CV
Education and Research Experience
Kiel University, Distributed Systems Research Group, Postdoc in Computer Science
Jan 2025 – Mar 2025
Kiel University, Distributed Systems Research Group, PhD in Computer Science
Jan 2020 – Dec 2024
- Attended the 1st European Mobile Systems Winter School “Hands-on AI and Mobile Systems: Research and Practice“ (2025)
- Thesis Title: “From Contact Tracing to Coordination: Autonomy for Mobile Low-Power IoT Systems”
Kiel University, MS in Computer Science
Oct 2017 – Dec 2019
- Best Master's Degree in Computer Science 2019
- Thesis Title: “Chaos on the Roads: Safe Intersection Crossing Through Distributed Movement Coordination”
Kiel University, BS in Computer Science
Oct 2014 – Sept 2017
- Thesis Title (translated): “Designing Artificial Neural Networks for Parcel Identification”
Work Experience
IT Freelancer, self-employed
Jan 2022 – present
- Based in Kiel, Germany
- Freelance software development and consulting
Lead Software Engineer, Braune Digital GmbH
Oct 2014 – Oct 2020, Kiel, Germany
- Lead planning, development, and managing of software projects with growing complexity and size with teams of up to 6 developers.
- Devised large, full-stack projects from the conceptional stage over DevOps to ongoing maintenance and support.
Other Experience
Student Consultant, UNICONSULT Kiel e.V.
Nov 2021 – present
- Head of the IT department (May 2022 - May 2023)
Teaching Assistant, Kiel University
Oct 2021 – Mar 2025
- Tutor for: Distributed Systems, IT-Security, and Computer Networks
- Developing a new lab architecture based on Docker for the Distributed Systems course
- Independent planning and execution of a seminar on selected topics within "Distributed Consensus and Blockchain Technologies."
- Supervision of several graduate-level projects
Thesis Supervision, Main Supervisor of 17 Theses (excerpt):
- Cooperative Localization with Sigma Point Belief Propagation on Resource-Constrained UWB Devices
Master Thesis, 2025 - Design and Implementation of a Scalable Ultra-Wideband Ranging System for Cooperative Localization
Master Thesis, 2024 - Decentralized Trusted Timestamping for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks Using Blockchains
Master Thesis, 2023 - Distributed Velocity-Based Collision Avoidance
Bachelor Thesis, 2022 - Particle-Filtering for Cooperative Swarm Localization
Bachelor Thesis, 2022 - Designing a Modular Testbed for Wireless Vehicle Coordination
Bachelor Thesis, 2021
Skills
- Programming Languages: C, C++, Python, SQL, Java, PHP, JavaScript, Erlang, Prolog, Haskell
- Frameworks and Technologies: macOS, Linux, Docker, TensorFlow, RTOS (Zephyr, Contiki-NG, Cooja Simulator), OpenCV, OpenGL, ROS, HPC, ProxMox
- Project Management: Agile, DevOps (CI/CD), Git, Jira, MS Office Suite, LaTeX
- Languages: German (native), English (fluent)