Peter Klausing
Informatik
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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Top SchoolPeter Klausing is an experienced software engineer with 11 years in the field, currently working in informatics at the DKFZ German Cancer Research Center in Dresden. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from TU Dresden and combines strong C++ skills with practical full-stack experience across GUI and backend domains. An active open-source contributor, he has improved Xournal++ by modernizing Poppler integrations, removing legacy dependencies like glibmm, and fixing cross-platform UI issues—work that reflects both low-level PDF handling and user-facing polish. Comfortable navigating complex codebases, he brings a pragmatic, refactoring-minded approach to maintaining and evolving long-lived projects.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Technische Universität Dresden
Github Skills (7)
poppler10
pdf10
gtk10
c-language10
front-end-development10
cprogramming-language10
cross-platform9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
xournalpp/xournalpp
Oct 2017 - Apr 2019
Xournal++ is a handwriting notetaking software with PDF annotation support. Written in C++ with GTK3, supporting Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, SUSE), macOS and Windows 10. Supports pen input from devices such as Wacom Tablets.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:85 commits, 47 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily worked on adapting the code to work with newer versions of the Poppler library, demonstrating involvement with PDF-related functionalities. They also removed glibmm from the project, which suggests refactoring efforts. Furthermore, the user fixed issues related to color choosers, export dialogs, and zoom functionality within the GUI, indicating work across multiple components. Their contributions touch on both the backend (PDF handling) and frontend (GUI adjustments) aspects of the project.
notespdf-viewerc-plus-plussusewindows-10
peetCreative/xournalpp
Oct 2017 - Apr 2019
Notetaking software designed around a tablet. A C++ rewrite of Xournal. Moved from Sourceforge. Check out the legacy branch if libpoppler<0.16 on your system. The development branch has the newest features.
Contributions:60 pushes, 47 branches in 1 year 6 months
neumorphismuser-interfacecppwindowssourceforge
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