2013-2018

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering
Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
Institute for Networking and Security Research
Advisor: Prof. Thomas La Porta
Committee members: Prof. Patrick McDaniel, Prof. Trent Jaeger, Prof. Soundar Kumara
Research and courses including Computer Security, Computer Networks, Software Defined Networking, Network Virtualization, Machine Learning, Operating Systems
Ph.D. Thesis: Security in Software Defined Networking - An Analysis of New Attack and Defense Vectors

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2008-2010

M.S. in Software Engineering and Internet Computing (graduated with distinction)
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Courses including Advanced Software Engineering, Software Architectures, Software Testing, Distributed System, Internet Security, Software Project Management

M.S. in Business Engineering (graduated with distinction)
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Courses including Investment and Finance, Applied Business Administration, Controlling, Strategic Management, Project Management, Business Intelligence

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2009

Visiting Student
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
Courses including Compiler Construction, Client Side Internet Technologies (Computer Science curriculum), Introduction to Decision Making in Organizations (Management Science & Engineering curriculum)

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2005-2008

B.S. in Computer Science
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Courses including Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Algorithms and Data Structures, Database Systems, Multimedia, Computer Graphics

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1999-2004

College preparatory technical highschool, Voecklabruck, Austria
Mechanical and Environmental Engineering