Curriculum Vitae
Bernhard Reiter
born 1984-04-30 in Linz, Austria
Education
- 2003–present: Enrolled in the physics program at the University of Vienna, Austria
- Completed first and second part of studies with distinction (2004-08-13 and 2008-03-05)
- Currently working on diploma thesis (String-Localized Quantum Fields for Fermions)
- 2006: Merit Scholarship
- 1994–2002: High school Akademisches Gymnasium, Linz, Austria
Graduated with distinction; submitted graduation paper on Content-based Indexing of Music Data
Professional and Voluntary Experience
- 2009: Co-produced a short film for the Attac campaign no means no
- 2008: Created and illustrated a lecture script for Prof. Helmuth Hüffel’s Theoretical Methods of Physics 2 course, University of Vienna, Austria
- 2006: Participated in Google Summer of Code 2006, Google Inc., telecommuting from Vienna
Worked with mentor René Rivera from boost.org to develop Boost.Tree, a generic tree container - 2002–2003: Civilian Service, Upper Austrian Red Cross, Linz, Austria
- Jan–Sep 2003: Participated in the Public Access Defibrillation Project
Counselling of potential clients in Upper Austria, public awareness raising and comprehensive administration tasks - Oct–Dec 2002: Training and work as a paramedic
- Jan–Sep 2003: Participated in the Public Access Defibrillation Project
- 2000: Summer job as an assistant web designer, RACON-Software, Linz, Austria
Web Design and Development
- 2010: Gourmet Recipe Manager Website Relaunch
- 2010: Private Flea Market Website (WordPress-based; in German)
- 2009–present: Implementation and maintenance of artists’s website kati.pregartner.net (WordPress-based)
- 1999–2002: Design and implementation of the first version of the AkadGymLinz high school website
Talks
- 2010: Workshop Democracy and Participation in the Web 2.0, Attac Summer Academy, Ranshofen, Austria
Participation in competitions, seminars and supplementary classes
- 2010: Participated in the Social Impact Award competition, Vienna, Austria (Submitted project Liquid Democracy Austria)
- 2002: theMuSE (practical implementation of the graduation paper) won 7th prize in the Austrian Computer Society‘s computer science competition for teenagers (aged 14 to 20)
- 1998–2002: Regional and nationwide Mathematics Olympiad and (2000–2002) Physics Olympiad courses and competitions
- 1999–2001: Student summer academies in Austria and Germany
- Classes on Economics and Psychology, Geometric Topology, and Bionics
- 2000: Introductory course on Electron Microscopes, Linz, Austria
IT Literacy
- Development: Contributions to Open Source projects Adhocracy, LyX, Gourmet Recipe Manager, Scribus, Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo Linux, to some WordPress plugins, and various minor contributions to other projects
- Languages: C++, Python, PHP, Perl, FORTRAN 90, Bash
- Web: (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jquery, Prototype/script.aculo.us), WordPress, Django/Pinax
- Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Access
- Operating Systems: GNU/Linux, Windows
- Typesetting/DTP: LaTeX, LyX (WYSIWYM frontend to LaTeX), Scribus
- Graphics: GIMP, Photoshop, Inkscape, POV-Ray
- Tools: Eclipse, Doxygen, Glade, revision control systems (Git, svn, CVS)
- OpenStreetMap: minor contributions
Languages
- German: native
- English: Advanced Placement International English Language Certificate (2002)
- French: Diplôme Supérieur d’Études Françaises Modernes, Alliance Française, Cannes (2001)
- Czech: basic skills
Interests
Free Software and Culture, Civil Society (member of Attac), e-participation, ecology, film, japanese aesthetics, genealogy, atheism, vegetarian cooking & eating, tea, cycling

