Bastian Bloessl
Research Group Leader at GNU Radio Project
Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolBastian Bloessl is a research group leader and wireless communications expert with 15 years of experience building and evaluating Software Defined Radio prototypes through simulation and real-world experiments. He combines deep academic credentials (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) with practical engineering roles across European research centers and industry, including a visiting stint at UCLA and a substitute professorship. A long-time GNU Radio core contributor and General Assembly member, he has shaped foundational SDR infrastructure and fixed complex issues in message passing, clock recovery and block APIs used by the wider open-source radio community. He leads an open-science practice—maintaining multiple OSS projects and improving reproducibility of radio research—while bridging system architecture and hands-on back-end development. Colleagues know him for turning subtle PHY/MAC problems into robust code and examples, such as practical fixes and demo flowgraphs for IEEE 802.11 transceivers. Based in Hesse, Germany, he blends research leadership with day-to-day engineering craftsmanship across academia and open-source ecosystems.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat., Computer Science, summa cum laude, Dr. rer. nat., Computer Science, summa cum laude at Paderborn UniversityDiplom Informatiker (MSc), Computer Science, Diplom Informatiker (MSc), Computer Science at Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgRegiomontanus Gymnasium Hassfurt
Github Skills (18)
c-language10
python10
signal-processing10
digital-signal-processing10
message-passing10
802-1110
cprogramming-language10
gnuradio10
dspic9
fm-radio9
software-defined-radio9
dspace9
rad9
wifi9
data-structures6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bastibl/gr-ieee802-11
Mar 2013 - Jun 2022
IEEE 802.11 a/g/p Transceiver
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 313 commits, 30 PRs in 9 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Bastian primarily focused on modifications within the IEEE 802.11 a/g/p Transceiver project. Their contributions include fixing reset state issues in the `ofdm_sync_long.cc` file and updating the examples of RX flow graphs and adding the channel parameters. Additionally, they were involved in decoding signal and MAC-related operations, improving frame handling for short frames. They also corrected code attributes.
rtlsdrinfinibandcommunicationsieeesdr
gnuradio/gnuradio
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
GNU Radio – the Free and Open Software Radio Ecosystem
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & System Architect
Back-end Developer & System ArchitectContributions:4 reviews, 11 commits, 26 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Bastian primarily contributed to the GNU Radio core and blocks, focusing on improving functionality and fixing bugs. Their work involved adding features like the append option to the file sink and renaming elements in the grc. The user also addressed issues in message passing, clock recovery, and implemented enhancements such as allowing variable numbers of message ports. Furthermore, they made structural changes, and incorporated QA to ensure proper functioning.
pythonwirelessc-plus-pluscybersecuritycommunications
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