Christoph Hasse
Senior Software Engineer at NVIDIA
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChristoph Hasse is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance scientific and data-processing systems, currently at NVIDIA after leading scientific software at Commonwealth Fusion Systems. He specializes in bridging research and production: designing JIT-compiled C++ from Python DSLs, creating Kalman-filter and reconstruction algorithms that cut runtime by 2x–6x, and deploying deep-learning models that dramatically reduce training and inference cost. At CERN he helped architect LHCb’s real-time pipeline that handles multi‑TB/s data and led automated performance-profiling used in daily validation. A practical open-source contributor, he’s extended Exiv2’s Nikon lens support and test coverage, showing attention to robustness beyond core research code. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics and combines experimental rigor with software engineering discipline to accelerate complex scientific workflows.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) Physics, Physics, Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) Physics, Physics at TU Dortmund University
German, English, French
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Github Skills (10)
image-data10
c-language10
metadata10
cprogramming-language10
exif10
boost6
loops6
python6
optimization6
static-linking6
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
Exiv2/exiv2
Dec 2020 - Aug 2022
Image metadata library and tools
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:295 reviews, 90 commits, 109 PRs in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Christoph implemented and updated Nikon Lens Data handling within the Exiv2 library. This involved adding support for new versions of Nikon LensData, incorporating new tags, and modifying existing code for accurate interpretation. The user also addressed build issues and included a test for shutter mode and mechanical shutter count, demonstrating a focus on improving the library's functionality and reliability. Additionally, the user worked on adding support for a new lens model.
exif-metadataexifiptcimage-metadataexif-interface
hassec/exiv2
Mar 2022 - Mar 2024
Image metadata library and tools
Contributions:1 PR, 15 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years
image-metadatametadataxmp
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