About
His research interests lie broadly at the intersection of Deep Generative Models, Representation Learning, and Computer Vision — primarily centered on leveraging Generative Models and Structured Scene Representations for a Circular Built Environment. This endeavor is shaping a new frontier that he envisions as Computational Circularity.
Publications
Education
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Stanford University — USA
PhD Student
09/2023 – Present
Research at the interesection of Deep Generative Modeling, Computer Vision, Representation Learning, Building Information Modeling, and Computational Design.
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ETH Zurich — Switzerland
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science
2019 – 2022
Focus on Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Machine Perception, and Deep Generative Modeling.
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University of Zurich (UZH) — Switzerland
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Informatics
2015 – 2019
Broad curriculum ranging from Software Engineering and Economics over to Physical Geography and Foundational Courses in Computer Science.
Work
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Research Scientist Intern — Autodesk Inc.
Autodesk Research, Boston, MA
06/2025 – 09/2025
Material Circularity with Machine Learning and Computer Vision
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Teaching Assistant — Stanford University
Gradient Spaces Lab
04/2024 – 06/2024
Course: CEE 342 — Designing for Gradient Spaces. More information about the course is here
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Research Assistant — ETH Zurich
Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA)
01/2023 – 09/2023
Working with the CEA Lab on Large-Scale Spatio-Temporal Reconstruction and Volume Estimation problems using LiDAR data and Photogrammetry methods. Supervised by Prof. Catherine De Wolf
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Research Assistant — Balgrist University Hospital
Research in Orthopedic Computer Science (ROCS)
10/2022 – 12/2022
Swiss civilian service in the ROCS group. ROCS is involved in various research areas related to the planning and execution of surgical procedures using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR). Supervised by Prof. Philipp Fürnstahl
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Teaching Assistant — ETH Zurich
Chair of Innovative and Industrial Construction
02/2022 – 07/2022
Course: Introduction to Visual Machine Perception for Architecture, Construction, and Facility Management (ACFM), given at D-BAUG.
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Research Assistant — UZH
Chair for International Relations and Political Economy
02/2021 – 01/2023
Applied Natural Language Processing (NLP) using Large Language Models (LLMs), Semantic Analysis, Information Retrieval, Transfer Learning, and Representation Learning. My research was part of the DISINTEGRATION project, funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant. Supervised by Prof. Stefanie Walter
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Software Engineer
BSI Business Systems Integration AG, Zurich, CH
09/2017 – 01/2018
Four month internship as a Software Engineer working mainly with Java EE, PostgreSQL, Spring Boot, and the Eclipse Scout Framework. Further continued to work part-time beside my BSc studies.
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Co-Founder & Principal Partner
Tinystudio Bucher & Emmenegger
2012 — present
Co-founded Tinystudio, a digital agency for web projects, back in 2012. Still doing some projects with clients in Switzerland from time to time up until today.
Projects
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rhymegen.xyz — Rhyme Generator
March 2023
Small sunday afternoon side project. A web-based client for generating badass rhyming couplets in any language: rhymegen.xyz. Powered by a strong LLM with careful prompt engineering.
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MSc Thesis at ETH Zurich
April 2022
Title: “Performance-Based Generative Design for Parametric Modeling of Engineering Structures Using Deep Conditional Generative Models”. In collaboration with Design++. Advisors: Dr. Michael Anton Kraus, Dr. Romana Rust, Prof. Siyu Tang.
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Menzha — watchOS App
February 2020
An App for watchOS to get the menus from the several cafeterias (i.e. mensas) around campus at ETH Zürich, UZH, and ZHdK right on your wrist. It's called Menzha.
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BSc Thesis at UZH
May 2019
Title: “GENEVIZ: A Visual Tool for the Construction and Blockchain-based Validation of SFC Packages”. Paper (GECON 2019). GitHub Repo.
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Imhotepic — Multiplayer Board Game
June 2016
Imhotep, the Kosmos board game of the year 2016, was implemented as a multiplayer browser game together with five people at UZH. Here is a short Demo from a former recording.
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Hack Zurich
2016 / 2017 / 2018
Participated three times in a row at Hack Zurich, one of Europe's largest hackathons, together with Michael Ziörjen and Pascal Emmenegger. We got into the top 25 teams in 2017 and had the chance to present our iOS prototype, PeakPass, in front of the whole crowd.