Björn Giesler
Professor at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolBjörn Giesler is a professor and seasoned autonomous systems leader with deep technical roots in robotics since 1997 and dedicated work on autonomous vehicles since 2012. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Universität Karlsruhe and has led software and ADAS/ADS organizations across industry—most recently as VP of Software Engineering at Luminar and earlier as head of L4 functions and ADAS teams at ZF, Samsung, Elektrobit and Audi. Known for translating cutting-edge research into production-grade vehicle autonomy, he combines academic rigor with hands-on product delivery across sensor fusion, perception and system-level safety. Based in Ingolstadt, he brings both startup-scale product velocity and automotive-grade engineering discipline, and now shapes the next generation of engineers as a professor.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. of Engineering, Computer Science, 1,0, Ph.D. of Engineering, Computer Science, 1,0 at Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
German, eglisch, French, Italian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (38)
file-generator9
rule8
starlark8
3d-printer8
gazelle8
octoprint8
snappy7
sender7
pi7
raspberry7
wifi7
raspberry-pi6
protobuf6
bazel-rules6
bluetooth6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bjoerngiesler/BBDroids
Aug 2021 - Apr 2025
Contributions:1 release, 240 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
bjoerngiesler/D-Ov2Evo-STL
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
STLs and instructions for the D-Ov2Evo extension to Michael Baddeley's D-Ov2 3D Printed Star Wars Droid
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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