Christian Wender

1st rotation of the Global Leader Development Program (GLDP / AcceleratiON Program)

Main Tasks: • Member of the Management Board that leads the whole TUM.ai initiative (170+ members) • Strategic development of TUM.ai (170+ active members) & building cross-functional relationships • Leading ~20 department members (bachelor/master & PhD students) • Shaping the long-term strategy & vision of the R&D department at TUM.ai • Coordinating >5 AI Research & Development projects (e.g. Differential Machine Learning, ...) • Contributing to AI Research & Development (incl. publishing papers)

Master thesis: Self-supervised Semantic Scene Completion using Neural Fields for Autonomous Driving Supervised by Prof. Daniel Cremers (Technical University of Munich, University of Oxford) & Prof. Cyrill Stachniss (University of Bonn, University of Oxford)

Main capabilities: Supporting non-profit organizations to define ways of growing and digital collaboration during Covid-19 (for free!); Data Science (& AI-related topics); App- and Web-development; GSuite Automation; Business Plans & IT-Benchmarking; Supporting agile ways of working Until 06/2021: Small business which is mostly used for projects that are executed for external customers of the organization "Dualer Consulting e.V.".

Main tasks: - Setting up test hardware and software (E/E Architecture) - ADAS Performance Measurements (new communication methods, neural network performance, ...) - Checking compliance of the video communication pipeline with international regulations such as FMVSS (Determination of measuring points in circuit/block diagrams and performing analogous/digital measurements on PCBs/ECUs, cameras, ...) - SoC (System on Chip) evaluation of different suppliers - Programming communication concepts

- Strategy consulting in the field of AI - Development & improvement of an AI maturity assessment tool and its training concept - Running cutting-edge AI workshops/conferences with and for engineers, middle management, and DAX C-Level - Developing new content through research and discussions with several partners/customers/experts -> Supporting the creation of a Whitepaper about use cases & value assessment of AI - Cooperating with worldwide renowned companies & startups (BMW, Google, Nvidia, ...)

Team "Dirt-Torpedo" consists of 11 students who are participating in the Not A Boring Competition of Elon Musk. I'm responsible for Project Management (~500k€), Software Development and some Engineering Tasks. Out of nearly 400 applicants (universities, hobbyists, companies, ...), we are one of 12 teams that advanced through the technical design reviews. Thus, we are invited to build our tunneling robot and compete at the 2021 Not-a-Boring Competition in Las Vegas, USA! (Second place)

Erasmus+ semester abroad in France: Writing my bachelor thesis about Computer Vision & Navigation in the area of Drones & Robotics. Bachelor Thesis: "Environment Detection and Navigation of an Autonomous Rover Using Computer Vision" (German GPA 1.0 [1.0 - 5.0; 1.0 is the best]) Starting from zero: Developing a prototype of an rover that is able to navigate autonomously in GPS-denied environments and execute complex tasks (e.g. finding & picking up different objects);

Seminar Paper (Studienarbeit) (10/2020-06/2021): "Simultaneous Localization and Mapping for an Autonomous Race Car" (grade: 1.0) - Programming a SLAM algorithm from scratch including Data Association & test procedures & benchmarking Other Tasks: - Programming a ROS rviz Plugin - Supporting Computer Vision for LiDAR & camera for the autonomous car - Supporting the team in general (Sponsor acquisition; engineering/manufacturing tasks; events; competitions; rule quizzes; ...)

Integrated degree program/Dual study program (Duales Studium) at Airbus - Alternating practical terms & seminars in different departments & divisions of Airbus worldwide and theoretical terms at DHBW Ravensburg Campus Friedrichshafen.

Student Consulting Group of DHBW Ravensburg - Sales Ressort: Main tasks: - Acquiring new customers and projects for the whole team. - Defining sales strategy and conducting negotiations. - Leading & supporting internal projects. Tools: Microsoft Office + Teams; Sharepoint; HubSpot; ... https://www.dualer.de/

Exchange semester. Relevant courses: • Machine Learning • Reinforcement Learning • Embedded Systems • Applied GPU Programming • Swedish language course

Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Embedded Systems, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Deep Learning/Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, Data Science, Quantitative Research, Software Engineering, ADAS& electric vehicles, HMI, Innovation & Entrepreneurship University seminars/internships: Cyber Physical Systems: Advanced Topics in Deep RL for Autonomous Driving: Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning; Cloud based Machine Learning in Robotics; Vehicle E/E Architecture Synthesis

210 ECTS study program Best computer science graduate of at least the past 3 years; Top 1% Bachelor Thesis: "Environment Detection and Navigation of an Autonomous Rover Using Computer Vision" (German GPA 1.0) Technical computer science with a focus on mobile systems (e.g. digital image processing, AI, mobile sensors & actuators, mobile communication networks, computer graphics, software engineering, electrical engineering, ...)

210 ECTS study program In order to gain more theoretical experience in technical aspects, I changed my course of study from business informatics to mobile computer science. Then, I completed all exams of the first semester in parallel to the running second semester of mobile computer science (60 ECTS in 1 Semester). By taking this additional burden I have made up the missed 7 months in order to finish my bachelor's degree - as originally planned within 3 years - in September 2021.

Activities and societies: - Sport Mentor - Tutor for all school subjects of classes 5-10 - Organization of a party in a public club to earn money for the Graduation Ball (including budget planning, sponsor acquisition, marketing...) - Volleyball International student exchanges to Italy & Greece. A-Level Subjects: Mathematics; German; English; Sports; Religion Seminars: Mathematics ("Integrals in physics"); Physics ("Wave pendulum")