Jan Ciger
Software Engineer at Volume Graphics
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Ciger is a software engineer and researcher with 14+ years of experience specializing in virtual and augmented reality, computer graphics, and computer vision, currently developing at Volume Graphics in Heidelberg. He combines deep academic training (PhD, EPFL) with hands-on engineering across 3D engines (Unreal, Unity, OpenGL), mobile and Hololens platforms, and custom embedded electronics. His work spans AI techniques—fuzzy logic, Petri nets, autonomous planning—and practical system integration including motion tracking and industrial hardware interfacing. A seasoned Unix/Linux sysadmin and hardware hacker with ham radio roots, he brings atypical cross-domain fluency that bridges low-level embedded design and high-level VR research.
14 years of coding experience
Magister, Magister at Univerzita Komenského v BratislavePhD, PhD at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
English, Slovak, French, Russian, German, Danish
Github Skills (107)
uart10
wii10
remote-access10
osvr10
qml10
slicer10
gcode10
pyqt10
cnc-controller10
computer-vision9
image-processing9
python9
windows9
stlink9
printer9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
janoc/libndofdev
Apr 2014 - Apr 2021
Linux support for the 3Dconnexion SpaceBall, SpaceNavigator and joysticks in the SecondLife clients
Contributions:7 releases, 25 commits, 4 PRs in 7 years 1 month
joysticks3dconnexionlinuxclientslinux-support
janoc/vrpn
Jun 2015 - Nov 2018
Contributions:4 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 4 months
realityvirtual-realitymodificationsmore-infoperipheral
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