Talks
Alternative Operating Systems
2009-04-29, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Hamburg
This talk was held in the KunterBuntesSeminar, courtesy of the computer science students of University of Hamburg.
Rather than delving into details, I conducted a fast-paced overview over the alternative and hobbyist operating system landscape. Well-known projects like the BSDs were covered, as well as niche projects like MenuetOS.
After we were through the slides, I invited the audience to play with the various systems in VirtualBox. Some wouldn't boot, but most of them could be studied first hand.
Together with the last few interested people I was kicked out by the janitor at 9 PM...
)RFID - Capabilities and Dangers
2008-11-24, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Hamburg
In this talk I gave an overview of the status quo concerning RFID and related technologies.
Since it was conducted in the "Computer Science and Society" course by Professor Valk, there was a strong focus on social implications of RFID, possible erosion of privacy and lobby organizations, though I also briefly spoke about job opportunities for CS graduates. A short technical introduction for people unfamiliar with the technology was also given.
The presentation included a live demonstration of a portable RFID card reader, which was able to read RFID tags from students who courageously volunteered to have their wallets scanned.
Personal and Time Management
2008-01-12, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Hamburg
This talk was held by Alexander Beifuß and me in the "Personal and Time Management" seminar conducted by Ralf Pieper for the "methodical skills" module.
In a humorous but instructional way, we explained various methods for planning tasks and learning by talking about the concrete example of us planning and preparing this very presentation.
This talk was the first one I held at university.
