Hi, I'm Paul Methfessel

I'm passionate about coding, music, human-computer-interaction, games, film-making and much more

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Work & Studies

I currently work as a Software Engineer at Solutiance AG

in Potsdam.
Before I have studied IT Systems Engineering at the Hasso Plattner Institute

at Uni Potsdam, where I received both the bachelor's and master's degree.
I've contributed to the following works:

MµSE: Supporting Exploration of Software-Hardware Interactions Through Examples

Paul Methfessel, Tom Beckmann, Patrick Rein, Stefan Ramson, and Robert Hirschfeld MµSE is a editor for embedded programmers that helps developers verify assumptions they do while coding by closing the gap between implementation, the developer's mental model, and the actual behavior at runtime.

Kerfmeter: Automatic Kerf Calibration for Laser Cutting

Shohei Katakura, Martin Taraz, Muhammad Abdullah, Paul Methfessel, Lukas Rambold, Robert Kovacs, Patrick Baudisch Kerfmeter is a system that removes the need for manual of kerf calibration, therefore making laser cutting more user friendly, require less experience, and increasing manufacturing precision.

Asymmetric Performance in Virtual Reality and Code

Leonard Geier, Paul Methfessel, Tom Beckmann, Robert Hirschfeld Live Coding is the art of creating performances, like music from code. We developed an experience that lets two users collaboratively perform music through coding MIDI instruments that can be played in Virtual Reality.

Improving 3D-Editing Workflows via Acoustic Levitation (Poster)

Antonius Naumann, Paul Methfessel This work describes an 3D-Editor that utilizes an acoustic levitation kit together with an LCD, projector or HMD to enable users to interact with models in 3D space through multi-point gestures.

Automatic Calibration For Subtractive Fabrication Machines (Patent)

This patent describes a similar system like Kerfmeter (above)

Screenshot of MµSE editor. Image credit: Paul Methfessel

Automatic calibration with Kerfmeter. Image credit: Shohei Katakura

System diagram of VR live coding. Image credit: Leonard Geier

Usage of acoustic levitation 3D-Editor. Image credit: Antonius Naumann

Projects & Hobbies

I also post projects on Instagram . Code for those projects is on GitHub .
I compose music which I publish on SoundCloud . Also check out these bands .
Here are some of my projects:

Etiology

Producers: Felix Mujkanovic, Vincent Rahn. Directors: Paul Methfessel, Noel Danz In 2018 a group of friends decided to make a movie. The script was written in 6 month, filmed in 3 weeks, produced in 3 years and finally shown in 2021. Etiology is about two medical researchers, trying to find a cure for a sickness that has befallen one of them, and their fight against its symptoms. Thriller/Horror.