Matthias Schwamborn
Postdoctoral Researcher at German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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RockstarMatthias Schwamborn is a computer science postdoctoral researcher based in Berlin with 8 years of experience applying rigorous simulation, performance evaluation, and data analysis to mobile networking problems. At the German Aerospace Center (DLR) he blends academic depth with practical engineering, driving research that scales from microscopic traffic models to network performance studies. An active back-end contributor to the well-known open-source traffic simulator Eclipse SUMO, he has implemented core features like a new StringVector option type and a field-of-view filter while fixing numerous issues in the codebase. His work sits at the intersection of modeling fidelity and system performance, enabling reproducible experiments for complex, intermodal networks. Colleagues value his ability to turn theoretical insight into maintainable software that directly supports transportation and communication research.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (9)
c-language10
traffic-simulation10
cprogramming-language10
data-structure9
algorithm9
data-structures9
algorithms9
network-analysis5
python5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-sumo/sumo
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Eclipse SUMO is an open source, highly portable, microscopic and continuous traffic simulation package designed to handle large networks. It allows for intermodal simulation including pedestrians and comes with a large set of tools for scenario creation.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 commit, 2 PRs, 175 pushes in 1 day
Contributions summary:Matthias primarily contributed to the Eclipse SUMO project by implementing and modifying core functionalities. They developed a new StringVector option type and updated existing options for the network build tools. Furthermore, they added features such as the field of view filter for traffic simulation and implemented improvements to the existing code base. Moreover, they fixed a variety of issues within the codebase.
intermodalpedestriansscenariocontinuousmicroscopic
DLR-TS/homebrew-sumo
Nov 2018 - Jun 2022
Homebrew tap for SUMO simulation software
Contributions:192 commits, 12 PRs, 100 pushes in 3 years 7 months
sumohomebrewhomebrew-tapsimulationmacos
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