Dr. Nicolai Hähnle

LLVM-based shader compiler development; representative for SPIR-V at the Khronos Group; moving up and down the entire graphics stack where needed, all the way down to firmware and engaging with future hardware architecture.

Linux open-source graphics driver development. Focus on shader compilation (LLVM) and OpenGL, but occasionally moving anywhere else in the stack, up to tracking down race conditions in core Linux kernel functions.

Invention and implementation of new algorithms for Electronic Design Automation of Microprocessor Designs, with a focus on mathematical background, in the context of a decades long collaboration with industry. Supervising students, as well as teaching bachelor and master level courses in mathematics (Linear and Integer Optimization, Lattices in Convex Bodies).

Combinatorial optimization, Linear and Integer Programming