2025 — now
About
Hi, I'm Samuel, a computer science student in Darmstadt working on augmented reality. When I'm not researching how to layer new things onto reality, I'm usually tinkering with my homelab, tuning networks and systems, or optimizing some perfectly fine part of everyday life. Offline you'll find me in a climbing gym, outside on the wall or enjoying a nice co-op game with my wife and friends.
Experience
2021 — 2025
Tutor & Teaching Assistant · Computer Science, TU Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Teaching assistant for Interactions in Virtual and Augmented Realities; tutor for Software Engineering, Digitaltechnik, and Rechnerorganisation across five semesters.
Education
2024 — now
M.Sc. Computer Science · TU Darmstadt
Darmstadt
2020 — 2024
B.Sc. Computer Science · TU Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Publications
2026
ShadAR: LLM-driven shader generation to transform visual perception in Augmented Reality
CHI EA '26 · Video
Demo — full paper conditionally accepted at UIST '26
2026
Skills
Research
Augmented & Virtual Reality · Human–Computer Interaction · prototyping · user studies
Programming
C/C++ · Python · Rust · C# / Unity
Systems
Linux · Docker · self-hosting · networking (reverse proxy, DNS, VPN)
Languages
German (native) · English (fluent)
Certifications
2026
Mental Health First Aider (MHFA)
Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
Certified 12-hour course on recognizing early signs of mental health crises and guiding people toward professional support.
Volunteering
2026
Student Volunteer · CHI 2026
Supported the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems as an on-site student volunteer.
2018 — 2022
Youth Group Leader
Group leader for children aged 9–15, and leader at the annual summer children's camp.