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Iven Beck

Software Engineer & Data Scientist

Based in Mannheim, Germany. Working across data science, software engineering, and applied AI.

Splits time between ML research and building the systems it runs on.

# education

M.Sc. Data Science · University of Mannheim (ongoing)
Thesis (working title): classical knowledge graph embeddings (TransE, ComplEx, DistMult, RDF2Vec) vs. LLM-based embeddings for link prediction
B.Sc. Business Informatics · University of Mannheim, CS major / business admin minor

Working Student · KÜBLER GmbH Energiesparende Hallenheizungen (since 2022)
Machine learning, embedded development, OS development (Yocto), cloud systems, data analysis. Digital twin work for industrial heating efficiency led to a co-authored IEEE ETFA 2024 paper.
Working Student · UEBERBIT, Mannheim (2019–2020)
Web development (React/Next.js), project scoping, integration & unit testing

Languages · Python, Java, Rust, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL
ML / Data Science · PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, scikit-learn, pandas, NumPy, Jupyter
Big Data & Tools · Apache Spark, MapReduce, Parquet, Docker, Git, Yocto, Linux/Bash
Spoken · German (native), English (fluent), French (good)

mensa-rs terminal tool for Uni Mannheim's Mensa am Schloss menu
recipekg-recommender recipe recommender on a knowledge graph, SPARQL/Fuseki backend
stm32u083c-dk embedded Rust on the STM32U083C-DK, using Embassy
ivens-amazing-os hobby OS kernel, written from scratch in Rust
gse-project-impl Blokus game engine, hexagonal architecture, CLI + FastAPI web GUI
obfs obfuscated VPN over HTTPS/WebSocket
netmon logs network metrics to CSV, multi-target web dashboard
wdi-project fuses soccer player entities from Transfermarkt, FC25 & DBPedia into one dataset
uni-mannheim-portal2-average Chrome extension that calculates your average grade in Uni Mannheim's Portal2

shorts.iv3n.com is it shorts weather? a 90s site answers, with real weather data