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Opera web browser: I was working on various features of browser over the course of 5 years. |
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TimeLeaves - Qt-based panning time-lapse generator: The developed tool provides a 3D (spatio-temporal) view on a panoramic image sequence, allowing to set keyframes of image sub-selections. |
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FamoT - Java Facial Movement Tracker: Thesis project. Using platform-independent technology, this program was developed to track facial feature points without using markers on the face. |
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VisualCC - Qt Camcat course visualization tool: Student project with company cooperation, realized using Qt. CamCats are cameras that move along 2 ropes in order to film fast-moving objects (e.g. Formula 1 racing cars). The tool allows to simulate the camera movement in relation to object movements. |
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Vebu.de: Website for the Vegetarian Society of Germany. A highly customized Joomla-based CMS implementation. |
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A1.net Portal: Portal website for Mobilkom Austria, the biggest mobile phone provider in the country. Developed as part of a team, during my internship at Sun Microsystems. |
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Planet Pong: A simple game to study the importance of a good gameplay. Planet Pong is a mixture between the old-school games "Pong" and "Spacewar!". It is Pong with gravity as your opponent: The user circles the sun in the center, trying to bounce off the asteroid, to save it from being drawn into the sun. |
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Gomoku - Five in a Row: This game was developed to study game algorithms. Gomoku is a five-in-a-row game. Two players alternate in placing stones on the intersections of a 19x19 grid. The player that can first create an unbroken straight line of five of his stones wins. Gomoku was implemented using a min-max algorithm with alpha-beta pruning. |
Interactive Data Visualizations | |
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LangVis: Visualization of all languages of the world (Java application) more >> |
Ethnography | |
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Preschool children's approach to music: An ethnographic study to learn about what kind of music player kids would use. I was investigating their taste in music (and what they are influenced by), the ways in which they interact with music, and how their limited attention span affects their interaction. |
Writing code is a great superpower.
The fun part about creating software is that you are given a nearly enless possibility of new things to make, ideas to prove, or just to spend fun time on.
I gained most of my programming experience in my 5 years as a User Interface developer contributing to Opera Software's Desktop Team. In that role, I hoped to help develop something that might improve the lives of numerous people around the world.
I talked to so many people who say, "I may not live as long as you health nuts, but I sure am going to enjoy the time I have by eating steaks whenever I want, smoking if I so choose and doing anything else that I want." [...]
The enjoyment of life, especially the second half of life, is greatly compromised if we can’t see, if we can’t think, if our kidneys don’t work or if our bones are broken or fragile. I, for one, hope that I am able to fully enjoy not only the time in the present, but also the time in the future, with good health and independence.
T. Colin Campbell
Yes, I agree with Mr. Campbell that we can to a great extent influence our wellbeing. I therefore strive to eat a healthy, plant-based diet, without compromising the enjoyment of having good food. I am convinced that is is possible to combine the two.
The accidental chocolate praline or deep-fried pastry won't kill us, though...
We are all makers, right?
Aside from creating software, I started to embrace this slogan only very recently. I love working on quick upcycling projects, recycling otherwise thrown-away materials into apartment decoration. I also have revived my childhood passion for tunisian crochet. And, since I *love* food, I also love making fun stuff out of it; a Rubik's cube cake, for example.
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Singer
I love singing and have done so since I was a little girl (I don't come from a Sound of Music kind of place for no reason!). I sang in many arrangements, including an amateur Opera choir and a hobby band called 'Not a Number', mostly playing jazz-influenced versions of pop songs. |
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Dancer
I am a passionate dancer. Dancing gives me the possibility to express myself, to let go of the many challenges of everyday life. Dancing gives me endless energy. Dancing is my drug. In 2011, I found my passion for tango. Tango is different from most other dances. It craves your full attention, active leading/following, and an unbroken connection to your dance partner. I like to dance gender-neutral Argentinian tango. It gives me the opportunity to dive into the world of tango with all its richness from both its perspectives—leading and following—, only to break up the fixed roles and intertwine them into one whole. |
I, for one, do. I also love buying books, and just wandering through book stores and libraries and such. Since time is limited, and it takes less time to acquire books than it takes to read them, my collection of unread books is growing. And since everyone likes lists, here's one:
Other than that, I organized the Oslo UX Book Club during my time in Norway.
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Building BridgesOne of the most crucial issues that we face when creating new things is communication difficulties. We need to get our point across (maybe even speaking a non-native language); we need to comunicate with people from different fields. I am not an expert in anything really. But I am good enough in many things to be the woman in the middle, communicating on behalf of the parties involved. |
According to my mother, my teaching career started in kindergarten, where I was reading books to other kids.
When I got a little older, I tutored classmates in Math, French, and CS. At university, I worked as a teaching assistant, teaching a Qt beginners class. Now, at work, I hold a bi-weekly innovation workshop, and I take every chance I get to explain stuff to colleagues while scribbling on my beloved whiteboard.
Home is family, home is friends. Home is all the little memories that make me smile. Home is everywhere and nowhere.
Home is the combination of all the places I lived in. I was brought up in the Salzburg province of Austria and lived in several places around the country (Dornbirn, Hagenberg, Vienna). I stayed in Copenhagen/Denmark and Hamilton/New Zealand for half a year each, and in Ljubljana/Slovenia for a month.
For almost five years, I lived in Oslo/Norway before returning back to Austria. Time will tell if/when that will change again.
ac·tiv·ism /ˈaktəˌvizəm/
The policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.
I agree with the Austrian animal rights activist Martin Balluch that activism is a vital part of every democracy. It allows weaker stakeholders in democratic processes to have a say, by mobilizing the media and thus the general public. I therefore see it as my duty as a citizen of a democracy to do my part.
My activism focuses on the rights of (human and non-human) animals. I promote veganism, I have organized talks about animal rights, and have participated in many information stalls and demonstrations.
Yes, humans might run on corrupted hardware that makes us want to signal our significance rather than be significant. That, though, doesn't make me lose faith in humanity. I strongly believe that most humans want to do good, with varying priorities. I trust that we have a good chance to overcome our weaknesses, if only we collaborate. I have trust in humanity. I have trust that I, most effectively as part of a group, can contribute positively to the lives of many others (human and non-human), and I will continue fighting my hardware to do so.
On this page though, I admit, my signaling modules have won the fight.