| May 15, 1968 | Born in Wels, Austria, son of Erich and Monika Rottinger |
| September 1974 | Entered elementary school in Hörsching |
| September 1978 | Entered secondary school in Tulln |
| June 1986 | Graduated with the ``Matura'' |
| October 1986 | Entered military service |
| October 1987 | Enrolled in Electrical Engineering at the TU Vienna |
| February 1991 | Passed ``1. Diplomprüfung'' in Electrical Engineering at the TU Vienna |
| June 1994 | Graduating with degree of ``Diplomingenieur'' in |
| Communications Engineering from TU Vienna | |
| (with honors) | |
| November 1994 | Enrolled doctoral program at the |
| Institute for Microelectronics, TU Vienna | |
| September-November 1995 | visiting researcher position at |
| Philips Natlab, Eindhoven, The Netherlands | |
| September-November 1997 | visiting researcher position at |
| Digital Semiconductor, Hudson, USA |