Dirk Hoffmann
Membre Du Bureau, Référent Formation
Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Top SchoolDirk Hoffmann is an experienced research engineer and software developer with 14+ years delivering mission-critical systems for large-scale physics and astronomy projects, currently serving as Membre du bureau et référent formation at DevLOG and coordinating NectarCAM data acquisition for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. He brings deep hands-on expertise from long-term roles at CNRS/AMU, CERN (ATLAS detector and LAr trigger upgrades), DESY and visiting researcher work, combining detector hardware understanding with backend software development and project leadership. Dirk contributes to high-profile open-source projects like CERN’s Indico, focusing on backend reliability, email/translation tooling and booking workflows—an indicator of his attention to maintainability and user-facing operational features. Fluent across research and operational contexts, he excels at translating complex experimental requirements into robust, documented software and trained teams. A physicist by training (PhD-level) with a history of instrumentation work, he uniquely bridges experimental hardware, data acquisition systems and sustainable software practices.
14 years of coding experience
TU Dortmund UniversityDEA, Physique Atomique, DEA, Physique Atomique at Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityAbitur, M, PH, Abitur, M, PH at Stadtgymnasium DortmundDEA, Physics, DEA, Physics at Ecole normale supérieurePromotion, Physik, Promotion, Physik at University of Hamburg
Spanish, Japanese, English, French, German, Arabic
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Github Skills (22)
python10
back-end-development10
flask-ask10
backend10
flask10
sqlalchemy9
eventsource8
eventing8
conferencing8
event-sourcing8
event-emitter8
video-conferencing8
documentation7
gimp6
command-line6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
indico/indico
May 2012 - Apr 2021
Indico - A feature-rich event management system, made @ CERN, the place where the Web was born.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 13 PRs in 9 years
Contributions summary:Dirk primarily focused on improving and modifying the Indico application's backend functionality. Their contributions included enhancements to the email notification system, fixing typos in code, and removing unnecessary translation markers. They also added documentation for the translation process and made changes to the room booking functionality. The changes indicate a focus on code quality and maintainability.
management-systemevent-management-systemeventspythoncern
DirkHoffmann/indico
Jan 2015 - Nov 2023
The Indico Project (mirror)
Contributions:14 PRs, 44 pushes, 38 branches in 8 years 11 months
indicopythonblockchain
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