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Software Engineer & Student

Hi! I am a passionate Master of Science student of Software Engineering and Internet Computing at the Vienna University of Technology. I love coding, gaming, making digital art and playing the piano!

Name Michelle Lau
Birthday 27.01.2001
Age 24 Years
Email laumichelle44@gmail.com
Occupation Master of Science Student
Nationality Austria

Michelle Lau

Vienna

German

fluent

English

fluent

Chinese Mandarin

intermediate - spoken at home

Chinese Cantonese

intermediate - spoken at home

Resume

Work Experience

Snap Inc.

April, 2025 - present

Part-Time Student Worker | Augmented Reality

Assisting with the development of the Snap Inc. AR Spectacle glasses.

  • Assisting in the setup and execution of data collection for the AR Spectacles.
  • Data Labelling and organization of collected data.
  • Collaboration and interaction with external participants to test the AR Spectacles.
  • Skills: Motion Capture, Augmented Reality, Data Collection
  • Contact engagement through Wirbelwind promotion

Dynatrace Inc.

July, 2025 - September, 2025

Full Time Internship | Customer Solution Engineer

Development of applications/extensions within the Dynatrace environment.

  • Hands-on extensive training sessions with expert Dynatracers.
  • Development within my own Dynatrace environment.
  • Skills: DQL (Dynatrace Query Language), Custom Extension development using APIs (Python), Dynatrace SaaS

HABAU Hoch- und Tiefbaugesellschaft m.b.H

Oct, 2021 - Oct, 2023

Part-Time Working Student | Digitalization & IT Solutions

Contributed to various IT projects in the digitalization department, focusing on CAD software integration and process optimization.

  • Developed custom automation scripts in JavaScript to automate CAD operations
  • Engineered full-stack solutions for internal process optimization tools
  • Designed and deployed AutoCAD plugins
  • Implemented XML-based data interchange solutions to improve system interoperability
  • Automated data processes by developing VBA macros for Access database management systems

HABAU Hoch- und Tiefbaugesellschaft m.b.H

Jul, 2021 - Sep, 2021

Full- Time Intern in the Digitalization Department

Developed a .NET Plugin for Autodesk Civil3D to automate CAD processes.


My Education

Vienna University of Technology

March, 2025 onwards

Master of Science Software Engineering and Internet Computing

Focus on software development for distributed systems, mobile computing, Internet security and electronic payment as essential technological prerequisites for a virtual Internet business location.

Vienna University of Technology

March, 2024 - present

Master of Science Visual Computing

Currently enrolled in this program; transitioning to Software Engineering & Internet Computing to align with my interests on software architecture and distributed systems.

Vienna University of Technology

2019 - 2024

Bachelor of Science Media Informatics and Visual Computing

Graduated with an average grade of 2.02

Linz International School Auhof

2011-2019

International Student with a language focus on English

Graduated with an average grade of 1.57*

*Grades: excellent(1), good(2), satisfactory(3), sufficient(4), insufficient (5)

Portfolio

  • All Work
  • Projects
  • Papers
Paper

ASCON-Based Lightweight Cryptography Standards for Constrained Devices

A paper based on the family of Ascon algorithms, designed by Dobraunig, Eichlseder, Mendel and Schläffer. Ascon is a new standard chosen in the NIST Lightweight Cryptography competition (2019–2023)

Project

SeaShare

SeaShare connects boat owners and passengers and improves marine travels by providing an easy and affordable way to hitchhike from A to B.

Project

Vehicle-2-Infrastructure

Group Project - Project that implemented a V2I system with a microservice architecture.

Project

Microservice Architecture for Scalable Remote Sensing

Group Project - development of an application and its infrastructure to classify, store, and retrieve the sensor data.

Paper/Project

Speak Guard - A project as part of the Bachelor's Thesis

Speak Guard is a Flutter application to analyze user's speech through AI technology provided by Google. This application transcribes spoken words in real time and then classifies the transcript using AI.

Project

Lost in Abyss

Lost in Abyss is a C++ first-person platform game focused on computer graphics, where players escape a mysterious abyss before time runs out.

Project

Mobile Game-App: Lost in Wonderland

Lost in Wonderland is a 2D adventure mobile app where players help a boy escape a dangerous underground world. This project was developed using Java and Android SDK.

Project

Visualization of a head structure

A project that focuses on visualizing a 3D volume of a head.

Project

Ticketing Platform

A project that implemented a ticketing platform.