Nonprofit, civic tech, free and open
Much of the work and projects presented here have been collaboratively undertaken with exceptional partners and are built on awesome ecosystems.
temporärhaus
A make and hack space in Ulm/Neu-Ulm that operates a wide range of workshops and provides a testing ground for new ideas. We place a particular emphasis on fostering a friendly, open community and promoting open data, free knowledge and civic tech. As well as having fun with devices and technology in general, I especially focus on the “people layer” and organization of our community. I also sometimes represent our “house” to promote our goals:
- Zivilgesellschaftlich die Digitalisierung mitgestalten?, a talk exploring the conditions that enable civil society groups to influence digitazation (slides; presented at the time under the name “Verschwörhaus”).
- Digitale Teilhabe mit Gerhard Habiger und Simon Lüke vom Temporärhaus Ulm/Neu-Ulm, Inno Bytes – a podcast by artiso solutions GmbH, episode #041.
IoT and urban sensor networks
At our open electronics and IoT workshop, which overlaps with the local The Things Network Community we have started a variety of projects over the years. Here are some that I initiated or was deeply involved in:
- Monitoring cracks in Ulm Minster: experimenting with different sensors and data transmission via LoRaWAN; in cooperation with the minster workshop.
- Demoing Hochwassersensoren for bicycle roads beneath two bridges in Ulm.
- Lobbying to promote a free LoRaWAN/The Things Network in the state of Baden-Württemberg.
- Summmer school: IoT project, teaching Ulm University trainees basics of electronics, LoRaWAN and web applications.
Open data
- Demografische Daten zur Ulmer Gemeinderatswahl 2024: open-source data analysis with R, automated publication using RMarkdown.
Studies
- Implementation and Simulation of Boolean Models for Gene Regulation on a Hybrid x86/FPGA System, diploma thesis, Institute of Systems Biology in Medicine, Ulm University, 2016.
- Investigation of the Error Propagation in Regulatory Boolean Networks, student research project, Institute of Communications Engineering, Ulm University, winter term 2013.