Virgil Donati Messageboard - Finally, I received my PhD-degree in computer science ...

11-29-2007, 10:50 AM	#1
jagdkommando Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 422	Finally, I received my PhD-degree in computer science ... ... last friday (in particular in "Information Security & Cryptography"). It was a lot of hard work over the last 3 years! My thesis' title is "Collision-Free Number Generation: Efficient Constructions, Privacy Issues, and Cryptographic Aspects", 226 pages, writting in English. In Austria the PhD-degree is called "Dr.techn." for those of you who wanna know that. You might ask why I'm writing this here on the msgboard? There is a simple reason for that: after the academic ceremony my family gave me a nice present: the VIRGIL DONATI SIGNATURE SNARE DRUM. That was the best present they could have given to me!! I'm very happy now (about both the PhD-degree and the snare drum ). Cheers, Martin

11-29-2007, 11:32 AM	#2
morgenthaler Administrator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,768	Congratulations Martin!!!!!! WOW, good job man! And good of your parents to give you that snare. It's a crackin' smackin' mean machine! It's such a great snare!! Seriously, good job finishing your PhD. I'm only on my way towards bachelor in Danish with digital communication and aestethics... Cheers! __________________ Jeppe Morgenthaler Virgildonati.com Moderator

11-29-2007, 11:50 AM	#3
cjcdrums Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,713	Ha! Awesome Martin, congrats!! I'm so jealous! =D

11-29-2007, 12:05 PM	#4
frank Pornstar wannabe Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,176	Congrats Martin! Good job! How does the snare drum sound? __________________ Listen to Relocator (Myspace) Buy our album!

11-29-2007, 12:22 PM	#5
Fonzydrum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 568	Glückwünsche both for your degree and VD snare!! We're all proud of you __________________ Virgil is like Coca Cola : he'll be around 4ever

11-29-2007, 12:58 PM	#6
kirk Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 934	Happy for you Martin. Enjoy your new success and the snare. __________________ Stop practicing Donati! Your too ****ing good already! - Steve Lukather

11-29-2007, 02:25 PM	#7
C.J. Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,245	Congratulations to you! __________________ "I play for free. I get paid for leaving the house, driving here and being away from my family" - Terry Bozzio

11-29-2007, 02:38 PM	#8
wecklkop Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 83	i feel happy for u man. a year ago i got my phd from nuclear physics. and no snare came along... __________________ Anything can be music (FZ)

11-29-2007, 11:24 PM	#9
jagdkommando Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 422	Thanks a lot for your congrats! The snare drum sounds excellent! Soon I hope to buy a new drum kit. I thought to buy the Pearl Reference kit, but I'm not sure yet since we have no serious drum store here where I can test it. Any other suggestions concerning a new drum kit?

12-01-2007, 09:22 AM

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Matthias

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Originally Posted by jagdkommando

Any other suggestions concerning a new drum kit?

A Mapex Orion!!

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"After all these years of playing, I still feel like I've barely scratched the surface!" Virgil Donati

11-29-2007, 11:32 PM	#11
Bryce.bc Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 70	Two thumbs up from Oakland!!! One for the snare! The Other For the degree! That's really awsome man! __________________ "The Music Always Wins." ~ Mr. Vinnie Colaiuta bryce.bc@gmail.com www.myspace.com/brycemr

11-30-2007, 10:46 AM	#12
EricDrumz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 241	congrats! on the university degree (and ofcourse the snare)..

12-01-2007, 08:39 AM	#13
Bryce.bc Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 70	Martin, That sounds like a really interesting degree! What kind of work will you be doing with it?? Please tell us more! __________________ "The Music Always Wins." ~ Mr. Vinnie Colaiuta bryce.bc@gmail.com www.myspace.com/brycemr

12-01-2007, 09:10 AM	#14
DRUMVARNA Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 238	Congratulations my friend!! i have 2 exams to finish 2 diferent Magister level in Sofia university,"musical computer technologies" and "Musical Pedagogy - percusion profile" maybe my girl friend buy me a new sticks after that ))) good idea for a new drum set,in Bulgaria whe have the same problem,dosn't have a musicshop with good choise!! cheers!! __________________ MY RECORDING STUDIO http://www.myspace.com/iordanborisov ME ON DRUMS DRUMS FOREVER

12-03-2007, 11:51 PM	#15
jagdkommando Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 422	@Bryce.bc Thanks for your interest. The last four years I mainly focused on fundamental research in IT-security and cryptography. Thereby, I spent most of the time on developping new techniques from theory point of view, i.e. I concentrated on algebra. My dream job would be to remain in the research area, but it is hard to get a job there (especially locally). Moreover, the money you earn is not as much as one might think. If you remain at the University you can (more or less) research whatever you want, but the money is not very much except if you are a full professor. For the latter I'm too unexperienced yet . My current main problem is that I want to return to my home city, where my wife lives in our flat. But the job situation (for research) there is questionable. I'm currently working in a town which is 150km away from my wife. So I meet here only on weekends . So it's time to go back. If I get no research job I'm forced to enter the industry as a security specialist.

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