Serge Gaspers

My Curriculum Vitae

picture of me Name Gaspers Serge
Address Institutt for Informatikk
Universitetet i Bergen
Postboks 7803
5020 Bergen, Norway
E-mail serge (at) ii.uib.no
Born 28/01/1981 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Nationality Luxembourgish

Education

2006-2008 PhD in Computer Science (PhD defense planned for December 5, 2008)
Thesis tile: Exponential Time Algorithms: Structures, Measures, and Bounds
Supervisor: Fedor V. Fomin; Co-supervisor: Pinar Heggernes
Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen, Norway
2004-2005 DEA Informatique de Lorraine "Intelligence Logicielle", filière Algorithmique Numérique et symbolique
Grade: Très Bien (average 16.73/20, rank 1/40)
Master Thesis: Algorithmes exponentiels; Advisor: Dieter Kratsch
Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, France
2003-2004 Maîtrise Informatique
Grade: Très Bien (average 16.44/20, rank 1/20)
Thesis: Algorithmes pour le problème de domination d'un graphe; Advisor: Dieter Kratsch
Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, France
2002-2003 Licence Informatique
Grade: Très Bien (average 17.14/20, rank 1/29)
Université Paul Verlaine - Metz, France
2000-2002 D.U.T. en Informatique
Grade: Très Bien (average 16.96/20, rank 1/30)
Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2000 Diplôme de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires, option mathématiques - sciences physiques
Grade: Bien (average 41/60, rank 2/8)
Lycée de Garçons à Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Awards

2008 Meltzerfondet grant for travels 28 000 NOK
2007 Meltzerfondet grant for travels 28 000 NOK
2006 Best Student Paper Award ISAAC 2006

Professionnal Experience in Computer Science

2005 research training at the LITA in Metz, leading to my Master thesis under the tuition of Dieter Kratsch (6 months)
2004 internship at the Computer Science Department of the Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications in Luxembourg (2 months)
2003 summer job at the Computer Science Department of the Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications in Luxembourg (2 months)
2002 summer job at the Computer Science Department of the Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications in Luxembourg (2 months)

Various Knowledge

Languages Luxembourgish, German, French, English, Norwegian and weak knowledge of Spanish
Programming languages A370 (Assembler), C/C++, Cobol, DrScheme, Java, Pascal, Visual Basic
Web cgi, html, php, jsp, xml
Operating Systems Fedora Linux, Redhat Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
TCS Algorithms, Complexity, Data Structures, Lambda-Calculus, Logic, Turing Machines, ...
Software Design and Databases Merise, UML, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Mathematical Programming Maple, AMPL
Office standard office software, Latex (incl. Beamer, PGF)

Miscellaneous

Badminton visit the homepage of my club in Bergen, Norway and the one of my club in Kayl, Luxembourg
Ultimate Flying Disc visit the homepage of my club in Bergen, Norway