Matthias Vogelgesang
Principal Software Engineer at Cinemo
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolMatthias Vogelgesang is a Principal Software Engineer based in Karlsruhe with 18 years of experience bridging research-grade systems and product engineering. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from KIT and has a strong background in high-performance image processing on GPUs and control/data acquisition for synchrotron experiments, now applied to leading engineering and project delivery at Cinemo. Matthias is a pragmatic full-stack contributor who improves robustness and UX—evident from open-source work ranging from tooling like the sigal static gallery and jrnl CLI to UX/theming for LaTeX Beamer and editor plugins. He also contributes German localization to Mumble, reflecting attention to international usability and documentation. Colleagues know him for clean refactors, pragmatic testing, and quietly shipping features that make complex systems easier to operate.
18 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Informatik, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Informatik at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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Github Skills (48)
image-gallery10
picture-gallery10
pytest10
theming10
translation10
python10
exif10
scripting10
image-processing10
beamer10
journal10
text-manipulation10
plugin-development10
configuration-management10
vim-plugin10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
matze/vim-move
Aug 2013 - Jul 2022
Plugin to move lines and selections up and down
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 60 commits, 29 PRs in 9 years
Contributions summary:Matthias primarily contributed to the `vim-move` plugin, implementing and refining core functionality. They added support for count prefixes, enabling users to move multiple lines or selections. Key contributions include adding and improving functions for moving lines and blocks, along with incorporating features like re-indentation and handling read-only buffers. The user also focused on code cleanup, refactoring, and optimization, and introducing new features such as moving by half-page.
vimlinesvim-pluginpluginvim-script
matze/mtheme
Aug 2014 - Aug 2018
A modern LaTeX Beamer theme
Role in this project:UI Designer & Theming Specialist
UI Designer & Theming SpecialistContributions:3 releases, 217 commits, 107 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Matthias primarily focused on theming and UI enhancements for the LaTeX Beamer theme. They fixed UI elements, adjusted font styles, and implemented new commands to customize the presentation's visual appearance. Additionally, the user incorporated various visual elements, including a title page and a progress bar, to improve the overall user experience. They also modularized the color theming.
sarifbeamer-themecheckinbeamerlatex-beamer
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