Dietmar Winkler
Assistant Professor II at Skagerak Kraft AS
Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
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Top SchoolDietmar Winkler is an Assistant Professor II and senior engineer based in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway, with 18 years of experience spanning academia and industry. His work bridges powertrain research—rooted in a PhD on fault modelling in electric drives at TU Berlin—with practical engineering at Skagerak Kraft, reflecting deep expertise in electric drives and hybrid vehicle systems. He contributes to open-source Modelica projects, improving automation and backend tooling for OpenModelica and meticulously documenting releases for the widely used Modelica Standard Library. Comfortable in both research and production environments, he combines hands-on scripting and communication-protocol refactoring (e.g., CORBA to ZMQ) with clear technical writing. Colleagues know him for translating complex simulation architectures into reliable tooling and user-facing documentation.
18 years of coding experience
Exchange Year, Exchange Year at The University of ManchesterMaster’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Technische Universität Berlin
German, English, Norwegian, Russian
Github Skills (10)
zeromq10
python10
modelica10
documentation10
releasenotes10
automation9
automations9
compiler-compiler8
compiler8
corba8
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
modelica/ModelicaStandardLibrary
Feb 2014 - Dec 2022
Free (standard conforming) library to model mechanical (1D/3D), electrical (analog, digital, machines), magnetic, thermal, fluid, control systems and hierarchical state machines. Also numerical functions and functions for strings, files and streams are included.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:14 releases, 124 reviews, 216 commits in 8 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Dietmar's contributions primarily involve adding and updating release notes. They focused on documenting the changes made in different versions of the Modelica Standard Library, including new features, component improvements, and non-backward compatible changes. The user meticulously details the fixes, new components, and improvements made in various releases, ensuring users are informed about the updates and potential impacts on their models. This work highlights a strong focus on user documentation and communication of software updates.
snl-applicationsfluidsystem-modellingmechanicalhierarchical
OpenModelica/OpenModelica
Nov 2008 - Dec 2018
OpenModelica is an open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage.
Role in this project:Back-end & Automation Engineer
Back-end & Automation EngineerContributions:21 commits, 167 comments, 45 issues in 10 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Dietmar primarily focused on improving the OpenModelica icon generation process by making it compatible with ZMQ and refactoring the associated Python script. They updated the code to handle both CORBA and ZMQ for communication with the OpenModelica compiler. Additionally, they fixed minor issues with string formatting and removed unnecessary encoding steps. The changes involved modifying the setup and communication methods in the icon generation script, reflecting a strong understanding of the project's underlying architecture and automation processes.
scienceagent-based-modelingsimulation-frameworkindustrialmodeling-and-simulation
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