Curriculum vitae

Michael Vorburger

Switzerland

This is an ARCHIVED page; see the current version of my homepage (http://www.vorburger.ch)

PERSONAL

• Age: 22 (16. April 1975)
• Born in: St.Gallen
• Parents: Josef & Hannah Vorburger-Simhai, Dr. med.

SCHOOL EDUCATION

• 1982 - 1988 primary school St.Gallen (Halden, Oberzil, Buchental)
• 1988 - 1990 Untergymnasium at Kantonsschule St.Gallen
• 1990 - 1995 Math. Naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium at Kantonsschule SG
• January 1995 Swiss Federal Matura, Type C
• October 1995 Studies of Computer Science at EPFL/ETH (Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne)
• September 1997 Exchange Year at Politecnico di Torino, Italy

QUALIFICATIONS

• Distinction "excellent" in National Youth Science Contest '95 (Schweizer Jugend forscht)
• 3rd Prize at "European Union Young Scientists Contest 1995" in Newcastle
• Invitation to the Dr. Bessie F. Lawrence International Summer Science Institute 1995, Weizmann Institute, Israel

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 1992/93: employed (besides college) by vitodata ag, medical software
• since Feb. '95: employed (besides studies) by ABACUS Research AG, Swiss Financial Software, St.Gallen

PUBLICATIONS

• 1989 (age 14): Article "Virus Safer Programming" in "Atari ST Magazin"
• March 1995: A "Fruity" Approach to Memory Management in C++ (project report for Swiss & EU Youth Science Contest)
• 25.11.95: "Le formidable défi d'Internet", Journal de Genève

LANGUAGES

• German: first language
• French: oral & written, because language of studies in Lausanne
• English: very good oral and written
• Italian: currently improving during exchange year in Italy
• Esperanto: Limited

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES (BESIDES STUDIES, NON-PAID)

• 1990 - 1995: student's organization, student's journal, SOS UG
• 1994 - Nov. '95: board of the Swiss Youth Parliament Conference '95
• since Oct. '95: engagement in various commissions at EPFL
• since 1996: board member of SPIERT AVIERT, European Youth Forum