CURRENT MISSION

Studying cities by surfing their couches

ABOUT ME

I'm currently trying to get a comp-sci PhD in Karlsruhe, Germany by constructing and training fancy neural networks.

PHILOSOPHY

try it :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing every now and then and trying to get my own couch occupied as well.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surprisingly (and luckily), I found a home for my student exchange in Pittsburgh via CS.

Interests

music (listening and making), writing free software, books, political and social issues

• writing
• books
• concerts
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• snowboarding
• track and field
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm enjoying literature from the early 20th century, e.g. Kafka, Hesse, Orwell, Bradbury and so on. I'm also fond of good fantasy books, for example Weis and Hickman (Death Gate Cycle, Sovereign Stone) or R.R. Martins (Song of Ice and Fire).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Standing on the snowboard on the top of a track in the Alps, every time.
At the end of a NOFX concert I attended, the singer (Fat Mike) threw his base guitar right into the crowd.

Countries I’ve Visited

France

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States