Sebastian Wuchterl
Research Physicist at CERN
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolSebastian Wuchterl is a research physicist with nine years of experience applying data science, advanced statistics, and machine learning to large-scale experimental physics at institutions including CERN and DESY. He holds a summa cum laude Dr. rer. nat. in Particle Physics and has a proven track record of solving highly nontrivial problems through analytical and innovative approaches. At CERN he contributes to the CMS Offline Software (cmssw), improving b‑tagging tooling and integrating subjet features—work that bridges research analysis and production-grade back-end development. His background combines hands-on coding for big-data workflows with clear science communication, evidenced by presentations at international conferences. Colleagues rely on him for rigorous, reproducible solutions that translate complex detector data into actionable physics results. Notably, he moves comfortably between deep theoretical understanding and practical software engineering in collaborative, high-stakes research environments.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Physics, Master of Science - MS, Physics at RWTH Aachen UniversityDoctor rerum naturalium - Dr. rer. nat., Particle Physics, Summa cum laude, Doctor rerum naturalium - Dr. rer. nat., Particle Physics, Summa cum laude at Hamburg University
German, English
Github Skills (7)
cms10
c-language10
offline-web-app10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
cplus10
offline-app10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cms-sw/cmssw
Feb 2021 - Nov 2021
CMS Offline Software
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 6 commits, 1 PR in 9 months
Contributions summary:Sebastian primarily contributed to the RecoBTag feature tools within the CMS Offline Software repository. Their work involved modifying existing code, specifically focusing on the implementation of subjet features and their integration into various converters. They also made improvements to existing functions and added fillDescriptions to several BTV modules. The user's changes indicate a focus on improving the performance and feature set of the b-tagging related code.
cmscernweb-appc-plus-plusbackbonejs
SWuchterl/RecoBTag-PerformanceMeasurements
Nov 2019 - May 2022
Contributions:4 PRs, 92 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 5 months
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