1984-90:
study of physics at the
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen/Germany
1987-88:
visiting graduate student at
the Univ. of Washington in Seattle/USA
1990
Diplom in physics (Universität Giessen/Germany)
Thesis: Lernen und Vergessen in Neuronalen Netzwerken
(Learning and forgetting in neural networks)
1992
PhD in theoretical physics (Universität Giessen/Germany)
Thesis: Lernalgorithmen für Neuronale Netzwerke mit vorwärtsgerichteter Informationsverarbeitung
(Learning algorithms for feedforward neural networks)
1991-1993
Research assistant in theoretical physics,
Julius-Maximilians-Univ. Würzburg/Germany
Main topic:Statistical Physics of Neural Networks
1993-95
Post-doc scholar of the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Research at the
Julius-Maximilians-Univ. Würzburg/Germany
and at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen/Denmark.
1995-2003
Assistant Professor at the
Universität
Würzburg/Germany
Research: modelling and simulation of crystal growth, physics of learning
Teaching: Computational physics, theoretical physics, various special courses
Supervision of numerous diploma and PhD thesis projects
Project leader (temporary) of a theory project within
the collaborative research center
SFB-410 on II-VI semiconductors.
1996/97
Habilitation and venia legendi in Theoretical Physics, Univ. Würzburg/Germany
Thesis: Beiträge zur Statistischen Physik des Lernens
(Contributions to the statistical physics of learning)
Nov. 2003 - Feb. 2009
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Computing Science, University of Groningen
March 2009:
Gorilla
Tracking Certificate,
Uganda Wildlife Authority ;-)
Since March 2009:
Associate Professor with Tenure (Adjunct Hoogleraar)
Intelligent Systems Group at the (FKA Johann ...)
Bernoulli Institute
April-June 2014:
Institute of Advanced Studies
Distinguished Visiting Fellow to the University of Birmingham/UK
including an invited stay of three months and the organization of
two interdisciplinary workhshops.
Since February 2021:
Honorary Professor of Machine Learning
Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham/UK