Gabor Kecskemeti is an experienced software engineer and researcher with 12 years of practice across cloud computing, virtualization and machine learning, currently splitting time between Tata Consultancy Services and an academic role at the University of Miskolc. He is the main maintainer of the DISSECT-CF cloud simulator and has deep hands-on familiarity with Xen, VirtualBox, VMware, EC2/Eucalyptus and IaaS optimization techniques. His background spans industry roles at Jaguar Land Rover and SimpleHelp as well as academic posts from lecturer to professor, blending production-grade engineering with rigorous research. Notably, he has contributed to the jcodec project by improving VP8 encoding and MKV support, reflecting a knack for low-level multimedia and systems work beyond typical cloud tooling. He holds a PhD in Software Engineering and an MSc in Information Engineering, and often applies decision-tree methods to appliance sizing and delivery problems. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges theory and practice, turning virtualization research into deployable tooling.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
MSc., Information Engineering, MSc., Information Engineering at University of Miskolc
PhD, Software Engineering, PhD, Software Engineering at University of Westminster
Contributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 5 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Gabor significantly contributed to the `jcodec/jcodec` repository, focusing on video encoding and container support. Their work involved adding and improving VP8 video encoding support. Additionally, the user enabled configuration options for codecs via the `SequenceEncoder` and made improvements to the MKV container support, including interframe support and frame grabs from MKV files.
Contributions:24 PRs, 73 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
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Gabor Kecskemeti - Assistant Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services