Christoph Rüegg

Math.NET, distributed computing and how an electrical engineer sees the world of complex software

About Me

Hi, I’m Chris, or Christoph Rüegg, from Zürich, Switzerland. On the internet I usually go by cdrnet or just cdr, my initials.

Technically I’m an electrical engineer with focus on VLSI/chip design, signal processing and everything around communication. But even before the studies I actually spent much more time in the software world and soon started my own opensource projects, like Math.NET. Naturally I shifted and extended my curriculum towards computer science and other interesting subjects like machine learning, network security or computer graphics & vision.

Interests

  • Digital Circuit Design, VLSI
  • Distributed & Cloud Computing
  • Parallel Computing
  • Abstract Mathematics & Computer Algebra, Numerics
  • Signal Processing, Audio Effects, Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning, Classification
  • Networking and Network Security
  • Software Architecture & Engineering
  • Feedback Control Systems, Automation

Talks

  • 2 Talks on the prio.conference 2010
    On Data Storage and Computing in the Cloud using the Lokad.Cloud toolkit

Theses

  • Chiplevel interpolation-based QR optimization in MIMO decoders
    Master’s Thesis, IIS & NARI, ETH Zürich

  • Novel CIDR Route Lookup ASIC Implementation (fullcustom)
    Thesis, IIS & TIK, ETH Zürich

Opensource

Experience & References


Lokad SAS, Big data analytics
Software Development and Research
Distributed & Cloud Computing, Number Crunching


Microsoft Corp, Development Center Zürich
Software Development Engineering
UC Group, Office Communicator/Lync


ewl energie wasser luzern
Software Development
Data Acquisition & Distribution


Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (Switzerland), Swiss Army
Software Development (while serving in the army)
IMFS Beam Radio Communication Link Management


NagraVision, Kudelski Group
Software Development (Internship)