Short Bio for Academics
Roger Wattenhofer is a full professor at the Information Technology and Electrical Engineering Department, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He received his doctorate in Computer Science from ETH Zurich. He also worked multiple years at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Roger Wattenhofer’s research interests include a variety of algorithmic and systems aspects in computer science and information technology, e.g., distributed systems, positioning systems, wireless networks, mobile systems, social networks, financial networks, deep neural networks. He publishes in different communities: distributed computing (e.g., PODC, SPAA, DISC), networking and systems (e.g., SIGCOMM, SenSys, IPSN, OSDI, MobiCom), algorithmic theory (e.g., STOC, FOCS, SODA, ICALP), and more recently also machine learning (e.g., ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, ACL, AAAI). His work received multiple awards, e.g. the Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing for his work in Distributed Approximation. He published the book “Blockchain Science: Distributed Ledger Technology“, which has been translated to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
Short Bio for General Audience
Roger Wattenhofer is a professor at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He also worked multiple years at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. His work received multiple awards, e.g. the Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing for his work in Distributed Approximation. He published the book “Blockchain Science: Distributed Ledger Technology“, which has been translated to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
Short Bio in German
Roger Wattenhofer ist Professor an der ETH Zürich. Er war ausserdem einige Jahre bei Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, an der Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, und an der Macquarie University in Sydney, Australien. Seine wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten wurden mehrfach ausgezeichnet; er erhielt zum Beispiel den Preis für Innovation in Distributed Computing für seine Arbeiten über Verteilte Approximation. Er veröffentlichte das Buch „Blockchain Science: Distributed Ledger Technology“, welches ins Chinesische, Koreanische und Vietnamesische übersetzt wurde.
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