Benjamin Wilhelm

Computer Scientist

Interests

Computer Vision and Image Analysis

Deep learning

Work Experience

Software Developer, KNIME GmbH (Konstanz, Germany) March 2022 - Present

• Building a new fast and powerful Python integration based on Apache Arrow and Py4J

Working Student, KNIME GmbH (Konstanz, Germany) March 2018 - Feb 2022

• Worked on multiple KNIME integrations, especially the TensorFlow, Deep Learning, Tableau, Power BI, and Python Integration
• Worked on the new columnar table backend based on Apache Arrow
• Programmed mainly in Java and Python
• Contributed to open-source projects
• Other software development tasks

Intern, Max Plank Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (Dresden, Germany) Sep 2017 - Feb 2018

• Integrate TensorFlow in ImageJ/Fiji
• Integrate TensorFlow in KNIME
• Contribution to the CSBDeep/CARE paper by making it run in Fiji and KNIME
• Minor programming tasks in Java, like a tiled execution for KNIME Image Processing

Research assistant, University of Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany) Oct 2015 - Aug 2017

• Programming in Java
• Building a cluster executor for KNIME

Education

M.S. in Computer and Information Science, University of Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany) Oct 2019 - Feb 2022

• Focus on computer vision and machine learning
• Image Analysis and Computer Vision I and II
• Seminar about Recent Developments in Deep Learning
• Master's thesis about image reconstruction with a GAN Gaussian denoiser
• Overall grade "very good with distinction"

B.S. in Computer Science, University of Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany) Oct 2014 - Oct 2019

• All basic courses
• Mechanics in Physics and Mathematical Logic
• Specialization in Data Mining and Computer Vision
• Ranked 7th in the Freesound General-Purpose Audio Tagging Challenge on Kaggle as part of the Lecture "Advanced Data Challenge"
• Seminar about Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision
• Bachelor's thesis about the segmentation of microscope image data
• Overall grade "with distinction"
• Received the VEUK Award ("Preis des Vereins der Ehemaligen der Universität Konstanz (VEUK e.V.)")

High-school diploma, Erich-Hauser-Gewerbeschule (Rottweil, Germany) Sep 2011 - Jul 2014

• High-school with focus in Computer Science

Skills

Very familiar with

• Java, Python, Git, Linux, Apache Arrow, TensorFlow, Eclipse, Scrum

Familiar with

• MATLAB, C, C++, JavaScript, Bash, LaTeX, Travis CI, Jenkins