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Dr. Johan von Forstner

AI R&D Architect

PARADOX CAT GmbH, Munich

About me

As an AI R&D Engineer at PARADOX CAT, I lead a small team of developers working on innovative AI projects for automotive in-cabin sensing and human-machine interaction. We implement Computer Vision and radar algorithms to support our customers like BMW in PoC and series development projects.

My background is in Space Physics, in which I completed my PhD in the Extraterrestrial Physics Group at the University of Kiel in 2021. During my studies, I have been part of the scientific teams of the Solar Orbiter Energetic Particle Detector, and the Radiation Assessment Detector on Mars Science Laboratory. You can find links to my scientific publications and presentations on this website.

Education

  • PhD in Space Physics, 2021

    University of Kiel

  • MSc in Physics, 2018

    University of Kiel

  • BSc in Physics, 2016

    University of Kiel

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

AI R&D Architect

Paradox Cat GmbH

2024 – Present Munich
 
 
 
 
 

Principal AI R&D Engineer

Paradox Cat GmbH

2022 – 2024 Munich
 
 
 
 
 

Senior AI R&D Engineer

Paradox Cat GmbH

2021 – 2022 Munich
 
 
 
 
 

Research Associate / PhD student

University of Kiel, Extraterrestrial Physics Department

2018 – 2021 Kiel
 
 
 
 
 

Student Research Assistant

University of Kiel, Extraterrestrial Physics Department

2016 – 2018 Kiel
 
 
 
 
 

Software Developer

rami.io Software Development

2014 – 2021 Heidelberg

Open Source Projects

that I started or contributed to

car-templates-host

Android Automotive OS template host with map implementation.

EVMap

Android app to find electric vehicle charging stations.

Web Opac App

Android App to access library catalogs

Orbit Plots

Artistic plots of Solar Orbiter data

GCS Python

Python 3 implementation of the Graduated Cylindrical Shell model for coronal mass ejections

substitution-schedule-parser

Java library for parsing schools’ substitution schedules

Presentations

How to Architect a Robust ML System for HMI Interaction within Level 4 and 5 of Autonomous Driving

  • How can we optimize ML models to maximize the efficiency during inference in the car?
  • What are the challenges of deploying active and …
Sep 30, 2022 11:15 AM — 3:00 PM Auto.AI Europe 2022, Berlin World Café session
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First CME and Forbush decrease observed at Solar Orbiter using EPD

On 19 April 2020, the Solar Orbiter magnetometer (MAG) observed a coronal mass ejection (CME) including a clear signature of a …
Dec 14, 2020 11:42 AM — 11:46 AM AGU Fall Meeting 2020 (virtual meeting) SH039-04
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Publications

Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Benutzerschnittstelle eines Fahrzeugs (2025)

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Solar-MACH: An open-source tool to analyze solar magnetic connection configurations (2023)

Jan Gieseler, Nina Dresing, Christian Palmroos, Johan L. Freiherr von Forstner, Daniel J. Price, Rami Vainio, Athanasios Kouloumvakos, Laura Rodríguez-García, Domenico Trotta, Vincent Génot, Arnaud Masson, Markus Roth, Astrid Veronig
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Multipoint Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections Observed with Solar Orbiter, BepiColombo, Parker Solar Probe, Wind, and STEREO-A (2022)

Christian Möstl, Andreas J. Weiss, Martin A. Reiss, Tanja Amerstorfer, Rachel L. Bailey, Jürgen Hinterreiter, Maike Bauer, David Barnes, Jackie A. Davies, Richard A. Harrison, Johan L. Freiherr von Forstner, Emma E. Davies, Daniel Heyner, Tim Horbury, Stuart D. Bale
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Radiation environment for future human exploration on the surface of Mars: the current understanding based on MSL/RAD dose measurements (2021)

Jingnan Guo, Cary Zeitlin, Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Donald M. Hassler, Bent Ehresmann, Scot Rafkin, Johan L. Freiherr von Forstner, Salman Khaksarighiri, Weihao Liu, Yuming Wang
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Evidence for local particle acceleration in the first recurrent Galactic Cosmic Ray depression observed by Solar Orbiter. The ion event on 19 June 2020 (2021)

A. Aran, D. Pacheco, M. Laurenza, N. Wijsen, D. Lario, S. Benella, I. G. Richardson, E. Samara, J. L. Freiherr von Forstner, B. Sanahuja, L. Rodriguez, L. Balmaceda, F. Espinosa Lara, R. Gómez-Herrero, K. Steinvall, A. Vecchio, V. Krupar, S. Poedts, R. C. Allen, G. B. Andrews, V. Angelini, L. Berger, D. Berghmans, S. Boden, S. I. Böttcher, F. Carcaboso, I. Cernuda, R. De Marco, S. Eldrum, V. Evans, A. Fedorov, J. Hayes, G. C. Ho, T. S. Horbury, N. P. Janitzek, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, A. Kollhoff, P. Kühl, S. R. Kulkarni, W. J. Lees, P. Louarn, J. Magdalenic, M. Maksimovic, O. Malandraki, A. Martínez, G. M. Mason, C. Martín, H. O’Brien, C. Owen, P. Parra, M. Prieto Mateo, A. Ravanbakhsh, J. Rodríguez-Pacheco, O. Rodriguez Polo, S. Sánchez Prieto, C. E. Schlemm, H. Seifert, J. C. Terasa, K. Tyagi, C. Verbeeck, R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, Z. G. Xu, M. K. Yedla, A. N. Zhukov
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