Rien Maertens

Computer scientist with a creative mindset. Thriving while solving intricate challenges with elegant solutions. Exploring the boundaries of efficiency, security and simplicity. Driven to make a positive impact, contributing to a brighter future.

Contact

• @rien@ohai.social
• hello@maertens.io
• github.com/rien
• linkedin.com/in/rienmaertens
• ORCiD 0000-0002-2927-3032
• Ghent, Belgium

Experience

• Research assistant at Ghent University since 2019. Pursuing a PhD in Computer Science. Building Dolos, a source code plagiarism detection tool. List of publications.

  Contributor to the programming exercise platform Dodona and the metagenomics analysis tool UMGAP.

• Teacher of topics in Computer Science.
  • Algorithms (Java, C)
  • Object Oriented Programming (Java)
  • Scripting (Python)

• Cybersecurity adept. Winner of the Cyber Security Challenge Belgium 2019 and part of the national team in the European Cyber Security Challenge 2018 (London).

• Algorithm developer as an intern at Comsof, a fiber network planning company. Developed specialised algorithms to optimize communication networks.

• Chair and systems administrator of the student hacker space Zeus WPI. Building and hacking on awesome projects together, fostering a community of creativity and cooperation.

Projects

Dolos: source code plagiarism detection ecosystem. Ruby-on-Rails, TypeScript, Vue & D3.

Zauth: simple oauth2 server. Rust & Rocket.

ReStream: livestream remarkable tablet over USB. Shell & Rust,

Dodona: platform for programming exercises generating automated feedback. Ruby-on-Rails.

UMGAP: bioinformatics analysis pipeline. Rust.

Shattered Earth: short game written for a game jam. Godot.

Education

• Computer Science at Ghent University
  • MSc. 2017 - 2019 (cum laude)
  • BSc. 2014 - 2017 (cum laude)

Hobbies

• Discovering and learning technologies.
• Solving puzzles and CTF's.
• Performing theatre and improv comedy.
• Creating stories and music.