Dennis Nienhüser
Forschungsingenieur at Bosch Research
Renningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolDennis Nienhüser is a research engineer with 18 years' experience applying deep learning and multimodal sensor fusion to automated driving and valet parking systems at Bosch Research. He holds a Diplom in Computer Science and a Dr.-Ing. (magna cum laude) from KIT, blending strong academic rigor with long-term industrial impact. His work spans LiDAR perception, real-time image processing, and energy-efficient driving solutions developed earlier at FZI, demonstrating a consistent focus on safety-critical, real-world systems. Beyond research, he contributes practical open-source improvements—such as modernizing RViz satellite imagery handling—highlighting attention to maintainability and interoperability. Based in Renningen, Germany, he combines hands-on algorithm development with system-level integration to move prototypes into production-ready automotive features.
18 years of coding experience
Diplom, Informatik, sehr gut, Diplom, Informatik, sehr gut at Universität Karlsruhe (TH)Dr.-Ing., Informatik, magna cum laude (sehr gut / 1,0), Dr.-Ing., Informatik, magna cum laude (sehr gut / 1,0) at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
German, English, Spanish
Github Skills (7)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
network-programming9
architecture8
architectures8
rviz7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
nobleo/rviz_satellite
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Display internet satellite imagery in RViz
Role in this project:
Software Engineer
Software EngineerContributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Dennis contributed to the `rviz_satellite` project by implementing various improvements related to network requests and code quality. They addressed issues with tile server compatibility by setting a user agent header. Further, they modernized the codebase by utilizing `nullptr` and the `override` specifier. These changes indicate a focus on improving the project's functionality and maintainability.
satellite-imagerysatelliteimageryinternetrviz
Earthwings/annotate
Mar 2020 - May 2021
Create 3D labelled bounding boxes in RViz
Contributions:89 commits, 18 PRs, 55 pushes in 1 year 1 month
ros-melodicboundinglidar-point-cloudannotation-toolvelodyne
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