Olaf Banse
Technischer Mitarbeiter at Fundación Intelligent Transport Systems Colombia - ITS Colombia
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolOlaf Banse is a Berlin-based software engineer with a decade of experience building simulation tools, web applications, and user-focused interfaces across research and industry. At the German Aerospace Center he extends and documents Eclipse SUMO, contributing UI improvements like a car-only network option and satellite background downloads that make large-scale traffic scenario generation more accessible. Parallel roles in web development and a senior developer position at co4e demonstrate his ability to move between backend systems and polished front-end UX. Trained as an electrical and electronics engineer, he blends simulation-domain knowledge with practical web engineering, and his open-source contributions show a knack for improving both tooling and documentation.
10 years of coding experience
Grado en Ingeniería, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Grado en Ingeniería, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Spanish, German, English
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Github Skills (13)
traffic-simulation10
python10
documentation10
javascript9
html9
jscript9
web-development8
web-application8
webapp8
datepicker6
razor-pages6
formsubmit6
bootstrap-datepicker6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-sumo/sumo
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
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 & Documentation Specialist
Back-end Developer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:55 commits, 20 PRs, 1325 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Olaf primarily contributed to the Eclipse SUMO project by implementing changes to the webWizard tool, focusing on the user interface and functionality within the web interface for scenario generation. These changes included the addition of a "Car-only Network" checkbox and the download of satellite backgrounds for use in the simulation, improving the user experience. Furthermore, the user was involved in enhancing the project's documentation.
eclipsesimulationtraffic-simulationtraffictransport
EclipseFdn/openmobility.eclipse.org
Apr 2019 - Mar 2021
The OpenMobility working group will drive the evolution and broad adoption of mobility modelling and simulation technologies.
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 105 commits in 1 year 11 months
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