About
Father since 2021, PhD since 2020, climate activist since 2018, Debian Developer since 2015.

Name | Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues |
Nick | josch |
Emails | josch @ { mister-muffin.de or debian.org } |
XMPP | josch @ mister-muffin.de |
Fedi | josch @ floss.social |
IRC | josch @ { irc.libera.chat or irc.oftc.net } |
Occupation | university lecturer |
Degree | Ph.D. (thesis) |
PGP | F83356BBE112B7462A41552F7D5D8C60CF4D3EB4 |
Academic interests
- 3D point cloud processing
- Simultaneous localization and mapping
- Underwater multibeam sonar data processing
- Dependency analysis of component based software
Other interests
- Debian (sbuild, mmdebstrap, bootstrapping, dependency analysis, cross compilation, porting, quality assurance)
- Open Hardware (MNT Reform, MNT Pocket Reform, MNT Reform Next) and Debian integration
- PDF (img2pdf, plakativ)
- reverse engineering of hardware and data formats and transmission protocols
- embedded and mobile computing (arduino, redbee-econotag, openmoko gta01/02/04, LEGO RCX, reprap mendel 3D printer, raspberry pi, touchbook, notion ink adam)
- server administration (virtualization, web, jabber, cloud storage, email, git, wiki)
Projects
- mmdebstrap
- sbuild
- img2pdf
- plakativ
- MNT Debian integration system image packages
- reform.debian.net
- Bootstrap/Build Ordering ToolChain (botch) (Wiki)
- gitlab.mister-muffin.de/josch
- Debian package maintenance
Talks
- The Software of the MNT Reform 2024-05-19 14:15, MiniDebConf Berlin (PDF) (Video)
- Making use of snapshot.debian.org for fun and profit Aug 26, 2021, DebConf21 Online, (Slides), (Video)
- Klimakrise: Ursachen und Folgen, 29.03.2020
- Extinction Rebellion Info Talk, 20.10.2019 14:00 Jugendkulturhaus Cairo (Slides)
- An introduction to the Bootstrap/Build Ordering Toolchain, Aug 16, 2013, DebConf13, Vaumarcus (Slides) (Video Mirror)
- Bootstrapping of component based software systems, Mar 22, 2013, Informatiktage 2013, Bonn
- Bootstrapping Debian-based distributions for new architectures, Feb 02, 2013, FOSDEM, Brussels (Slides) (Video Mirror)
- Bootstrapping Debian (or derivatives) for a new architecture, Sep 20, 2012, IRILL, Paris
Publications
2024
- M. Seufert, N. Wehner, J. Schauer, A. Nüchter, T. Hoßfeld: On the Usage of Interactive Content in Crowdsourced 3D Point Cloud QoE Studies (16th Int. Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience)
2020
- PhD Thesis: Detecting Changes and Finding Collisions in 3D Point Clouds - Data Structures and Algorithms for Post-Processing Large Datasets (PDF) (Slides) (Website) (DOI: 10.25972/OPUS-21428)
- J. Schauer, A. Nüchter: Analytical Change Detection on the KITTI dataset (16th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and and Vision) (PDF) (Website) (Video) (git)
- M. Seufert, J. Kargl, J. Schauer, A. Nüchter, T. Hoßfeld: Different points of view: Impact of 3D point cloud reduction on QoE of rendered images (Twelfth International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX)) (PDF)
2019
- A. Nüchter, J. Schauer, D. Borrmann: Technical Report: Reduction and Compression using Octrees (3DTK’s entry to the ICIP 2019 Challenge on Point Cloud Coding) (PDF)
2018
- J. Schauer, A. Nüchter: Removing non-static objects from 3D laser scan data (ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) (PDF) (Website) (Video) (git)
- J. Schauer, A. Nüchter: The peopleremover — removing dynamic objects from 3D point cloud data by traversing a voxel occupancy grid (Robotics and Automation Letters 3) (PDF) (Website) (Video) (git)
- A. Nüchter, M. Bleier, J. Schauer, P. Janotta: Continuous-time SLAM — improving Google’s Cartographer 3D mapping (Latest Developments in Reality-Based 3D Surveying and Modelling) (PDF)
2017
- J. Schauer, A. Nüchter: Digitizing automotive production lines without interrupting assembly operations through an automatic voxel-based removal of moving objects (13th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation) (PDF)
- A. Nüchter, M. Bleier, J. Schauer, P. Janotta: Improving Google’s Cartographer 3D mapping by continuous-time SLAM (Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences) (PDF)
2016
- J.Schauer, J. Bedkowski, K. Majek, A. Nüchter: Performance comparison between state-of-the-art point-cloud based collision detection approaches on the CPU and GPU (4th IFAC Symposium on Telematics Applications, Porto Alegre) (PDF)
2015
- J. Schauer, A. Nüchter: Collision detection between point clouds using an efficient k-d tree implementation (Advanced Engineering Informatics) (PDF)
2014
- J. Schauer, A. Nüchter: Efficient point cloud collision detection and analysis in a tunnel environment using kinematic laser scanning and k-d tree search (Photogrammetric Computer Vision) (PDF)
- J. Elseberg, D. Borrmann, J. Schauer, A. Nüchter, D. Koriath, U, Rautenberg: A Sensor Skid For Precise 3D Modeling Of Production Lines (ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume II-5, 2014) (PDF)
2013
- P. Abate, J. Schauer: Bootstrapping Software Distributions (ACM Conference Proceedings CBSE 2013) (PDF) (Slides)
- V. Bajpai, J. Schauer, J. Schönwälder: NFQL: An Efficient Tool for Querying Network Flow Records (Integrated Network Management (IM 2013), 2013 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management) (PDF)
- Master Thesis: Solving the Bootstrap Problem for Free and Open Source Binary Distributions (PDF)
2012
- V. Bajpai, V. Bashko, C. David, S. Kuryla, V. Perelman, J. Schauer, N. Melnikov, A. Sehgal, J. Schönwälder: Design and Prototype Implementation of the WattsApp Telemetry Platform. 2012 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings-2012), Besançon, France, November 2012. (PDF
- Girum Demisse, Razvan Mihalyi, Billy Okal, Dev Poudel, Johannes Schauer, and Andreas Nuechter Mixed Palletizing and Task Completion for Virtual Warehouses, In Virtual Manufacturing Automation Competition Workshop at the International Conference of Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Minnesota, USA, May 2012. (PDF) (Slides)
2011
Awards
- Fist place at IEEE ICRA 2012 Virtual Manufacturing Automation Competition, St. Paul, Minnesota
- First place at first round of mathematics Olympiad (2001)