Links - by Category

Links - ordered by category

Information

WaDoku Online-Wörterbuch (German) : WaDoku is the probably largest free Japanese-German Dictionary. At this site you can search the database online, but you have to enter the search terms either in kana or in kanji.
N-TV (German) : Site of the German news channel N-TV
Billiger-Telefonieren.de - Schnellrechner (German) : using this online calculator you can quickly figure out which German call-by-call provider is the cheapest for calls from Germany to Germany, to a foreign country or which internet provider to use
Telefontarife.de (German) : compare phone costs, cellular phone companies' tarifs, internet call-by-call tariffs and more
Schwertkampfschule Lebendige Schwertkunst (German) : this swords fighting school situated in Tuebingen teaches historic fighting skills from Europe and -e especially - Southern Germany
Der 2. Weltkrieg (German) : information on World War II
3U Telecom : 3U Telecom is especially interesting for calls to Japan since they don't change their tarifs too often; however, the connection is pretty bad most of the time
Ephemeris Generator : the Ephemeris Generator calculates the current position and gives detailed data on all close-to-earth (and even some more distant) space objects
Heise Newsticker : Europe's biggest IT magazines newsticker
International Digital Electronic Access Library : huge online archive, articles of almost any kind of science and more
It's all about Time : information on different type of calendars and how to transform them into one another, etc.
Japanese, Korean, Chinese with a western Windows 95/98 : Tips and Hints on how to enter and output japanese characters using a western version of Windows 95/98
Jim W. Breen's Homepage : Breen's site is one of the best places to start when searching for information on Japanese language and how to use it on the computer
LEO German-English/English-German dictionary : THE best German-English/English-German online dictionary: free, fast, large, easy to use...
Mathpages : Many simple yet useful articles about statistics and mathmatics
Medieval History : documents, stories, links and more about the medieval ages in many countries
NEC ResearchIndex CiteSeer Computer Science NEC Research Institute : ResearchIndex is a huge scientific literature digital library - I use this one more than any other
RFC Organization : all standards that are commonly known as Request For Comments are online here
SlashDOT (/.) : Slashdot is one of the largest OpenSource/GNU-oriented sites on the internet
World Wide Web Consortium : THE standardizing consortium of anything that's related to the internet (html, xml, ...)

University

Medienwissenschaft - Nebenfach für Informatik (German) : Media Science as a minor in combination with Computer Science/Informatics as a major at the University of Tuebingen
Hochschulsport der Universität Tübingen (German) : this page has information on what kind of sports you can engage in at the University of Tuebingen
Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik (German) : Faculty of Computer Science/Informatics at the University of Tuebingen (my faculty), named Faculty of Information Science and Cognitive Science starting Winter Term 2002
Seminar für Japanologie Tübingen (German) : Seminar of Japanology at the University of Tuebingen where I study Japanology
Speiseplan der Universität Tübingen (German) : current menu of the University of Tuebingen's mensa
Informatik Universität Tübingen: Arbeitsbereich "Methodik computerunterstützter Textinterpretation" (German) : Department of "Methodology of Computer Supported Text Interpretation" at the Faculty of Computer Science/Informatics at the University of Tuebingen
Toyohashi University of Technology : Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, situated in the East of Japan, about 1h from Nagoya
University of Tuebingen : University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Funny, Entertaining & Weird Stuff

Frigger (German) : Frigger has a large collection of jokes of any kind
Nicht-Lustig (German) : Nicht-Lustig - every day a new comic, contributed by the single artist who runs this site
Mäc-O-Meter (German) : find out how much calories your favourite McDonalds Menu has
Die Welt von Hexa (German) : Hexa is the phantasy world of the site's author which he claims to frequently visit
Magic-Like.de (German) : this site deals with magic tricks and has a nice collection of pseudo-insulting words and reviews
Lustige Zitate von Heribert Faßbinder und anderen (German) : funny citations of Heribert Faßbinder and others, e.g.: It's tied at 1:1, but it could be the other way around as well.
Waesche.org - Counterstrike (German) : satirical essay on what will happen to you if you play too many computer games - especially Counterstrike
Abmahnungs FAQ (German) : There are many lawsuits filed in Germany directed against owners of internet sites. Especially one person stands out (negativlely) ...
Awari Project : this group of researchers at the University of Alberta deals with finding the perfect solution for the african game called Awari
Ebaumsworld - E-Cards : very offensive e-cards
Japan Tour 1998 : private collection of photographs about funny/strange things in Japan
Nindalf's Portal of Frightening Wrongness : collection of links to weird and funny sites or news
Scheme Shell Manual : Postscript-File: the Acknowledgements-Section is a must-read!
Search Google in xx-Piglatin : Can you read and understand messed up language? Try this!
Search Google using Hacker language : Are you a hacker? And k3wl? Then you should have no trouble using this!
Search Google using Klingon language : True warriors read, speak and breath the pure Klingon language!

Music

Blackmore's Night : some time ago Ritchie Blackmore was a member of Deep Purple, and Blackmore's Night is one of his projects: great middle ages/ fantasy-like music (everyone who likes guitars must love this!) with a fantastic singer
Blind Guardian : one of my two favourite bands - great Metal, fantasy-oriented
Kamelot : the other of my two favourite bands - naturally, it has to be metal :-)
Loreena McKennitt : Scottish and Irish folklore, great voice and wonderful stories

Literature

Libri (German) : Libri is one of the large book distribution companies in Germany
Books On Demand (German) : Books On Demand produces books fully automatically as soon as an order comes in and distributes its via its various partners
Der Abgrund (German) : A short story called "Der Abgrund"
Phönix-Saga : The Phönix-Saga has its own site

Computer

Buchstabenstauchung (Medien und Informatik, NZZ Online, 8. 2. 2002) (German) : article about using the ZIP-algorithm to identify authors
Entropie (German) : a definition of entropy
Awari Project : this group of researchers at the University of Alberta deals with finding the perfect solution for the african game called Awari
bzip2 and libbzip2 - Programming with libbzip2 : manual on how to write programs using the bzip2 library
DataCompression.info - Lossless Compression : information on lossless data-compression
Data Compression with the Burrows-Wheeler Transform : information on the BWT-algorithm which is used by bzip2
freshmeat : freshmeat is a large, linux/unix oriented software archive
Heise Newsticker : Europe's biggest IT magazines newsticker
IBM/Ease of Use/Interface Design : IBM's Ideas about Ease of Use, Interface Design, Computer-User-Interaction and more
KDE User Interface Guidelines : here you can find the guidelines on what KDE programs should look like
Lossy LZW Algorithm : interesting modification of the GIF-LZW-compression scheme
LZW Algorithm Explained : a more elaborate explanation of the LZW algorithm
Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines : guidelines on how to design human interfaces for macintosh computers
Microsoft User Experience and Interface Design Resources : Microsoft's ideas about software ergonomy and , for example, what Windows XP compliant software should look like
RFC Organization : all standards that are commonly known as Request For Comments are online here
SlashDOT (/.) : Slashdot is one of the largest OpenSource/GNU-oriented sites on the internet
The LZW Algorithm : a small introduction to the LZW algorithm
World Wide Web Consortium : THE standardizing consortium of anything that's related to the internet (html, xml, ...)

Searchengines & Archives

Ephemeris Generator : the Ephemeris Generator calculates the current position and gives detailed data on all close-to-earth (and even some more distant) space objects
Google Groups : access newsgroups via google
International Digital Electronic Access Library : huge online archive, articles of almost any kind of science and more
LEO German-English/English-German dictionary : THE best German-English/English-German online dictionary: free, fast, large, easy to use...
Mathpages : Many simple yet useful articles about statistics and mathmatics
NEC ResearchIndex CiteSeer Computer Science NEC Research Institute : ResearchIndex is a huge scientific literature digital library - I use this one more than any other
RFC Organization : all standards that are commonly known as Request For Comments are online here
Search Google - all available languages : all languages the search engine Google can be used in at a glance
Search Google in Japanisch : search Google in Japanese
World Wide Web Consortium : THE standardizing consortium of anything that's related to the internet (html, xml, ...)

Linux

freshmeat : freshmeat is a large, linux/unix oriented software archive
SlashDOT (/.) : Slashdot is one of the largest OpenSource/GNU-oriented sites on the internet

Software

Arial Unicode Font : to the best of my knowledge this is the most complete unicode font available, so if you want to be able to use different languages like, for example, German and Japanese at the same time, you will find this font most useful
Automatic Speech Recognition Software : this freely available software tries to provide the basic functions needed in every speech recognition software, so that you can skip that part
BUGS - Bayesian Inference using Gibbs Sampling : limited but free for educational purposes only this software is capable of doing inference in Bayesian Networks
CD-MC : calculates the best order of how to fit CD Tracks onto a MC
Cdrdao : CDRDAO is a Disc-at-Once CD-Burning application
Class Memory (ZIP) : This is a class that greatly simplifies working with files through a lot of functions and an implemented automatic memory management.
CMU Sphinx: Open Source Speech Recognition : free open source speech recognition system
Conquest of Hell : a small text-based fantsy adventure; the basic technology can easily be expanded (elder version, may contain errors; gotta search for the new one some time)
EFB - Essential Freebies : a freeware site
EM algorithm for Mixture models : JAVA applet which demonstrates how the EM algorithm works for mixture models, source code available
Free FTP Programs : a collection of free FTP clients
Free HL Iconlib ChangeLog : size: 1 Kb
Free HL Iconlib classes, source, test program (command line) (compiled, ZIP) : classes, source and a little test program, command line, ZIP-archive
Free HL Iconlib classes (compiled, JAR) : classes, JAR-archive
Free HL Iconlib documentation (ZIP) : documentation for download, ZIP-archive
Free HL Iconlib license : license
Free HL Iconlib online documentation : this documentation is online
Free HL Iconlib source (JAR) : sources, JAR-archive
HTMLCrunch 0.1 DOS version, executable (ZIP) : size: 60 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.1 Linux glibc executable (TAR.GZ) : size: 9 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.1 README : size: 4 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.1 source (ZIP) : size: 6 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.1 source for Linux (TAR.GZ) : size: 42 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.5 DOS inkl. Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.5, DOS+Source, ZIP, size: 78 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.5 Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.5, Source, ZIP, size: 8 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.8.1 DOS inkl. Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.8.1, DOS+Source, ZIP, size: 85 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.8.1 Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.8.1, Source, ZIP, size: 15 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.8 DOS inkl. Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.8, DOS+Source, ZIP, size: 85 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.8 Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.8, Source, ZIP, size: 13 Kb
HTMLCrunch license : size: 4 Kb
Internet Explorer : Internet Explorer comes with every windows system, to me its security issues (problems) discourage using it
Japanese, Korean, Chinese with a western Windows 95/98 : Tips and Hints on how to enter and output japanese characters using a western version of Windows 95/98
Japanese Word Processor : JWP is a great free text editor for Japanese for Windows, does not require fast machines or recent Windows versions, can even be used in WINE under Linux. Especially noteworthy is the included Japanese<->English dictionary.
Kanji Gold : a fantastic and free Kanji trainer for Windows, does not require fast machines or recent Windows versions, can even be used in WINE under Linux
Konqueror : Konqueror is an Open Source Web Browser and File Manager for Linux/Unix/BSD
LaBrea - The Tarpit : LaBrea is a "tarpit" program which can be used to fake networks and hence e.g. catch internet-worms and block network scans
LCS: GPL implementation of the "Longest Common Subsequence" algorithm as it is described in Cormen's "Introduction to Algorithms" (ZIP) : This is a GPL licensed implementation of the LCS algorithm which determines the longest but not necessarily contiguous subsequence of two given sequences. This particular implementation is generic, i. e. given a "helper function" it can handle any type of data. A sample application "string_compare.c" is included. It takes two unicode strings as command line arguments and returns their longest common subsequence.
LCS: GPL implementation of the "Longest Common Subsequence" algorithm as it is described in Cormen's "Introduction to Algorithms" (ZIP) : This is a GPL licensed implementation of the LCS algorithm which determines the longest but not necessarily contiguous subsequence of two given sequences. This particular implementation is generic, i. e. given a "helper function" it can handle any type of data. A sample application "string_compare.c" is included. It takes two unicode strings as command line arguments and returns their longest common subsequence.
Mozilla : Mozilla is an OpenSource browser featuring the - most probably - best support for the standards set out by the W3C
My Universal Javascript Vocabulary Trainer (MuJaVoT) : A vocabulary trainer written in Javascript. Since it uses unicode everywhere it should work with every language. Requirements: Mozilla 1.2+, Firebird or FireFox.
My Universal Javascript Vocabulary Trainer (MuJaVoT) (ZIP) : A vocabulary trainer written in Javascript. Since it uses unicode everywhere it should work with every language. Requirements: Mozilla 1.2+, Firebird or FireFox.
Netscape : from version 6 onward Netscape Communicator is based on Mozilla, it is a little bit more user friendly, but also lacks some of Mozilla's features
NIM Multi : an implementation of the NIM game with as many poles as you wish and a strong computer opponent
Opera : Opera is a very fast and small browser, but you either have to put up with advertisement banners or buy it
Red Light : Java Hotline Client which I did some work on, utilizes my Free HL Iconlib
Romaji->Kana Conversion Engine (RomaKana) : A Javascript Romaji->Kana conversion engine I wrote for browsers with unicode support and enabled Javascript (browse mode).
Romaji->Kana Conversion Engine (RomaKana) : A Javascript Romaji->Kana conversion engine I wrote for browsers with unicode support and enabled Javascript (ZIP).
Romaji->Kana Conversion Engine (RomaKana) (Standard-Modus) : A Javascript Romaji->Kana conversion engine I wrote for browsers with unicode support and enabled javascript (standard mode).
Saxon : Saxon is a free XSLT processor, it is OpenSource, written in JAVA
Unicode Editoren für MacOS X : a collection of free and commercial editors for MacOS X
Yudit : A free, open sourced and very powerful unicode text editor for all Windows since '95 and Linux/Unic. It handles many different encodings and formats and supports pretty much any language there is, e.g. Japanese, Arabian, Russian. Furthermore, it features built-in handwriting support.

Browser

Internet Explorer : Internet Explorer comes with every windows system, to me its security issues (problems) discourage using it
Konqueror : Konqueror is an Open Source Web Browser and File Manager for Linux/Unix/BSD
Mozilla : Mozilla is an OpenSource browser featuring the - most probably - best support for the standards set out by the W3C
Netscape : from version 6 onward Netscape Communicator is based on Mozilla, it is a little bit more user friendly, but also lacks some of Mozilla's features
Opera : Opera is a very fast and small browser, but you either have to put up with advertisement banners or buy it

Development

Saxon : Saxon is a free XSLT processor, it is OpenSource, written in JAVA

Compression

Buchstabenstauchung (Medien und Informatik, NZZ Online, 8. 2. 2002) (German) : article about using the ZIP-algorithm to identify authors
Entropie (German) : a definition of entropy
bzip2 and libbzip2 - Programming with libbzip2 : manual on how to write programs using the bzip2 library
DataCompression.info - Lossless Compression : information on lossless data-compression
Data Compression with the Burrows-Wheeler Transform : information on the BWT-algorithm which is used by bzip2
Lossy LZW Algorithm : interesting modification of the GIF-LZW-compression scheme
LZW Algorithm Explained : a more elaborate explanation of the LZW algorithm
The LZW Algorithm : a small introduction to the LZW algorithm

Speech Recognition & Probabilities

Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (German) : information on probabilites
Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung - Grundbegriffe (German) : a small glossary and the most basic rules of probabilites
Grundlagen der Spracherkennnug (German) : basics of speech recognition, Hidden Markov Models, DTWs and more
Automatische Spracherkennung (German) : HMM oriented class on speech recognition
Maschinelles Lernen mit Markov Ketten (German) : this seminar deals primarily with Markov Models, Bayesian Networks and their applications
Heuristische Optimierung (German) : various heuristic methods, i.e. memetic and genetic algorithms
Acoustics of Spoken Language by Dafydd Gibbon : acoustics of Spoken Language, also some information on statistics, but some items have no content
Automatic Speech Recognition Software : this freely available software tries to provide the basic functions needed in every speech recognition software, so that you can skip that part
BUGS - Bayesian Inference using Gibbs Sampling : limited but free for educational purposes only this software is capable of doing inference in Bayesian Networks
CMU Sphinx: Open Source Speech Recognition : free open source speech recognition system
EEB 596Z Issues in Biostatistical Analysis : questions with answers and links to statistics resources
EM algorithm for Mixture models : JAVA applet which demonstrates how the EM algorithm works for mixture models, source code available
Engineering Statistics Handbook : lots of information and many examples on the field of statistics
Exploiting Causal Independence in Bayesian Network Inference : how to exploit causal independencies in exact Bayesian network inference
International Digital Electronic Access Library : huge online archive, articles of almost any kind of science and more
Mathpages : Many simple yet useful articles about statistics and mathmatics
Multiple Imputation : Missing Data, Censored Data and Multiple Imputation are dealt with here
NEC ResearchIndex CiteSeer Computer Science NEC Research Institute : ResearchIndex is a huge scientific literature digital library - I use this one more than any other
SLP806: Speech Recognition : speech recognition and statistics course at Macquarie University
Speech and Audio Terms : very useful and elaborate glossary, pretty much every term used in speech recognition is explained here
The EM Algorithm : improved EM algorithms
The Variable Elimination Algorithm : sums out variables from a list of factors one by one

Projects

Ja-Doku (German) : A Japanese-German character dictionary which I created for a study project by using various databases. It contains Kanji drawings with stroke order, verbs, readings, composita and various indexes
Ja-Doku (ZIP) (German) : A Japanese-German character dictionary which I created for a study project by using various databases. It contains Kanji drawings with stroke order, verbs, readings, composita and various indexes (zipped version)
CD-MC : calculates the best order of how to fit CD Tracks onto a MC
Class Memory (ZIP) : This is a class that greatly simplifies working with files through a lot of functions and an implemented automatic memory management.
Conquest of Hell : a small text-based fantsy adventure; the basic technology can easily be expanded (elder version, may contain errors; gotta search for the new one some time)
Free HL Iconlib ChangeLog : size: 1 Kb
Free HL Iconlib classes, source, test program (command line) (compiled, ZIP) : classes, source and a little test program, command line, ZIP-archive
Free HL Iconlib classes (compiled, JAR) : classes, JAR-archive
Free HL Iconlib documentation (ZIP) : documentation for download, ZIP-archive
Free HL Iconlib license : license
Free HL Iconlib online documentation : this documentation is online
Free HL Iconlib source (JAR) : sources, JAR-archive
HTMLCrunch 0.1 DOS version, executable (ZIP) : size: 60 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.1 Linux glibc executable (TAR.GZ) : size: 9 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.1 README : size: 4 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.1 source (ZIP) : size: 6 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.1 source for Linux (TAR.GZ) : size: 42 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.5 DOS inkl. Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.5, DOS+Source, ZIP, size: 78 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.5 Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.5, Source, ZIP, size: 8 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.8.1 DOS inkl. Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.8.1, DOS+Source, ZIP, size: 85 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.8.1 Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.8.1, Source, ZIP, size: 15 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.8 DOS inkl. Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.8, DOS+Source, ZIP, size: 85 Kb
HTMLCrunch 0.8 Quellcode (ZIP) : HTMLCrunch 0.8, Source, ZIP, size: 13 Kb
HTMLCrunch license : size: 4 Kb
LCS: GPL implementation of the "Longest Common Subsequence" algorithm as it is described in Cormen's "Introduction to Algorithms" (ZIP) : This is a GPL licensed implementation of the LCS algorithm which determines the longest but not necessarily contiguous subsequence of two given sequences. This particular implementation is generic, i. e. given a "helper function" it can handle any type of data. A sample application "string_compare.c" is included. It takes two unicode strings as command line arguments and returns their longest common subsequence.
LCS: GPL implementation of the "Longest Common Subsequence" algorithm as it is described in Cormen's "Introduction to Algorithms" (ZIP) : This is a GPL licensed implementation of the LCS algorithm which determines the longest but not necessarily contiguous subsequence of two given sequences. This particular implementation is generic, i. e. given a "helper function" it can handle any type of data. A sample application "string_compare.c" is included. It takes two unicode strings as command line arguments and returns their longest common subsequence.
My Universal Javascript Vocabulary Trainer (MuJaVoT) : A vocabulary trainer written in Javascript. Since it uses unicode everywhere it should work with every language. Requirements: Mozilla 1.2+, Firebird or FireFox.
My Universal Javascript Vocabulary Trainer (MuJaVoT) (ZIP) : A vocabulary trainer written in Javascript. Since it uses unicode everywhere it should work with every language. Requirements: Mozilla 1.2+, Firebird or FireFox.
NIM Multi : an implementation of the NIM game with as many poles as you wish and a strong computer opponent
Phönix-Saga : The Phönix-Saga has its own site
Romaji->Kana Conversion Engine (RomaKana) : A Javascript Romaji->Kana conversion engine I wrote for browsers with unicode support and enabled Javascript (browse mode).
Romaji->Kana Conversion Engine (RomaKana) : A Javascript Romaji->Kana conversion engine I wrote for browsers with unicode support and enabled Javascript (ZIP).
Romaji->Kana Conversion Engine (RomaKana) (Standard-Modus) : A Javascript Romaji->Kana conversion engine I wrote for browsers with unicode support and enabled javascript (standard mode).
www.MarkusStengel.de (Old Design) : My former site with old design

Presentations & Speeches

Elliptische Kurven - Referat (PDF.ZIP) (German) : Elliptic Curves - Introduction - Presentation (PDF.ZIP)
Elliptische Kurven (HTML) (German) : Elliptic Curves - Introduction - Presentation (HTML)
Cyberspace - Hausarbeit (PDF.ZIP) (German) : Fantasy, Science Fiction, Cyberspace - What they have in Common, Their Similarities, Their Differences - Paper (PDF.ZIP)
Cyberspace - Hausarbeit (HTML) (German) : Fantasy, Science Fiction, Cyberspace - What they have in Common, Their Similarities, Their Differences - Paper (HTML)
Digital Storytelling: "Roleplaying Games" - Referat (PDF.ZIP) (German) : To what extent can roleplaying games, i.e. their rule sets, aid in creating a "Holodeck"? - Presentation (PDF.ZIP)
Digital Storytelling: "Roleplaying Games" - Referat (HTML) (German) : To what extent can roleplaying games, i.e. their rule sets, aid in creating a "Holodeck"? - Presentation (HTML)
Sind Programmiersprachen in der universitären Ausbildung relevant? - Hausarbeit (PDF) (German) : Are computer languages taught to students in university relevant for daily work? - Paper (PDF.ZIP)
Sind Programmiersprachen in der universitären Ausbildung relevant? - Hausarbeit (HTML) (German) : Are computer languages taught to students in university relevant for daily work? - Paper (HTML)
Polymorphe Typsysteme - Handout (PDF) (German) : Polymorphic Typesystems - Types, Reasons, Purpose - Handout (PDF)
Polymorphe Typsysteme - Handout (HTML) (German) : Polymorphic Typesystems - Types, Reasons, Purpose - Handout (HTML)
Polymorphe Typsysteme - Referat (HTML) (German) : Polymorphic Typesystems - Types, Reasons, Purpose - Presentation (HTML)
Semantisches Netzwerk - Übersicht über Kryptologie (PDF) (German) : A graphical overview of the different topics and concepts of cryptology and prime tests and factorization algorithms (PDF).
Polymorphe Typsysteme - Referat (PDF) (German) : Polymorphic Typesystems - Types, Reasons, Purpose - Presentation (PDF)
LZxx-Kompressionsverfahren und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten - Referat (PDF.ZIP) (German) : To what extent can the various compression schemes of the LZxx-family be used for linguistics - Presentation (PDF.ZIP)
LZxx-Kompressionsverfahren und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten - Referat (HTML) (German) : To what extent can the various compression schemes of the LZxx-family be used for linguistics - Presentation (HTML)
Hausarbeit japanische Geschichte: "Hätten außer den Fujiwara auch andere Familien im Japan der Heian-Zeit den Kaiserhof dominieren können?" (HTML) (German) : With special emphasis on the importance of marriage politics this paper discusses if other noble families besides the Fujiwara could have dominated the emperor's court in Heian Japan, including information on how the Fujiwara gained their strong standing in the first place, how and by whom they were challenged and to which extent they were able to defend themselves. (HTML)
Hausarbeit japanische Geschichte: "Hätten außer den Fujiwara auch andere Familien im Japan der Heian-Zeit den Kaiserhof dominieren können?" (PDF) (German) : With special emphasis on the importance of marriage politics this paper discusses if other noble families besides the Fujiwara could have dominated the emperor's court in Heian Japan, including information on how the Fujiwara gained their strong standing in the first place, how and by whom they were challenged and to which extent they were able to defend themselves. (PDF)
Hausarbeit japanische Kulturwissenschaft: "Kulturinvariante moralische Entwicklung? Ein struktureller Vergleich der religiösen Entwicklung im Tendai-Buddhismus mit den moralischen Entwicklungsstufen nach Lawrence Kohlberg (HTML) (German) : A comparison between the religious development stages in Tendai buddhism and Kohlberg's model of moral development is made to see if there is a cross-cultural moral development process. Covered topics are: Introduction of buddhism to Japan, Tendai buddhism, T'ien-T'ai philosophy, Kohlberg's moral development model, comparison between Tendai and Kohlberg's theory (HTML)
Hausarbeit japanische Kulturwissenschaft: "Kulturinvariante moralische Entwicklung? Ein struktureller Vergleich der religiösen Entwicklung im Tendai-Buddhismus mit den moralischen Entwicklungsstufen nach Lawrence Kohlberg (PDF.ZIP) (German) : A comparison between the religious development stages in Tendai buddhism and Kohlberg's model of moral development is made to see if there is a cross-cultural moral development process. Covered topics are: Introduction of buddhism to Japan, Tendai buddhism, T'ien-T'ai philosophy, Kohlberg's moral development model, comparison between Tendai and Kohlberg's theory (zipped PDF)
Handout Vortrag "Tendai-Buddhismus" (PDF) (German) : Handout which accompanied a speech given on the Tendai buddhism in Japan, it includes a short overview of its development and philosophy (PDF)
Handout Vortrag "Tendai-Buddhismus" (HTML) (German) : Handout which accompanied a speech given on the Tendai buddhism in Japan, it includes a short overview of its development and philosophy (HTML)
Handout "Einladen und Anbieten" (PDF) (German) : Handout for the seminar "inter-cultural communication" which states useful phrases and expressions of offers and invitations (PDF)
Handout "Moralvorstellungen und Gerechtigkeit in Japan" (PDF) (German) : Handout for the seminar "inter-cultural communication" gives a brief summary of Japanese morals and its cultural background (PDF)
Vortrag zum Seminar Bankensysteme in Japan: "Löhne und Gehälter in Japan" (PDF) (German) : Presentation on wages and salaries in Japan, i.e. their how they are structured, and Japanese corporate structures in general (PDF)
Vortrag zum Seminar Sprachpolitik: "Sprachpolitik im Internet" (PDF) (German) : Presentation on language politics on the internet in which the language politics on and towards the internet, language development and language distribution are discussed. Furthermore the various obstacles of collecting data and the differing utilization of language are put into the center of attention (PDF)
Hausarbeit zum Seminar Sprachpolitik: "Sprachpolitik im Internet" (PDF) (German) : Essay on language politics on the internet in which the language politics on and towards the internet, language development and language distribution are discussed. Furthermore, the various obstacles of collecting data, the differing utilizations of language and current developments such as the digitalization of books are treated as well (PDF)
Hausarbeit zum Seminar Sprachpolitik: "Sprachpolitik im Internet" (HTML) (German) : Essay on language politics on the internet in which the language politics on and towards the internet, language development and language distribution are discussed. Furthermore, the various obstacles of collecting data, the differing utilizations of language and current developments such as the digitalization of books are treated as well (HTML)
Hausarbeit über "Zeichenkodierung" für die Veranstaltung "Hilfsmittel II" (HTML) (German) : Various character sets and their encoding schemes as they are used on the internet are presented: Essential terms and technologies, encoding schemes, non-Japanese and Japanese character sets, unicode and the importance of fonts for the presentation of text are covered (HTML)
Hausarbeit über "Zeichenkodierung" für die Veranstaltung "Hilfsmittel II" (PDF) (German) : Various character sets and their encoding schemes as they are used on the internet are presented: Essential terms and technologies, encoding schemes, non-Japanese and Japanese character sets, unicode and the importance of fonts for the presentation of text are covered (PDF)
Hausarbeit über "Zeichenkodierung" für die Veranstaltung "Hilfsmittel II" (PDF.ZIP) (German) : Various character sets and their encoding schemes as they are used on the internet are presented: Essential terms and technologies, encoding schemes, non-Japanese and Japanese character sets, unicode and the importance of fonts for the presentation of text are covered (zipped PDF)
Notizen zur „Geschichte und Geistesgeschichte des modernen Chinas“ (PDF) (German) : These are my notes on Chinese modern history which I used to prepare for an exam. It lists the most important events and persons in Chinese modern history (PDF)
Ja-Doku (German) : A Japanese-German character dictionary which I created for a study project by using various databases. It contains Kanji drawings with stroke order, verbs, readings, composita and various indexes
Ja-Doku (ZIP) (German) : A Japanese-German character dictionary which I created for a study project by using various databases. It contains Kanji drawings with stroke order, verbs, readings, composita and various indexes (zipped version)
Katakana : information on the Japanese syllabary script "Katakana"

Japan

Seminar für Japanologie Tübingen (German) : Seminar of Japanology at the University of Tuebingen where I study Japanology
Japanische Auslandsvertretungen in Deutschland (German) : addresses of japanese embassies in Germany
WaDoku Online-Wörterbuch (German) : WaDoku is the probably largest free Japanese-German Dictionary. At this site you can search the database online, but you have to enter the search terms either in kana or in kanji.
Hausarbeit japanische Geschichte: "Hätten außer den Fujiwara auch andere Familien im Japan der Heian-Zeit den Kaiserhof dominieren können?" (HTML) (German) : With special emphasis on the importance of marriage politics this paper discusses if other noble families besides the Fujiwara could have dominated the emperor's court in Heian Japan, including information on how the Fujiwara gained their strong standing in the first place, how and by whom they were challenged and to which extent they were able to defend themselves. (HTML)
Hausarbeit japanische Geschichte: "Hätten außer den Fujiwara auch andere Familien im Japan der Heian-Zeit den Kaiserhof dominieren können?" (PDF) (German) : With special emphasis on the importance of marriage politics this paper discusses if other noble families besides the Fujiwara could have dominated the emperor's court in Heian Japan, including information on how the Fujiwara gained their strong standing in the first place, how and by whom they were challenged and to which extent they were able to defend themselves. (PDF)
Hausarbeit japanische Kulturwissenschaft: "Kulturinvariante moralische Entwicklung? Ein struktureller Vergleich der religiösen Entwicklung im Tendai-Buddhismus mit den moralischen Entwicklungsstufen nach Lawrence Kohlberg (HTML) (German) : A comparison between the religious development stages in Tendai buddhism and Kohlberg's model of moral development is made to see if there is a cross-cultural moral development process. Covered topics are: Introduction of buddhism to Japan, Tendai buddhism, T'ien-T'ai philosophy, Kohlberg's moral development model, comparison between Tendai and Kohlberg's theory (HTML)
Hausarbeit japanische Kulturwissenschaft: "Kulturinvariante moralische Entwicklung? Ein struktureller Vergleich der religiösen Entwicklung im Tendai-Buddhismus mit den moralischen Entwicklungsstufen nach Lawrence Kohlberg (PDF.ZIP) (German) : A comparison between the religious development stages in Tendai buddhism and Kohlberg's model of moral development is made to see if there is a cross-cultural moral development process. Covered topics are: Introduction of buddhism to Japan, Tendai buddhism, T'ien-T'ai philosophy, Kohlberg's moral development model, comparison between Tendai and Kohlberg's theory (zipped PDF)
Handout Vortrag "Tendai-Buddhismus" (PDF) (German) : Handout which accompanied a speech given on the Tendai buddhism in Japan, it includes a short overview of its development and philosophy (PDF)
Handout Vortrag "Tendai-Buddhismus" (HTML) (German) : Handout which accompanied a speech given on the Tendai buddhism in Japan, it includes a short overview of its development and philosophy (HTML)
Handout "Einladen und Anbieten" (PDF) (German) : Handout for the seminar "inter-cultural communication" which states useful phrases and expressions of offers and invitations (PDF)
Handout "Moralvorstellungen und Gerechtigkeit in Japan" (PDF) (German) : Handout for the seminar "inter-cultural communication" gives a brief summary of Japanese morals and its cultural background (PDF)
Vortrag zum Seminar Bankensysteme in Japan: "Löhne und Gehälter in Japan" (PDF) (German) : Presentation on wages and salaries in Japan, i.e. their how they are structured, and Japanese corporate structures in general (PDF)
Vortrag zum Seminar Sprachpolitik: "Sprachpolitik im Internet" (PDF) (German) : Presentation on language politics on the internet in which the language politics on and towards the internet, language development and language distribution are discussed. Furthermore the various obstacles of collecting data and the differing utilization of language are put into the center of attention (PDF)
Hausarbeit zum Seminar Sprachpolitik: "Sprachpolitik im Internet" (PDF) (German) : Essay on language politics on the internet in which the language politics on and towards the internet, language development and language distribution are discussed. Furthermore, the various obstacles of collecting data, the differing utilizations of language and current developments such as the digitalization of books are treated as well (PDF)
Hausarbeit zum Seminar Sprachpolitik: "Sprachpolitik im Internet" (HTML) (German) : Essay on language politics on the internet in which the language politics on and towards the internet, language development and language distribution are discussed. Furthermore, the various obstacles of collecting data, the differing utilizations of language and current developments such as the digitalization of books are treated as well (HTML)
Hausarbeit über "Zeichenkodierung" für die Veranstaltung "Hilfsmittel II" (HTML) (German) : Various character sets and their encoding schemes as they are used on the internet are presented: Essential terms and technologies, encoding schemes, non-Japanese and Japanese character sets, unicode and the importance of fonts for the presentation of text are covered (HTML)
Hausarbeit über "Zeichenkodierung" für die Veranstaltung "Hilfsmittel II" (PDF) (German) : Various character sets and their encoding schemes as they are used on the internet are presented: Essential terms and technologies, encoding schemes, non-Japanese and Japanese character sets, unicode and the importance of fonts for the presentation of text are covered (PDF)
Hausarbeit über "Zeichenkodierung" für die Veranstaltung "Hilfsmittel II" (PDF.ZIP) (German) : Various character sets and their encoding schemes as they are used on the internet are presented: Essential terms and technologies, encoding schemes, non-Japanese and Japanese character sets, unicode and the importance of fonts for the presentation of text are covered (zipped PDF)
Notizen zur „Geschichte und Geistesgeschichte des modernen Chinas“ (PDF) (German) : These are my notes on Chinese modern history which I used to prepare for an exam. It lists the most important events and persons in Chinese modern history (PDF)
Ja-Doku (German) : A Japanese-German character dictionary which I created for a study project by using various databases. It contains Kanji drawings with stroke order, verbs, readings, composita and various indexes
Ja-Doku (ZIP) (German) : A Japanese-German character dictionary which I created for a study project by using various databases. It contains Kanji drawings with stroke order, verbs, readings, composita and various indexes (zipped version)
A.U. : [Japanese] AU is one of the large cellular phone companies of Japan; since it offers good conditions for students it may be of interest to those...
Hiragana : information on the Japanese syllabary script "Hiragana"
Japan Informationen : information on Japan, literature, holidays etc.
Japan Tour 1998 : private collection of photographs about funny/strange things in Japan
Jim W. Breen's Homepage : Breen's site is one of the best places to start when searching for information on Japanese language and how to use it on the computer
Katakana : information on the Japanese syllabary script "Katakana"
Toyohashi University of Technology : Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, situated in the East of Japan, about 1h from Nagoya

Japanese Lessons

Japanese Kani Lesson 03 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 03 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 01-24 (JIS.ZIP) : Kanji Lessons 01-24 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 04 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 04 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 05 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 05 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 06 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 06 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 07 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 07 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 08 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 08 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 09 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 09 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 10 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 10 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 11 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 11 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 12 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 12 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 13 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 13 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 14 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 14 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 15 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 15 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 16 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 16 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 17 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 17 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 18 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 18 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 19 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 19 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 20 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 20 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 21 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 21 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 22 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 22 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 23 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 23 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lesson 24 (JIS) : Kanji Lesson 24 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Kanji Lessons 01-02 (JIS) : Kanji Lessons 01-02 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - JIS format, suitable for e.g. Kanji Gold and Japanese Word Processor
Japanese Vocables - Lessons 01-24 (HTML) : Japanese Vocables - Lessons 01-24 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - list (HTML)
Japanese Vocables - Lessons 01-24 (PDF.ZIP) : Japanese Vocables - Lessons 01-24 of Japanology Studies of the University of Tuebingen - list (PDF.ZIP)

Speech-Recognition

G. G. Zweig, "Structurally discriminative graphical models for automatic speech recognition" (I-93) : preparation (notes, explanations, glossary, ...) for presentation of G. G. Zweig's paper "Structurally discriminative graphical models for automatic speech recognition - results from the 2001 John Hopkins Summer Workshop" (I-93)
Introduction to Graphical Models, Hidden Markov Models and Bayesian Networks (HTML) : Eine kleine Einführung zu Graphischen Modellen, Hidden Markov Modellen und Bayes-Netzen. (German)
Introduction to Graphical Models, Hidden Markov Models and Bayesian Networks (PDF) : Eine kleine Einführung zu Graphischen Modellen, Hidden Markov Modellen und Bayes-Netzen. (German)
Introduction to Graphical Models, Hidden Markov Models and Bayesian Networks (ZIP) : Eine kleine Einführung zu Graphischen Modellen, Hidden Markov Modellen und Bayes-Netzen. (German)

References

Software Engineering GmbH Hubert Schwehr (German) : application development for logistics, data gathering, barcode indentification systems and radio data transfer systems
Multimedia Systemlösungen (German) : Webdesign and application development for content management, acquisition management and databases
Roland Priebe Corporate New Media (German) : Webdesign, Corporate Design und Corporate Identity
H+BEDV Datentechnik GmbH : Company which develops the anti-virus software AntiVir
Siemens VDO : An international supplier of automotive electronics and mechatronics