Axel Noack
Professor at Hochschule Stralsund
Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Summary
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RockstarAxel Noack is a Professor and software engineer based in Stralsund, Germany, with a decade of hands-on experience in wireless networking, radio signal processing, and backend/DevOps engineering. He contributes to notable open-source projects like mininet-wifi and Universal Radio Hacker, improving emulator reliability, device integration, and support for hardware like HackRF and rtl_tcp. Axel blends academic teaching with practical infrastructure work—tackling kernel module stability, hostapd/WEP configuration, and spectrum analysis enhancements—so his research-informed code directly benefits real-world testbeds and security tooling. Colleagues know him for quietly improving maintainability and installation robustness, making complex wireless experiments easier to reproduce and scale.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (19)
python10
configuration-management10
hostapd10
wireless10
linux10
networking10
emulation10
scripting9
shell9
script9
sh9
cprogramming-language8
c-language8
testing7
architecture7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jopohl/urh
Apr 2016 - Jan 2023
Universal Radio Hacker: Investigate Wireless Protocols Like A Boss
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 179 commits, 60 PRs in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Axel contributed to the Universal Radio Hacker project by implementing features and optimizations across various components. This included enhancements to the HackRF wrapper, improving the spectrum analyzer, and beautifying the "About" box, indicating involvement in UI aspects. The user also added support for external programs and included changes for EnOcean switch telegram functionality, and added support for rtl_tcp, demonstrating a focus on radio signal processing and device integration.
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intrig-unicamp/mininet-wifi
Jul 2020 - Mar 2021
Emulator for Software-Defined Wireless Networks
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Axel primarily focused on improving the functionality and maintainability of the `mininet-wifi` emulator. Their contributions included modifying device naming to support multiple instances, preventing kernel module unloading issues, and enabling WEP support within the hostapd configuration. Additionally, the user made adjustments to installation scripts to ensure proper dependency management and configuration. These changes demonstrate a focus on infrastructure and wireless network configuration.
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