| December 11, 1969 | Born in Vienna, Austria, as the son of Heidrun and Hubert Kirchauer. |
| May 1988 | High School Graduation, BG&BRG Eisenstadt (with honors). |
| October 1988 | Enrollment at the Technical University of Vienna, Electrical Engineering. |
| May 1990 | ``1. Diplomprüfung'' in electrical engineering at the Technical University of Vienna (with honors). Specialization in telecommunications. |
| March 1994 | Master's thesis, ``Optimalfilter zur Signalentstörung: Zeit-Frequenz-Analyse und -Entwurf'', and master's degree, ``Diplomingenieur'', in telecommunications from the Technical University Vienna (with honors). |
| May 1994-October 1994 | Work on a research project about ``Time-Frequency-Methods for Statistical Signal Processing'' at the Institute of Communications and Radio Frequency Engineering at the Technical University Vienna. |
| November 1994 | Award ``Förderpreis 1994 der Gesellschaft für Informationstechnik des österreichischen Verbandes für Elektrotechnik'' for master's thesis. |
| since November 1994 | Studies for a Ph.D. degree at the Institute for Microelectronics at the Technical University Vienna. |
| July 1997-September 1997 | Visiting researcher at LSI Logic, Milpitas, California, USA. |