Christian Birchler
Research Assistant at University of Bern
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolChristian Birchler is a research-focused software engineer and PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Bern with eight years of experience in software testing, especially search-based testing and fuzzing. As a research assistant formerly at ZHAW and now at Bern, he builds tooling for simulation-based regression testing of cyber-physical systems—highlighted by SDC-Scissor, a public GitHub tool that targets test selection for self-driving car software. He holds an MSc and BSc in Informatics from the University of Zurich and brings a background in physics from ETH Zürich that informs his quantitative approach to testing and virtual environments. Christian combines academic rigor with practical engineering, shipping research prototypes and reproducible tools for industry-relevant problems in DevOps for complex CPS. He aims to deliver a regression testing framework that integrates test prioritization for large-scale simulation workflows.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of BernMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of ZurichPhysics, Physics at ETH Zürich
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Github Skills (29)
scenarios10
unsafe10
beamng10
reinforcement-learning9
regression-testing8
blockchain8
machine-learning8
pytorch8
simulator7
frontier7
simulation7
solidity7
ethereum7
deep-learning7
cps5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ChristianBirchler/sopra_client
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
Contributions:28 commits, 17 pushes, 4 branches in 15 days
christianbirchler-org/sdc-testing-competition
Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
🚗💻 Tool Competition: Test Selection for Self-driving Cars in Simulation
Contributions:9 releases, 8 reviews, 3 PRs in 5 months
regression-testingtest-selection
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