Willy Scheibel
Doktorand at Hasso Plattner Institute
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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Top SchoolWilly Scheibel is a PhD candidate and seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience, based at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, where he researches information visualization, graphics middleware, GPU programming (OpenGL/Vulkan) and high-performance computing. He combines rigorous academic training (M.Sc. IT-Systems Engineering, top grades) with hands-on systems engineering, improving cross-platform C++ toolchains and build reliability as a contributor to cmake-init. Willy’s work spans low-level graphics and compiler/CI integration—balancing performance tuning for GPUs with maintainability practices like static analysis and portable build configurations. He brings a blend of research depth and pragmatic DevOps sensibility, ensuring experimental graphics systems are both fast and reproducible.
14 years of coding experience
Master of Science (M.Sc.), IT-Systems Engineering, 1.0, Master of Science (M.Sc.), IT-Systems Engineering, 1.0 at Hasso-Plattner-Institute
German, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
git9
gcc9
cmake9
clangd9
msvcrt9
clang9
cppcheck8
clang-tidy8
devops8
template-engine7
templater7
cplus7
cpp7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
cginternals/cmake-init
Feb 2014 - Jul 2022
Template for reliable, cross-platform C++ project setup using cmake.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:207 commits, 62 PRs, 190 pushes in 8 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Willy primarily focused on improving the project's build process and cross-platform compatibility. They implemented default visibility for GCC, used list append operations in the CMake configuration, and addressed Git revision extraction within submodule contexts. Additionally, the user refined the project's compilation options for various compilers (GCC, Clang, and MSVC), and integrated health checks using cppcheck and clang-tidy. These contributions suggest a focus on improving the reliability and maintainability of the codebase across different environments.
cmakecppc-plus-plustemplate
cginternals/glbinding
May 2014 - Aug 2022
A C++ binding for the OpenGL API, generated using the gl.xml specification.
Contributions:9 releases, 684 commits, 102 PRs in 8 years 4 months
cppopenglc-plus-plusopengl-bindingsopengl-library
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