Curriculum Vitae

This CV is from 1999. Go here (English) or here (German) for a recent version.

Hans-Georg Eßer

Roermonder Straße 42

D-52072 Aachen

Germany

Email: h.g.esser@gmx.de

WWW: http://home.pages.de/~hge

School

07/1978-06/1982: Primary school in Kaarst

08/1982-05/1991: Theodor-Schwann-Gymnasium (secondary school) in Neuss

27.05.1991: School leaving certificate: Abitur

Major Abitur subjects: Mathematics, English, Computer Science, Philosophy

Language Skills

German: native

English: fluent

French: basics

Spanish: basics

Studies

Mathematics and Computer Science at Aachen University of Technology (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen)

Winter 1991/92: Immatriculation Computer Science

Summer 1992: Immatriculation Mathematics

25.08.1993: Vordiplom (BSc equivalent) Mathematics

10/1994-04/1995: Foreign studies at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

06.03.1997: Vordiplom (BSc equivalent) Computer Science

09.04.1997: Last oral MSc Exam (click here for my exam results)

-09/1997: writing my MSc thesis on "Higher order narrowing" (only available in german)

30.09.1997: Graduation ("Diplom-Mathematiker", equivalent to MSc in Mathematics)

Economy at Fernuniversität Hagen

Winter 1997/98: Immatriculation Economy

09/1998: Exmatriculation

PhD studies at Aachen University of Technology

Seit 03/1999: Studies for reaching the PhD degree

Overview of Certificates

Further activities besides studying

15.10.1992-15.02.1994: Tutor in Linear Algebra

05.04.1994-31.08.1994,

18.04.1995-17.07.1995: Tutor in Theoretical Computer Science

15.10.1995-15.02.1996: Tutor in Linear Algebra

15.04.1996-13.07.1996: Tutor in Discrete Structures

15.10.1996-15.02.1997: Tutor in Linear Algebra

15.03.1997: Workshop-referent: Internet, Youth project day "Everything useless anyway?! - Action for the One World"

01.04.1997-15.07.1997: Tutor in Computer Architectures

15.10.1997-15.02.1998: Tutor in Programming (Computer Science I)

Non-military service

01.10.1997-31.10.1998: Non-military service at "Luisenhospital Aachen" hospital

Network administration and database programming

Free author for german PC INTERN magazine

Since July 1997 regular, monthly articles for the Linux corner of PC INTERN magazine (published by DATA BECKER)

03/1999: 62 pages in Linux special edition of PC INTERN magazine

Book author for German publishers DATA BECKER and Sybex

05/1998: Sylvester, Weber, and Wielsch. Linux Intern (contains chapter on KDE), Data Becker

08/1998: Wielsch. Linux Taschenbuch (contains chapter on KDE), Data Becker

11/1998: Eßer, Förster. Linux Big Pack (Red Hat Linux 5.1 incl. installation and user manual), Data Becker

03/1999: Eßer, Förster. Linux Big Pack, 2nd, revised edition containing Red Hat Linux 5.2, Data Becker

03/1999: Eßer. Das KDE-Buch, Sybex

04/1999: Wielsch, Prahm, and Eßer. Linux Intern, Data Becker

A list with all my publications can be found on my publication page, though in german language only. Some of my books have been translated into French and Dutch, but not to English, yet.

Work

12/1998-03/1999: Correction reading and Consultation on Linux projects for DATA BECKER publishing

Since 04/1999: Scientific Research assistant at Central Institute for Applied Mathematics (ZAM) of Jülich Research Center