Markus Toran
Researcher at Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolMarkus Toran is a security-focused researcher with 13 years of software and applied security experience, currently working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology. He holds a B.Sc. and is pursuing an M.Sc. in Computer Science with an IT security profile from KIT and has practical consulting experience from Secorvo. An active CTF player and open-source contributor, Markus has hands-on experience improving internationalization for user-facing projects like the FTB launcher, highlighting attention to usability in security tooling. He combines academic rigor with practical tutoring and industry roles, making him comfortable translating complex security concepts into accessible implementations. Based in Karlsruhe, he brings a blend of offensive-minded research and practical engineering to drive secure, user-aware software.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Abitur at Carl-Engler-Schule KarlsruheMaster of Science - M.Sc., Informatik mit Profil IT-Sicherheit, Master of Science - M.Sc., Informatik mit Profil IT-Sicherheit at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Github Skills (9)
i18n-js10
javas10
internationalization10
localization10
java10
i18n-node10
user-interface6
interface-design6
ui-design6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Slowpoke101/FTBLaunch
Jan 2013 - Jan 2013
Launcher for the FTB Mod Pack
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:31 commits in 2 days
Contributions summary:Markus's contributions primarily focus on internationalization (i18n) within the FTB launcher project. They consistently added calls to `I18N.getLocaleString` across various UI elements, including dialog boxes for advanced options, updates, filters, and profile management. The user's work indicates an effort to make the launcher adaptable to multiple languages by integrating localized text strings.
minecraftftbmodlauncherpack
xXMarkuski/KIT-ILIAS-downloader
Jun 2020 - Nov 2021
Downloader for https://ilias.studium.kit.edu/
Contributions:6 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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