Matthias Schäfer
Professor at SeRo Systems GmbH
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthias Schäfer is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and professor with 11 years of experience specializing in avionics, UAVs, and the security of air traffic communications. He founded SeRo Systems to commercialize ADS-B/SSR security and frequency monitoring solutions and co-founded OpenSky Network to build a crowdsourced, global air-traffic data platform. A summa cum laude PhD in information assurance and a visiting research stint at Oxford inform his research-driven approach to applied R&D. He balances academic leadership at RheinMain University with hands-on product development, bridging theory and operational systems in aviation security. Less obvious: his career blends military-grade research experience (armasuisse) with open, community-driven data initiatives, giving him a rare view across classified, commercial, and citizen-science domains.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Researcher, Security of Air Traffic Communication, Visiting Researcher, Security of Air Traffic Communication at University of OxfordPhD (Dr.-Ing.), Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, summa cum laude, PhD (Dr.-Ing.), Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, summa cum laude at University of Kaiserslautern
Github Skills (45)
mode-s10
decoding10
lg10
rtl-sdr10
ads10
captive-portal9
java9
sink9
pi9
sample-data9
python-client9
raspberry9
faust9
decoder8
java-bindings8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
openskynetwork/raspberry-pi-adsb
Aug 2017 - Jul 2021
Cheap and simple ADS-B base station for OpenSky Network
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 3 years 11 months
lgrtlsdradsraspberry-picheap
openskynetwork/osky-sample
May 2016 - May 2020
OpenSky sample data
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 4 years 1 month
openskysample-data
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