Lennart Van Hirtum
PhD Candidate
Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolLennart Van Hirtum is a PhD candidate and seasoned C++ systems engineer with 11 years of experience building high-performance, cross-platform software and a five-year track record in open-source development, notably as the author of the Physics3D physics engine. He combines academic depth—studying at KU Leuven, University of Melbourne and Universität Paderborn—with practical expertise in performance engineering, hardware acceleration and language design. Skilled at squeezing efficiency from both software and hardware, he focuses on well-optimized, portable C++ solutions for compute-intensive domains. Based in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, Lennart blends rigorous research with hands-on implementation, often translating theoretical ideas into production-grade open-source tools.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Cum Laude, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Cum Laude at KU LeuvenThe University of MelbourneDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Hardware Acceleration and Language Design, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Hardware Acceleration and Language Design at Universität Paderborn - Paderborn University
Dutch, English
Github Skills (48)
error-messages10
simulation10
physics-engine10
error-reporting10
parser10
tree-sitter10
shader10
glfw10
rendering10
physics10
parsing10
box2d10
fpga10
hdl10
glew10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
VonTum/ItemFinder
Jan 2017 - Aug 2021
Contributions:3 releases, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
pc2/sus-compiler
May 2023 - Apr 2025
A new Hardware Design Language that keeps you in the driver's seat
Contributions:4 releases, 23 reviews, 17 PRs in 1 year 10 months
fpgafpga-programminghardware-description-languagehdlprogramming-language
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