I did it! I’m now officially Doctor technicae! Tuesday was my PhD defense. Interested in my thesis? Have a look at my thesis page or watch the short youtube video of the prototype system which I developed for the thesis.

With the help of a native Hungarian I’ve added subtitles to a 2007 TV ad of the Austrian Raiffeisen Bank. The 35 second ad shows how easy it was how to get a loan in 2007. Pretty insane!

I’ve been heavily involved in working on the music recommender system (MOTS) used in the new Bang&Olufsen BeoSound 5 hi-fi system.
The story about the OFAI/CP involvement was printed in an Austrian Newspaper (Der Standard, print – online). It also appeared online in the news portal

Mirage – An Automatic Playlist-Generator for the Banshee Media Player is now included in two major Linux Distributions: Ubuntu and Fedora. Thanks to the packagers and the brave Co-Maintainer Bertrand Lorentz! Mirage was part of my master-thesis. Visit the homepage [...]

Caroline and I had a beautiful and relaxing week in Lienz. We went there with my brother, my sister and with her friend. Have a look at the pictures and you will notice why Lienz is called the Sunny Town (Sonnenstadt).

Fantastic Weeks! Caroline and I visited Indonesia. We did a four week trip from Bali to Jakarta: Climbing the famous Bromo Vulcano, relaxing on the pristine beaches on a small Bali Island (Lembongan) and diving through the crowded Indonesian cities. Here is a selection of the best photos.