Björn Assmann

Contact

Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Computational Algebra
University of St Andrews
North Haugh, St Andrews
KY16 9SS, Scotland

bjoern@mcs.st-and.ac.uk
www.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~bjoern
Phone +44-1334-463257

PhD Student in Mathematics and Computer Science, University of St Andrews, Scotland.: Since October 2004. Designing and implementing algorithms in computational algebra.
Visiting Student, University of Oxford, England.: Spring Term 2006 (January-March).
MS Mathematics (Diplom Mathematik),Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.: January 1999 - December 2003. Area of specialisation: Computational Algebra. Minor Subject: Computer Science.
MS Pure Mathematics (Maîtrise des Mathématiques pures ), Université Paris 7, France.: September 2000 - September 2001.

Since November 2004, PhD fellowship of the Gottlieb-Daimler- and Karl Benz-Foundation.
2004 Award for outstanding master thesis (Diplompreis) of the Hannoversche Insurance Company (Lebensversicherung).
2003 Final exams awarded with distinction (Diplomprüfung mit Auszeichung).
2002 Outstanding Student Award of the foundation Braunschweiger Bürgerpreis.
2000-2001 Fellowship of the DAAD (German academic exchange service) for the year in Paris.

Software Developer, Computer Algebra System GAP (Open Source Project, www.gap-system.org). Since February 2003.
GAP package administration, since November 2004.
Software Engineer, Corporate Technology Siemens, Munich Germany, Internship June - September 2004.
Tutor, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, 2001-2003.
Educator, Farm for street kids "Quatro Pinheiros", Curitiba, Brasil. December 1997 - December 1998.

German; mother tongue.
English; took classes at high school in Germany and university in Scotland, since 2004 PhD student in Scotland.
French; took classes at high school and university in Germany, studied Mathematics for one year in France.
Portuguese; took classes in Germany, worked for one year on a farm for street kids in Brasil.
Latin; studied for 5 years at school, passed advanced Latin proficiency exam (Latinum).
Chinese; taking classes in Scotland at elementary level.

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