Markus Vieth
Research Assistant at Johannes Gutenbeg University Mainz
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Top SchoolMarkus Vieth is a PhD student and research assistant at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz with eight years of hands-on experience in high-performance and accelerated computing, specializing in GPU optimization for energy- and runtime-efficient bioinformatics workloads. He combines deep academic training in computer science and experimental physics with practical HPC operations, including administering the university’s research cluster and teaching GPU-accelerated computing courses. Markus is an active open-source contributor focused on C++ backend and ROS/PCL ecosystems, improving maintainability and cross-platform builds in notable projects like PCL and Microsoft’s vcpkg. His background in energy systems and solar technology informs a pragmatic drive to make high-performance computing more sustainable, blending low-level code hygiene with real-world deployment and education.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science, Computer Science, Doctor of Science, Computer Science at Johannes Gutenberg University MainzAbitur, Ingenieurwissenschaft, Abitur, Ingenieurwissenschaft at Berufsbildende Schule Lahnstein
Github Skills (30)
pcl10
maintenance10
c-language10
lib10
package-management10
point-cloud-library10
cmake10
vcpkg10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
point-cloud10
ros10
linear-algebra10
documentation10
kinematics9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
PointCloudLibrary/pcl
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
Point Cloud Library (PCL)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1140 reviews, 570 commits, 787 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Markus primarily contributed to the documentation of sample consensus models within the Point Cloud Library (PCL). They updated the comments for different algorithms. Moreover, the user addressed typos and formatting issues throughout various header files, enhancing the readability and clarity of the documentation, while fixing potentially problematic function calls.
cpppoint-cloud-libraryc-plus-pluscomputer-visionpcl-library
ros-perception/perception_pcl
Oct 2019 - Nov 2022
PCL (Point Cloud Library) ROS interface stack
Role in this project:Software Engineer (ROS/PCL)
Software Engineer (ROS/PCL)Contributions:3 reviews, 19 commits, 28 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Markus's contributions primarily focused on maintaining and updating the `perception_pcl` repository to ensure compatibility with newer versions of the Point Cloud Library (PCL). This included addressing missing include files, deprecating outdated functions, and adapting code for changes in data structures like `pcl::Vertices`. Furthermore, the user corrected timestamp conversion issues and improved the codebase by using complete namespaces for traits members, along with incorporating boost includes.
roboticsros2point-cloud-librarypclpoint
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