Dominik Schnitzer

Dr. Dominik :-)

Dominik — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:27:18 +0000

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.

Raiffeisen Bank Subprime Loans TV ad

Dominik — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:07:11 +0000

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!

The ad was picked up by the financial blog zerohedge.com and the Austrian newspapers Die Presse and Der Standard, where it appeared in print and on-line.

Media Coverage of the things I’ve been doing lately

Dominik — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:07:31 +0000

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 ORF Futurezone.

Mirage in Ubuntu and Fedora

Dominik — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:08:30 +0000

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 for more information.

Mirage in action

Skiing in Eastern Tyrol, Lienz

Dominik — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:02:11 +0000

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).

Backpacking Indonesia with Caroline

Dominik — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:52:18 +0000

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.

Best Student Paper Award at the MUM’07

Dominik — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:32:45 +0000

I received the Best Student Paper Award at the MUM 2007 Conference in Oulu/Finland. The paper is called One-Touch Access to Music on Mobile Devices. It was an interesting and fun conference. If you are interested in the paper, have a look at the Publications.

Finished my Master Degree in CS

Dominik — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:16:23 +0000

Finally! I finished my MSc degree in Computer Science (Intelligent Systems) with distinction! In Austria I am now officially a Diplom-Ingenieur. Have a look at my thesis at the project homepage, if you are interested in Automatic Playlist Generation and Intelligent Music Processing.
Now on to the next academic stop: The PhD! I will start working as an Assistant Researcher at the OFAI Intelligent Music Processing Group in Vienna and the Department of Computational Perception on the Johannes Kepler University in Linz.

Bungee Jumping, 152 meters!

Dominik — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:54:49 +0000

Caro and I Bungee-Jumped the Donauturm in Vienna. That is 152 meters! Watch our crazy jumps!

Caro jumped too. Her video is a bit longer :-)

Vienna City Marathon 2006 in 3:49:30h

Dominik — Sun, 07 May 2006 19:06:26 +0000

After practcing hard for 6 months, I successfully finished the Vienna City Marathon. I managed to finish below four hours, in exactly 3:49:30h.

Vienna City Marathon, 2006

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