Bikeman (Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein)
Member since:
28 August 2006
Country:
Germany
BOINC ID:
210833
Background
I used to be a software engineer working for a telecom billing system vendor, but then in 2012 I swapped Dilbert-space for Hilbert-Space, so to speak, and joined the Max-Planck-Institute for gravitational physics (Albert-Einstein-Institute) in Hannover, Germany. This is the institute that is crucial in running Einstein@Home.
I'm now living in Wunstorf, a lovely small town near Hannover
In my spare time I'm also doing amateur astronomy, especially variable star observations. I'm a member of the astronomy societies "Volkssternwarte Paderborn", "Volkssternwarte Hannover" and the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO).
Opinion
IMHO it's one of the most promising and rewarding BOINC projects. Note that it will produce a scientific result in any case: either the detection of gravitational waves or a new "upper bound".
