Moritz Von Looz
Software Engineer Operational Simulators
Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMoritz Von Looz is a software engineer with 16 years of experience specializing in operational simulators and trajectory optimization, currently working at GMV in Darmstadt. He held a research fellowship at ESA and completed a PhD at KIT, blending rigorous academic research with practical engineering for space and optimization problems. His open-source contributions to the widely used pagmo2 C++ library focus on robustifying optimization algorithms—fixing NaN handling, dimension mismatches, and improving MBH perturbations—demonstrating attention to numerical correctness under parallel workloads. Comfortable in low-level C++ and scientific computing environments, he brings a rare combination of research depth and hands-on bug-fixing that improves both algorithmic fidelity and production reliability.
16 years of coding experience
Diplom, Informatik, Diplom, Informatik at Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
Github Skills (12)
algorithm10
debugging10
debug10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
optimisation10
optimizers10
optimization10
metaheuristics9
evolutionary-algorithms9
cmake8
python8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
esa/pagmo2
Feb 2020 - Apr 2022
A C++ platform to perform parallel computations of optimisation tasks (global and local) via the asynchronous generalized island model.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 10 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Moritz primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the pagmo2 C++ library. They addressed issues related to error messages in the cec2009 problem and corrected a bug in the unconstrain meta problem, ensuring proper handling of NaN values in fitness calculations. Additionally, the user made improvements to the MBH algorithm by correcting the perturbation vector size and dimension mismatch issues. The user also added and modified include files to enhance the project's integration with other tools.
optimization-methodsoptimization-algorithmspythonoptimization-toolsoperations-research
mlooz/pagmo2
Feb 2020 - Apr 2022
A C++ platform to perform parallel computations of optimisation tasks (global and local) via the asynchronous generalized island model.
Contributions:2 PRs, 19 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 2 months
optimization-algorithmsasynchronousparalleloptimizationparallel-computations
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