Personal information: Name: Rainer Matischek Short: Year of birth 1977, marital status married, resident in Graz, Austria Interests: Computers and embedded systems, Linux, motorbike, listening to music and particularly visiting concerts

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Personal info about my interests (might be a bit out of date, since I'm not updating my website very often ;-):

• Besides my work at a major semiconductor company, I additionally worked on a related PhD, and finally - after a few years of hard work - I finished my PhD thesis and the doctoral exam at the Techincal University of Vienna. Therefore, if you are interested in my research topics related to Wireless Sensor Networks and Real-Time MAC protocols, you might check an additional book based on my PhD.
  
  
• I started Paragliding in 2003, and finally, after 2 years of courses and practice (40 flights), I finished the international admitted pilot's license (in German called "Sonderpilotenschein") for paragliding.
  See Gallery for some pictures during my flights...
  
  
• Riding my motorbike (during summer my wife and me particularly enjoy the view from the small hills in the south of Styria)
  
  
• One of my passion is going to live music concerts - for sure more than hundred in the past 20 years.
  
  For me (maybe because I was a hobby musician long time ago) no other music - ever - compares to real live music experience!
  
  - Quite often I'm visiting various smaller concerts (typically just a few hundred people) in many different music genres (e.g. Candy Dulfer, Kosheen, Skunk Anansie, Wir sind Helden, Rebekka Bakken, Soap&Skin, Fantastischen Vier, Ja!Panik, La Roux, Awolnation, Selig, Austra,...)
  
  - Sometimes, I also enjoy going to larger concerts as well, e.g. Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd, Guns'n Roses, Depeche Mode, Alanis Morisette, Metallica, Lenny Kravitz, Sting,...
  
  - And particularly during summertime I also enjoy small jazz and blues sessions (usually spontaneously in my hometown Graz)
  
  
• Going out in our pubs in Graz and sometimes dancing in clubs (or alternative music clubs) with friends
  
  
• Longer time ago, one of my hobbies was doing electronic music with my computer and keyboard and playing the saxophone
  
  
• Since I was studying Telematik and my PhD in Electrical Engineering, I certainly like to program computers and tinker around with embedded systems, especially with Linux-based systems
  
  
• Finally, like most of us I like some sports (at least sometimes): skiing, sailing, volleyball and recently paragliding