Dr. Christine Jardak
About Dr. Christine Jardak
Dr. Christine Jardak is a Patent Examiner at the European Patent Office, where she has worked since 2014. She has a strong background in information technology and has conducted extensive research in distributed systems, smart cities, and Internet of Things architectures.
Work at European Patent Office
Dr. Christine Jardak has been employed as a Patent Examiner at the European Patent Office since 2014. Her role involves evaluating patent applications and ensuring compliance with patent laws and regulations. She works in the Munich Area, Germany, where she applies her extensive knowledge in information technology and communications to assess the technical aspects of various inventions.
Education and Expertise
Dr. Christine Jardak holds a Dr.-Ing. degree in Information and Communications Technology from RWTH Aachen University, which she completed from 2005 to 2011. She also earned a Maîtrise in Information Technology from Université Saint Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon, from 2002 to 2003, and a Licence in Information Technology from the same institution from 1999 to 2002. Additionally, she obtained a Diplôme d'études approfondies from Université Saint Joseph from 2003 to 2005.
Background in Research and Development
Before joining the European Patent Office, Dr. Jardak worked at Siemens as a Research Scientist from 2011 to 2014 in Munich, Germany. In this role, she acted as a technical task manager for multiple projects related to smart cities. She also conducted research and prototyping of distributed system architectures for novel services in urban infrastructure. Prior to her time at Siemens, she served as a Research Assistant at RWTH Aachen University from 2005 to 2011.
Technical Contributions and Projects
Dr. Jardak has made significant contributions to various technical projects. She analyzed and enhanced a reference model for an Internet of Things (IoT) architecture and developed lightweight transport protocols for embedded systems. Her work includes the prototyping of a city intelligence platform as part of Siemens' Sustainable Cities project. She also developed mechanisms for efficient querying of distributed data in wireless sensor networks.
Research in Sensor Networks and Data Analysis
Dr. Jardak has implemented various protocols and systems for sensor networks and data analysis. She developed a Sensor Web Enablement that conforms to the Open Geographical Consortium standard and implemented mathematical functions for analyzing Big Sensor Data using MapReduce. Additionally, she worked on the Common Open Policy Service (COPS) protocol and the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for application protocols.