&D and teaching in BACS and IoT
Advisor, Master of Science in Engineering MSE
Main responsible for Minergie Monitoring Certification Body
2005 – 2015
Principal Scientist, ABB Corporate Research, Baden, Switzerland
R&D on sensors, digital signal processing and embedded systems
Head of ABB Sensor Technology Radar & ABB CRC Innovation Competition
Supervision of student projects and international university cooperations
2001 – 2005
Research assistant, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Research on video analysis, description and transcoding
Responsible for EPFL contributions to several EU projects
Education
2016 – 2017
Certificate of university didactics, HSLU, Lucerne, Switzerland
2001 – 2005
PhD, digital image processing, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
1998 – 1999
Exchange year, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA
1996 – 2001
MSc, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Publications and patents
Co-author of 10 patents and approx. 50 scientific publications, book chapters and technical articles
Commitments
President of the SIA Commission for Building Technology and Energy Standards (SIA KGE)
Chairman of the working groups of the SWKI guidelines BA101 and BA102 "Building Automation"
Member of the working group SIA 2048 "Energy-Optimized Operation"
Board member and Vice President of the Gebäude Netzwerk Initiative GNI
Board member of the association brenet
Member of various technical advisory groups
Memberships
IEEE Senior Member
SIA Member
