Jan Wedekind
Consultant Engineer at Roke Manor Research Limited
Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJan Wedekind is a consultant engineer with a PhD in computer science and over 20 years’ experience building computer vision, graphics, and machine learning systems. He is the principal developer of HornetsEye, the leading Ruby computer vision toolkit, and author of AIscm for GNU Guile, reflecting a rare blend of research-grade vision algorithms and practical language-level engineering. Jan has shipped real-time microscopy and microrobotics vision software in EU-funded projects and improved low-level serial communication libraries in C++, showing comfort across high-level prototyping and systems programming. Based in the UK and working at Roke Manor Research since 2014, he brings strong mathematics and linear algebra skills to interdisciplinary teams and enjoys turning complex theoretical ideas into robust, deployable tools.
20 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, 2, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, 2 at Universität Karlsruhe (TH)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Sheffield Hallam University
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (15)
termios10
linux10
c-language10
serial-communication10
cprogramming-language10
selectbox9
select-input9
32bit-64bit6
git6
xubuntu6
git-branch6
swing6
ruby6
scripting6
java6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
crayzeewulf/libserial
Aug 2005 - Jan 2008
Serial Port Programming in C++
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jan primarily contributed to improving the `libserial` library, which provides serial port communication capabilities in C++. They focused on enhancing the library's functionality by adding timeout features using `select` and `termios`. The user also implemented non-blocking read functionality using `showmanyc` and added functions for adjusting `VMin` and `VTime` settings, reflecting improvements to the library's low-level interaction with serial ports. These changes provide more control and flexibility for applications using the library.
cppserial-portsserialserialportlinux
wedesoft/arduino-sainsmart
Mar 2016 - Nov 2021
Arduino software to control SainsSmart 6-axis palletizing robot arm
Contributions:185 commits, 1 PR, 146 pushes in 5 years 8 months
axisrobotarduinorobot-armservo
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